Is there a "toxicity" in this fandom?

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Originally Posted by myconius

i don't actually KNOW know her.

but my interacts with her on that FB Group didn't make a very good impression.

i found it very ironic that she of all people should be talking toxicity.

guess anyone that doesn't share her similar views must be toxic?

Nah, dude.
People having a difference of opinion isn't what makes something a toxic environment.

It's how folks approach that difference of opinion, and how they're treated in the wake of that difference of opinion.

One of my favorite quotes from SDCC was in a DC panel. It was the Editor in Chief talking about how every panel at a convention could be someone's first panel. And what happens at that panel will determine whether they stay in the room.

Andrew may crow about uprooting plants, but those threads could have been someone's first experience on this forum. And I wouldn't blame them for never wanting to come back after watching that all happen.

I didn't like the Bay movies, but I'm not going to begrudge folks that do.
And I'm certainly not going to badger them for it. Or, take their bait if they try to badger me in return.

Fun sidebar to the DC panel story:
That was the last of their panels I've gone to, based entirely on audience reaction.