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    12 days ago

    If you don’t like that guy’s opinion then why criticize it? Its not your thing so why have a strong opinion about it?

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      12 days ago

      The point of Kaplan’s (offhand) comment is that there’s a social media environment constructed around posting outrage about games/movies/shows that you don’t actually care about. The point of these ‘criticisms’ is garnering attention and monetizing it. It’s devolved into slinging vitriol at anything deemed progressive, and was (no joke) pioneered by conservatives deeply involved in the current US administration back during Gamergate.