Mogisthelioma
Smash Master
I myself have silently done this before, I admit it.
Occasionally I see people online who stereotype/generalize members of a fanbase that they con't like and seem to have a guilty by association feel. "If these two or three Zelda fans like Classic Ganon better than Dorf, that means they all do!" I really hate it when people do this because it's toxic and deteriorates the core values of this community. When I see someone who suggests that all fans of a certain fanbase they don't like want this fighter/believe this is bad/want this to happen/think this should be removed, you can tell how upset this makes people.
Guilty by association is more or less an ad hominem argument since it suggests that you believe in something based on your profile picture or other preferences. I know that I've talked about my dislike toward ad hominem arguments before but this is different. Guilty by Association suggests that all members of a fanbase you don't like are "guily" of doing something wrong and therefore bad members of the Smash community. That somehow for wanting a certain character to become a fighter someone has done something wrong and must be silenced or pressured into changing their mind/leaving the conversation.
I want to be able to create a solution to this problem before it leaks into and after Ultimate's release.
Occasionally I see people online who stereotype/generalize members of a fanbase that they con't like and seem to have a guilty by association feel. "If these two or three Zelda fans like Classic Ganon better than Dorf, that means they all do!" I really hate it when people do this because it's toxic and deteriorates the core values of this community. When I see someone who suggests that all fans of a certain fanbase they don't like want this fighter/believe this is bad/want this to happen/think this should be removed, you can tell how upset this makes people.
Guilty by association is more or less an ad hominem argument since it suggests that you believe in something based on your profile picture or other preferences. I know that I've talked about my dislike toward ad hominem arguments before but this is different. Guilty by Association suggests that all members of a fanbase you don't like are "guily" of doing something wrong and therefore bad members of the Smash community. That somehow for wanting a certain character to become a fighter someone has done something wrong and must be silenced or pressured into changing their mind/leaving the conversation.
I want to be able to create a solution to this problem before it leaks into and after Ultimate's release.