December 26, 2012 08:36AM
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They are threads in which the dead person is praised, no matter the flaws they committed, and typically people are called "flamers" if they start being all negative-like. Iunna isn't an angel. This isn't about her being perfect. She has been around forever and people liked her. If Baer deleted I imagine you would see similar, but you wouldn't hear me piping up saying "BUT BAER IS THE DEVIL, WHY IS EVERYONE ACTING LIKE SHE IS GOSPEL?" (which is what it sounds like people are doing NOW< yourself included since Iunna is the Devil and Baer is Holy here).
I think instead we can look at what she said and try to get something out of it. Iunna didn't claim that Baer is the only problem in the game. I don't think many people claim she is the ONLY one, so I feel like you're being extremely dramatic here for those disagreeing with your stance that Baer is the BEST GODDESS EVER AND CAN DO NO EVIL SHE IS THE ONLY GOOD IMM(see, I'm being dramatic too - it's invalid).
I don't consider it a childish pot-shot, she was nice enough to actually provide a reason. Mayhaps she was being polite in not "exposing" or shouting out tons of different specific reasons, but just wanted to elaborate on her prime dislike. I doubt she was saying it purely out of spite or to harm Baer - since i feel like people can voice their differing opinions, or even criticisms, without being labelled as heretics or assaulters. Similarly, you could say that you find my posts to be counterproductive and that you feel I ruin threads for you. That doesn't mean you're taking a childish potshot, it doesn't mean that I can't defend myself - It's just your criticism of me, and that's how things roll.
Honestly, between the two (referencing your first paragraph's first sentence) - Those praising Baer have been more audible recently than those not; especially between you and Trip. So in this case I'd consider those calling Iunna to be preaching the gospel about anti-baer as the minority with you being part of the majority. That isn't to say you are automatically wrong, but your tone suggested that it was the other way around.
But yeah, I say let's take the post for what it's worth, consider that maybe Baer isn't the best thing in the universe, and that Iunna could possible offer some useful or insightful criticism not available elsewhere due to her position as imm and the things she has seen.
I just hate how ardent people get about this, both on the BAER IS THE DEVIL and BAER IS THE BEST train, and don't understand why it can't be looked at more deeply than just condemnation for either being "a worshipper of iunna" or a "baer-cultist" ( ; ) ).
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