LogFAQs > #978728068

Bubbagump posted...

Actually, I completely agree. It doesn't give him free-reign to lash out, to name call or anything like that. I also agree, he would benefit from better coping strategies or counseling. These are extremely valid points! What I take issue with is people lashing out in response with their own hateful responses. I think there's a difference between recognizing that someone has a trauma-based reaction and disagreeing with it, saying he went too far, versus straight up belittling him, name-calling, and otherwise being hateful. There is plenty of space to disagree with someone and not resort to hateful attacks. Wil Wheaton chose not to do this. But that doesn't mean he deserves all the hateful comments right back at him. One reaction is coming from a place of trauma and need for therapy. Another reaction is coming from being an anonymous online persona and hating on a person (Wil) who's popular to hate on. I'm gonna go back to my first comment. Let Wil have his moment, recognizing it's based in trauma, and be the bigger person and not resort to hateful comebacks.

I think the main thing is that it's so insanely overblown in proportion to the "incident" that it's comical in its own right, irrespective of the reasoning behind it. You can give some leeway when someone has an emotional episode, but that only goes so far.