Re: They are bonkers
if you are running Emacs with Syntax highlighting you are
1) Not getting the full unadulterated experience of Emacs. Like good chocolate, Emacs should be used in as a raw a state as possible, just the way Stallman intended.
2) You identify yourself as a newbie (e.g. someone with less experience than say 25 years) with Emacs.
You might as well say you're a VB fan running code in a MS IDE and have done with it.