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Apparently you feel that having an opinion about something--in much the same way that your boy feels about the aforementioned incivility and uncouthness--is also the province of professionals only.
I guess you can only hope that Salon institutes stricter procedures so that pedestrians like myself can't log in and use the provided features to voice our opinions (despite being invited to do so) about St. Kaufman, or anyone/anything else.