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PS: This is, in my experience, a very tough forum to enter into. Particularly when asking a question which is essentially about the value of someone's title or how they think of themself. No one, no matter how inexperienced they may be nor how honest their question, is beneath contempt by the "established" members. Approach the forum as if you were back in junior high school and you have been deemed not one of the "cool guys" and you'll know what to expect.
Good luck.
Until your last paragraph, I pretty much agreed with you.
(that in bold really doesn't make a great deal of sense to me)
I would say it differently.
Anyone who comes here and expresses, as the OP did, semi-disdain for photographers and evinces a belief that all it takes is a smart camera to take great pictures is going to take a raft of crap from people who know how hard it really is and have spent lots of time working at it.
He said, effectively, 'you guys don't know crap, now convince me I'm wrong.'
No one, professional or dedicated amateur, wants their efforts to be denigrated - particularly in their own space.
If the OP was less quick to be negative about our skills that he knows nothing about, he would have had a much more gracious reception.