You are right. A single feature isn't a reason to think that an entire language sucks. But in this instance we are talking about a defining feature of the language. They're called cascading style sheets for a reason. I know we're stuck with it for now, that's why I'm ranting. My god, this is like PHP in the 90s, if I rant against something, then "I'm using it wrong" or "I'm too stupid and don't understand how great it is". And in the meantime all the CSS "gurus" are teaching people that to centre an element it is perfectly normal to write { left: 50%; width: 400; margin-left: -200px }. Even worse, they squabble over which way to clear floats is the correct one, when the truth is we shouldn't be having to do this in the first place.