When hating becomes an obsession

[vercetti2021]

This can apply to many areas. Mostly politics. But what happens when it starts bleeding over into entertainment? This is how and why gaming has become extremely toxic in every aspect now.

It all started last year when The Last of Us Part 2 was a month from release. But due to major leaks. It sparked a huge mess fueled not by the games plot or death of a major character. It was sparked due to the main antagonist being a buff female. Instead of just going with that the main villian was a cis woman. Their huge prejudices were leaking like a nuclear reactor. Transphobia, homophobia, and traditional woman hating became a solid argument for why the game was awful. Most actually didn't play the game to know that the character was in fact not transgender at all.

Over a year later. They still hate on this game via r/thelastofus2
And it's to the point where you'd see hive like behavior on any alt right 4chan or subreddit now. This video is now the prime example and has shot the issue into the limelight.

Imagine being this person where you spend so much time in these circles that the normalcy of being a user is being absolutely psychotic. They live in a dangerous echo chamber like most incels and I will say incels. I know that word is controversial here on DU. But I've been around these people to know how much they hate anything that challenges their way of thinking. It dates back to the release of Star Wars episode one. Fanboys being extremely toxic to the point it drove a young actor to become psychologically damaged and nearly drove another to suicide.

[Warpy]

1. Bored, obsessed dimwits on their last nerve are taking this WAY too seriously.

Our best hope is that enough people get vaccinated or recover from this virus that it disappears enough that trolls go out and get jobs and relearn how to act, at least after they've been fired from the first ten jobs or so.

People were being triggered by next to nothing even before we all went into various levels of isolation There was a real bullying problem here at DU for a long time, especially while Discussionist was up. The bullying has largely departed DU but it seems to have intensified on other sites.

I feel sorry for these two and their advice is sound. Online bullies need to be quarantined. I hope their fans take that advice.

[vercetti2021]

2. Not sure if it this has a lot to do with vaccinations

Like a lot of this was happening before the pandemic, Gamergate being one of them way before this. Like there is trolling and being an asshole, but this is beyond that. It's beyond obsession to hate something so much that you are borderline psychotic over it.

[Treefrog]

3. I don't think it's departed du. I watched a new poster get pounced on a week or so ago.

It was ugly as hell. For nothing.

A few, including me, posted to tell them to ignore it, but I’ve not seen them back since.

[Sympthsical]

5. Uh, this place is full of bullying

Pile-ons, brigades, etc. It happens almost daily.

Then there are this weekend's threads where a parade is practically being thrown because a religious guy died of Covid after not taking it seriously.

Get any group of people together in any protected group, and you will see a mob-like, bullying mentality take hold, where Others are no longer worthy of the respect and dignity that merely being human affords.

Every little in-group has its roving gang of bullies. The idea this is somehow special to gaming or the Right is laughable.

Mirrors are sold at Target, and some people are in desperate need. Not sure when everyone went full Elizabeth I, but I don't think the pandemic helped. Look at what's going on with restaurants.

When society doesn't enforce decency, decency won't reign.

Right or Left.

[stillcool]

4. I think it's a fear-based-human thing

like group mentality. Belonging to a pack and finding security in that pack. Taking on a persona for a better fit, and little by little losing all sense of self. You are who and what you are, based on the reflection you see of yourself in others.

[vercetti2021]

6. Exactly

A lot of these kids seemed to not learn that the best way to live is to be your own person. You'll find those who accept you for you to where you don't have to bend your sense of being to be accepted. These people, those on 4chan, any alt right subreddit, proud boys. All stem from the same line of boys and I will say boys because they never grew into being men. Are exactly hive minded to where they feel they are red pilled to see reality in their own light. I'm using that red pill against them, they say red pilling people into reality, but in fact. Blue pills are to be brought into reality. Red is to stay in a fake reality you wish to create around you.

[stillcool]

7. yeah, it's hard to get people to move out

of the box they've put themselves in. They can't/won't see because their whole self is locked on to that mirage of security through comradery. They're going to hit a wall of reality at some point. Just hope they all don't hit it at the same time. Nice chat