C3PX said:DarkFather said:Well, go make an EU criticism thread then. No use in hijacking TheBoost's thread that is about the positive.
Exactly. It is a pretty crappy thing to go turning everyone elses threads into negativity threads. This is something I am plenty guilty of myself. Some people here just want to talk about SW without having to constantly hear how much we all hate 99.9% of all things Star Wars.
Just because places like TFN have become gushers central, doesn't mean we have to go a million miles in the opposite direction and become basher central.
And while a little "so called" negativity is not a bad thing, it has a problem of becoming habitual. You ever notice that some people just complain about everything? They almost seem to get into a habit of it and can never stop. It is sad. I wouldn't want to be the guy that looks at everything and see sunshine and flowers, but I also don't want to be the guy that looks at everything and finds mold and maggots.
See, I don't agree with this attitude about "negativity". So-called negativity isn't this big boogeyman everybody has to be scared of. It's not this terrible thing. Much of what gets called negativity is criticism. Criticism is not a negative. In fact, it's a positive. It's an important part of discussion. It's constructive. You can't have mature discussion of something unless you allow criticism. It's a not a bad thing to bring criticism into a discussion. It's a worthy contribution.
And if somebody doesn't like something they should be allowed to say so. Does everybody need to like everything? What's so terrible about somebody not liking something? We shouldn't need everybody to like all the things we like. If somebody doesn't like something and says so, it does no harm to anybody.
This "negativity" is harmless. We need to be a little more tolerant of people not always sharing our feelings about everything. Just because we like something doesn't mean it's a bad thing for someone to come and admit that they don't like it. Just because someone makes a considered criticism of something doesn't mean they've crapped on your carpet.
And if you don't like some view of somebody's about something, you don't have to agree with it, just like they don't have to agree with yours. You can choose to disagree or just ignore whatever posted views you don't like. Meanwhile, everybody gets to post their view.