Some in the discipline just have this ridiculous sense of entitlement and privilege and think that the because they've "made it" -- or because they're at a prestigious institution -- that the rules of peer review somehow don't apply to them. When their papers get accepted, it's all because of their infinite talent and wisdom, but when the papers are rejected, it's because of flaws in the peer review process.
Yep.
I also agree that the process is flawed.
But I also recognize that sometimes the flaws work in my favor.
It's really weird that everyone who seems to be vocal about the process being "broken" never think that those 'breaks' work in their favor.