ohohohohohoho said:I don't really like fans who mock people and call them "triggered" when they get talk about representation or sexual violence in anime, and then turn around and cry about being "taste shamed" when someone calls them an incel or misogynist because of the shows they watch. Who's triggered now?
Funnily enough, people absolutely do TOTALLY define themselves by the shows they watch, and wear their anime-fan-identity as a badge of honor, but then act like no one knows the first thing about them at the first sign of mockery over it. People even call themselves shounentards, just like fujoshi. Well, it was you in the first place who exposed that your identity is an absolute vacuum that you filled in with the shit you buy and watch for lack of any other important interests and personality traits. If you define yourself that way, and make a public display of it, you live with it. Like if you're going to fill your signature and profile with pictures of basically naked anime girls, what kind of world do you think we live in where you're entitled to nothing but praise and compliments for it? Get real. This isn't an appendage you were born with. This isn't some double standard. You choose what shit to watch. You choose what shit to plaster all over your profile and what shit to say in your posts and reviews. You can be criticized for it.
Basically, if you feel like you're being "taste shamed," maybe you should ask yourself why you care so much if someone "shames" your taste in the first place. Is it really such a big deal to be made fun of over your anime taste that we have to tack on a term like "shaming?" Being called a shounentard is not really comparable to being called, say, a slut. It's just your hobby... or isn't it?
On the other hand, ya, I agree, just insulting someone is not a substitute for thoughtful criticism or argument, if that's the register of the conversation; and it's ridiculous to, the minute someone starts arguing with you on MAL, go to their profile, see that they liked MHA or something, and call them a shounentard off rip because of one stupid meaningless detail like that.