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Okay, so, this is not going to be a fun post, but I feel the need to make it because after seeing it happen so many times in the last few weeks, my lunar autism juices are fizzing at just the right temperature to prompt an in-depth response. First of all, I want to make it clear that I don't hate Chibi Reviews. I think he is a little weird and I don't particularly like some of his views, but absolutely nothing I've seen from him justifies anything resembling what he has endured at the hands of various malicious actors. For context, I've been using the internet since I was 11 years old. I've said and done plenty of stupid things. I've responded to obvious bait. I've displayed righteous indignation and had plenty of overwrought, melodramatic reactions while seething with unwarranted anger at things that were none of my business. I say this because I don't want anyone to think I'm somehow speaking from an armoured bunker of intellectual superiority. I understand Chibi's feelings. He has suffered miserably, been targeted unjustly, and spent years being poked, prodded and incited by others. That said, Chibi Reviews is objectively one of the stupidest people I've seen on the internet. He is a thoroughbred lolcow who devotes an unreasonable amount of time and energy to making himself one of the easiest and most accessible punching bags in the anime community. A lolcow is identified by their characteristic inability to learn and grow from their mistakes. Chibi Reviews is the nerdy kid in school who walked around with an invisible 'kick me' sign attached to his back, instantly and instinctively identified by every bully as a target they can easily get a reaction from. In a perfect world he'd have learned from this and adapted his approach over the years. However, that hasn't been the case. He has an established pattern of endlessly responding to and provoking additional incidents of harassment wherever he goes. He broadcasts every weakness, every momentary emotional lapse, every pressure point and every sore spot that anyone can press on. I am not saying you shouldn't be emotionally vulnerable online from time to time. People have the right to grieve, the right to show weakness, the right to be unfiltered, etc. But that right is one that should be carefully exercised. Chibi does not. He is God's Strongest Soldier Endlessly Fighting His Hardest Battles[TM]. The problem with all of this is that Chibi Reviews has become the poster child for compassion fatigue. When I first saw the kind of things he was enduring, I felt very sorry for him. It hurt to see him being hurt. But then I saw him continue getting hurt, in ways that by now experience should've taught him to avoid. Now my reserves of compassion are entirely gone. Instead I just wait patiently for the next crash-out, the next bit of bait that he chomps down on without hesitation, the next random comment on obscure forums he drags out of the depths and waves around as a sign of victimhood. Again, let me emphasize, none of these things should be happening to him. He should not be harassed, persecuted, doxed, stalked or humiliated. But a critical part of being a public figure on the internet is internalizing the fact that these sorts of things will happen at some point, and that how you respond to them happening determines the result. As a by-now notorious lolcow with an established pattern of behaviour, Chibi Reviews has isolated himself almost completely from any practical assistance. His friends know that standing by him makes them a target. Meanwhile opportunists (hi Tectone!) can be certain that extending even an ounce of support guarantees he will become their ardent public defender, unthinkingly parroting their views and taking as much heat from them as possible until it is convenient to abandon him. In short, the suffering Chibi endures on behalf of others makes him the ideal target for grifters. His vulnerability makes him an equally ideal target for low-effort trolls who are guaranteed a response. This has led to the current status quo. There is now an established industry of trolling dedicated to mining the seemingly infinite resources that Chibi provides them. This industry even has its own stock market, where speculators trade stocks of his suffering in the hopes of a payout in the form of his support or opposition to boost their own prestige and influence. These things do not arise in a vacuum. They do not happen to people who have grasped the nature of online interaction and developed adequate coping mechanisms for it. If Chibi were to learn from his experiences and adapt, this industry would collapse very quickly. But he keeps doing the same things over and over again, like the best-trained dog in Pavlov's kennel. Nothing in this post should be taken as a justification or excuse for the willing and purposeful acts of harassment that other people have directed towards Chibi. Those people deserve condemnation. However, they are not irrational actors. They are doing what they do out of a calculated knowledge that they will be successful and be rewarded for their efforts. You cannot solve this problem using any of the tactics Chibi Reviews uses. Those tactics only guarantee escalation. Okay, that about wraps it up. I'm going gardening now.

What gaming opinion will you defend like this?