jsidhu762: Hello mortals!
There's a pretty common behaviour and mentality on the internet that I don't really understand. I'll summarize it like this: if you like one thing, that means by default you hate something else. Like if I start talking about Robocop someone will get in my face and demand to explain why I hate Terminator so much (which I don't).
A pretty common one is portrayal of the Joker. I prefer Nicholson's adaptation - but if I say that someone reading what I typed would assume that I think Romero's, Hamil's, and Ledger's versions are absolutely terrible (also not true).
What's the logic behind this reasoning? I apologize if it's a stupid question, I'm not the brightest bulb in the oven.
I think it is a testament to the fact that a large number of people online, in particular vocal ones often:
- have highly polarized views on topics as a part of their personality
- make assumptions about other people or what other people think about things which may not and are often not true
- are intolerant of opposing viewpoints
- either read more into what someone is saying than they're actually saying, either by making invalid assumptions without even realizing they're doing it, or by doing so on purpose as a form of psychological warfare (ie: Games People Play)
In a way it is kind of set up to be this way because people who do not have these characteristics are more likely to not engage in such conversations and if they do, they're less likely to do so in a conflictual manner or with hostility. It's not that people are all one way or the other though either, but there is a variance between the two extremes that is common to some degree across the majority I think.
