By that logic, Blender shouldn't exist because it devalues the skill of hand animated art.

Nobody said that. You just made that up.

Did you really create a 3d model if you didn’t hand type all of the vertex coordinates? Anything less is cheating by using cheating tools and isn’t art. Oh you had to use a deform tool? Pathetic. Can’t calculate your own circle approximations at various details? Good. If you can’t do it, it shouldn’t happen.

Honestly these people are just so weird.