Yes. Get over it.
Works both ways.
Others in this thread beside myself, have come up with valid ways a tank mage could work, it's quite clearly possible, thematically AND mechanically, everyone except you can see it. I mean come on, there's literally a tank spec that involves getting drunk to ignore pain and stagger around to dodge attacks, if Blizzard can make something like that work, of course there's room for a mage on the frontlines.
Unless you're being thickheaded and stubborn just for the sake of being thickheaded and stubborn.
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Yes, yes, we're all very impressed by your unique playstyle, that you've boasted of wayyy too much, and we're all so enthralled by your abilities to pull it of.