To qualify Dan's response of "misguided" seems to me another "misguidance." 1- it makes the presented info not as helpful as could be (although true but it can be considered as biased as definitely ignoring what the goals of the camera manufacturers are. They sell a lot of equipment to photojournalists and commercial photographers for whom an as-close-as-possible rendition of colors, density and contrast matter). So there is a difference between heavy post-processing and no processing even on a more "philosophical" ground. 2-Now it is also true that many that will not post-process do it by default rather than invest in what can be costly equipment (computer, software,...) and time.
These (Dan's and SuperflyTNT's) are two different attitudes, points of view and if taken knowingly are not misguided. Neither yours (that some could also find "misguided" and pushing things (PP) too far), nor Dan's may look "misguided" to most of us, just the expressions of two points of view reflected in fact in the patronyms each of us chose: Dan and SuperflyTNT ;o) Let us relax and smile!