Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26221704-20160822185129/@comment-26221704-20160823003926

@Dio, Again I've already stated that you have the right to say that you dislike a series but you bring up a good point about being too broad.

The problem I have with what you're saying however is that if someone said something like "CFC is complete and utter shit" or "Tifa VS Yang was fucking garbage" (because people have) that is completely unacceptable. Freedom of thought and speech is great and all but people really have to understand that it doesn't mean you have the freedom to be a jackass or say over-aggressive statements and get away with it.

You're allowed to express your thoughts and opinion but again, keep it in a manner that doesn't put anyone down simply for liking it. Going on again with CFC and Tifa VS Yang, I personally strongly dislike CFC and believe that with one glance at it it's objectively a bad show for numerous reasons. However I don't condone anyone for liking it or try to regularly enforce my opinion on those who do like it. I feel the same about Tifa VS Yang, I personally thought it was terrible as do many others but I don't constantly berate it.

I realize that you seem to confuse slander with criticism, or perhaps I made it seem like they're the same. Regardless, no they're certainly not the same. It's okay to criticize something but the problem is taking the criticism too far or just simply hating. You can say "I dislike RWBY" or "I hate CFC" and that's fine especially if you give reasons. But don't go into an angry rant/fit about it or disapprove when others like it or simply mention it.

Onto the five terms, I see no problem using them sometimes like in chat or with people who can handle hearing such terms but they have no place in debates and serious topics. My beef with these terms is when they're being overused, I've already gone on about the "wank" term but the other terms like "salt" and "fanboy" are the two other terms I highly disapprove the usage of. At least four of the five terms are used as a tactic in debates to somehow undermine your opponent and make yourself feel "superior". Users here really like throwing these terms around, specifically "salt", "fanboy" and "wanker" be it true or otherwise. An example I can think of is basically anything to do with Godzilla2020, he was constantly called a salty fanboy and a wanker. Was it true? Honestly yes it was but was anyone in the right for consistently saying that to him over and over, or even saying that to him at all? Absolutely not. The overuse of the words and having all those users say the same stuff over and over was unacceptable and completely out of line.

Essentially yes you're correct it's situational and the specific situations are akin to something like "lol you're a salty Godzilla wanker and fanboy please leave"