As everyone is well aware, there are many strong personalities in woodworking today. Some prefer the teaching style of one over another, this is to be expected.
I personally don't have any singular "mentor" or teacher that I rely on or follow.
Often people take their "devotion" to a certain teacher far too far, IMO. Forgiving anything and everything they do or say. Just as, the teacher can capitalize on their own position as their fans see them. They can often do no wrong.
Which brings me to  Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or An entry in the Christopher Schwartz blog

"I have started a new category on this blog: Sharpen This. Articles in this category will show you how I sharpen every tool in my chest: planes, chisels, scrapers, travishers, scorps, moulding planes, awls, spade bits, screwdrivers and so forth. I’ll also attempt to disarm the consumerist economy that has sprung up to capitalize on our craft’s fear of this simple process.

You don’t need a lot of equipment to sharpen. All the systems work. The trick is to pick one system (what I call “sharpening monogamy”) and practice.

And if you are willing to humble yourself before a teacher, admit you cannot sharpen and take a lesson, you can get fixed up with everything you need to know in less than half an hour. (Pro tip: Attend a Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event and they will gladly give you a complete and free lesson.)

But if you won’t do this and you continue bash handwork, then I have only two words (and an obscene gesture) for you: Sharpen this.

— Christopher Schwarz"

Personally I find this to be a childish or sophomoric method of enticing people to follow my blog, buy my books etc.
While I've never been a CS fan or follower, I really don't much care what he does or says, but really, is this what it's come to? Agree with me and the way I do things, or just F-off.
What am I missing?

I would have to say personally, if someone I did follow and whose opinion I respected took that type of stance, that would be the end.

Maybe 

I know we all have a preferred way of doing things, but this is going too far, IMO.
I suppose I should have known that all of his "sharpen this" material stemmed from his contempt for those who don't idealize or romanticize hand tools, the way in which he does.
The sad thing is, that on one level, I agree with his keeping things simple, approach, but to just dismiss everyone who doesn't hang on your every word is childish.