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ParanoidObsessive posted...

I'd say the thing to keep in mind is that crazy people exist in all walks of life. So the problem is not so much "crazy comic book fans" or "crazy video game fans" or "crazy movie fans" - it's fans of anything... who also happen to be crazy.

The real problem is that everyone today uses implied groupthink as an ad hominem. If 100 people complain about a character in a film because they're poorly written, but 1 of those people also make sexist or racist comments about the actor that plays them, people immediately dismiss the opinions of the other 99 people as being solely motivated by bigotry because of "guilt by association". A few comic fans act like assholes, and then people whine about how all comic fans are assholes and how "toxic" the fandom is. Which is itself kind of bullshit.

People are always quick to fling those accusations (and studios encourage it because it allows them to deflect all criticism when they shit out terrible movies), but that in itself is also shitty asshole behavior.

Honestly, that sort of "All X think Y" mindset is a huge negative of Internet social culture in general. The Internet hugely empowers tribalism in general, and it leads to an infinite sea of shit takes.

God I wish everyone could see this post.

Revelation34 posted...

I think that's just Kotaku "journalists" who do that and idiots on Twitter.

I literally see it on gamefaqs all the time, assigning the blame to a specific website is no different then assigning blame to specific fandoms.