Interesting stance and I definitely understand where you're coming from. I can tell this is a passionate topic for you. I don't think that your opinion is quite as unpopular as you make it out to be though. I agree, UX is definitely a hot topic right now and tons of people are trying to become UX Designers (or claim to be UX Designers) without actually knowing what UX really is. I see that every day.
That being said, I think you're being a little closed-minded and resistant to change / progress. Regardless of what you say, this industry is changing (and growing). The fundamentals remain the same, yes. But that doesn't mean that the industry isn't growing. The Tesla Model S has 4 wheels just like the Ford Model T, but that doesn't mean that the dawn of new technologies hasn't caused the automotive industry to change drastically. Ten years ago, we could have never imagined that fully electric cars with gigantic iPads on the dash would be sold out of shopping malls. This industry is growing and, like any other tech-related field, those that adapt will grow with it, and those that don't will be left behind.
But perhaps more importantly, I think it would do us all some good to remain humble. I remember when I was first gaining interest in UX and trying to get into the industry (it admittedly wasn't that long ago) and if I were to compare myself today to the designer I was a couple months ago, much less several years ago, I would indeed look like an unqualified, ignorant, poor excuse for a pseudo-UX Designer. And I have no doubt in my mind that you were a poor excuse for a pseudo-UX Designer at one point as well. We all started there and then we became something. I don't know about you, but I welcome all smart and hard-working people that want to join this industry with open arms. I welcome the competition. It pushes me to do better. So, I work with organizations like GA and I mentor with programs like UXPA. And I'm not ashamed to admit that I have a mentor as well - one of my favorite professors in college said on the first day of our Eastern Philosophy lecture that if he, as a PhD, ever stops learning....well, he doesn't deserve to be a professor anymore. Because humility and open-mindedness are fundamental to any truly respectable expert, no matter the field.
I will say that the majority of people that I've interfaced with at GA are making career changes, rather than using GA as their primary education. For example, a couple of the students that I talked to last week have a degree in psychology and they're using GA as the catalyst to transition them into UX. Nevertheless, their psychology degree will undoubtedly be relevant once they've transitioned.