Originally Posted by Janet43:
“Unfortunately, what tends to happen on forums like this is that someone expresses a negative opinion and a person with the opposite view takes real offense and exaggerates what's been said from being a dislike into "HATE". It's then latched on to by others and something almost akin to war breaks out with posters either siding with the "haters" or with those opposed to the "haters" - all over a TV show.
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It seems that this is what happens a lot - if you express dislike, or even irritation at someone, even if it's argued and perfectly reasonable, there are 'defenders' that just can't cope with it - if there's a horrible ring of truth to it, that of course, can't be borne.
They then use a series of tactics -
replying to what you've not said,
Assuming what you mean,
Ignoring what you've said.
And then finally, declaring that the fact that you've actually said it means you 'care too much'.
I've seen this more than once and it's happened to me.
So, whilst I agree that some people really seem to be irrational in their consistent 'outraged anger' at some celebs, some defenders seem to be desperate to label others as 'haters' when actually, they are just really cheesed off at someone else having a formed opinion and articulating it, at the cost of their favourite.