I don't really get the hate that debuggers sometimes get from old hands. "Who needs screwdrivers if we always used knives?" - You can still use your knife, but screwdriver is a useful tool.

It seems to me that this is one of the many phenomena where people want to judge and belittle their peers over something completely trivial.

Personally, I get the appeal of printing out debugging information, especially if some bug is rare and happens in unpredictable times (such as when you are sleeping). But the amount of info you get this way is necessarily lower than what can be gleaned from a debugger.