01-12-2015, 10:18 PM
I'm not sure how coherent this will be, so consider this an apology in advance.
The human mind has a peculiar way of determining what is tolerated and what is despised. Quite often, something that is similar-but-not-the-same (be it a nationality, an interest, or what have you) will trigger much stronger vitriol than something completely alien. Think how the local football team's most intense rival isn't the school from the other side of the state or the city across the country, but the one from the next town over.
Hence the disdain that furries have for bronies, the rivalry between Trek Wars, the way "PC master race" gamers and Apple enthusiasts are incapable of not insulting people who don't use the same product as them. It's just human psychology.
The human mind has a peculiar way of determining what is tolerated and what is despised. Quite often, something that is similar-but-not-the-same (be it a nationality, an interest, or what have you) will trigger much stronger vitriol than something completely alien. Think how the local football team's most intense rival isn't the school from the other side of the state or the city across the country, but the one from the next town over.
Hence the disdain that furries have for bronies, the rivalry between Trek Wars, the way "PC master race" gamers and Apple enthusiasts are incapable of not insulting people who don't use the same product as them. It's just human psychology.
