Could telling writers to “get thicker skin” be responsible for the decline in GREAT writing?

Why can’t we just be who God made us! I hear it/see it every day. Someone says it . . . Someone writes an article about it . . . Someone tweets about it . . . Someone blogs about it . . . Writers have to develop a thicker skin. WHY? Is it really … More Could telling writers to “get thicker skin” be responsible for the decline in GREAT writing?