show me a specific group of people that don't have a toxic part of their culture and I'll admit they have a point, otherwise they're just pointing out "nerd" just to try to belittle someone.
I absolutely don’t think that is what they intended, I do t think it reads that way at all, and I think you are just projecting something onto the statement which wasn’t there.
Speaking as a nerd, nerds are well known for arguing and trying to always be right. It’s been that way for a long time.