From my interpretation is that the devs can't handle criticism of their "baby".

So much of the community can't handle legitimate criticism.

Everyone from Plugin and Theme authors, to WordCamp organizers, to local meetup groups.

You event tweet that you rated a plugin or theme 1 or 2 stars because it is that bad.......you will what some people call harassed or attacked for leaving that 1-2 star.

People don't have to justify their reviews or opinions. As long as they don't just say it's crap.

I used to review plugins and themes, a la web log tools collection or whatever it was called but not WLTC, and you would have no idea the abusive e-mails I would get because an author can't handle criticism, you must kiss his/her rear end in everything.