Criticism and the Armchair Fallacy
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"When readers say "You're not wrong, you're just an asshole" they entirely miss the point. In making such a statement, they only admit that they cannot handle the truth."
No, I think the asshole is missing the point.
To the second, when many perceive critical assessment of imperfection (let alone mishandling of a project) as meaning that the critic must be "asshole" then it is not the critic who should be examined, but the community unwilling to look honestly at itself.