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These authors should start from a position of gratefulness that their work is being published and read.

Why? They did a pile of work and someone chose to purchase some of it. Are they somehow less deserving of respect than people in other lines of work?

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Pointing flaws seen as disrespectful is a very SJW worldview.

Kindly note that I am responding to the specific assertion I quoted, rather than complaining about anyone pointing out flaws. If you have some beef with an 'SJW worldview' that seems like your problem, rather than mine.

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