Why are Potter-Haters Still Here? (Ranting)

[jeanico2000]

Katie: actually, I totally feel the same way you do. I'm no longer 
visiting the main list for those very reasons. The negative threads 
are choking out all the positive ones... and there is just too much 
negative (a bit like devil's snare gone rampant). it's no longer fun 
to go there, IMHO.     
Best,
Nicole


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Katie" <anigrrrl2 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> I really wanted to post this to the main list, but of course I 
would 
> have been skewered by the List Elves, so here I am. 
> 
> I don't know about anyone else, but I am sooooo tired of some 
posts 
> that are so hateful and so negative. Why are these people still 
here? 
> Someone posted that they had been hating the Trio since OotP...why 
> did you (general) keep reading??
> 
> I particularly do not comprehend why on earth you would spend time 
> posting and arguing about a book/books you profess to loathe. 
> 
> And the posting has gone beyond, "JKR ain't the greatest writer." 
> or "I really took exception to Harry using Crucio." Some of it has 
> gotten quite mean and unpleasant. People seem to just be taking 
> potshots at each other and the books/characters.
> 
> And, it seems that often when someone tries to voice a positive 
> opinion of the books, they are basically accused of "doing what 
JKR 
> wanted them to do" or "thinking what you're supposed to think". I 
> feel this overwhelming pressure to think exactly the opposite (of 
how 
> they are presented) about every character. Like, Harry and 
Hermione 
> are actually awful people...while the Malfoys are lovely people 
whom 
> I'd like to holiday with. I just don't feel that way, and I feel 
like 
> my opinion is really in the minority right now. 
> 
> If you (again, general) think JKR is a terrible writer, if you 
think 
> Harry is a vile, ungrateful, indulged brat, and Hermione an evil 
mind-
> controlling wicked witch...if you think Dumbledore is a malicious 
and 
> cold-hearted old crackpot, if you think the story doesn't work or 
has 
> a nasty moral message...if you cannot find anything positive or 
> enjoyable in these books...Why, oh why, are you still here???
> 
> I am IN NO WAY saying these books are beyond reproach. I find 
plenty 
> of small stuff...and occasionally larger stuff...to criticize, and 
I 
> enjoy debating those issues. But by and large, I love, love, love 
> these books and these characters. I would not be here if I didn't 
> love them, and if I didn't want to discuss them in depth. But 
there 
> is a hugemungeous difference between discussion/debate, and just 
> spewing victrol at each other and the books. 
> 
> I just am finding the main group less and less fun, and it's 
because 
> the threads seem to be getting really negative and unpleasant. And 
I 
> know that if I hated something, I sure wouldn't waste my time and 
> effort writing about it. Like, I hate brussel sprouts, and I don't 
> belong to a brussel sprouts discussion group. :) 
> 
> By the way, Potioncat's new thread about "One Moment" is a lovely 
> breath of fresh air, and I thank her for that. 
> 
> Does anyone else feel as frustrated, or am I cracking up? Cheers, 
> Katie
>