Posted by TheGame:
The other day I started a post that I thought would be a fun diversion to let everyone express their prediction for whether the team will succeed or not this year, which my friends and I do for other teams. Rather than responses, I got attacks from mostly "haters" calling the post stupid. I really don't understand this strong emotion regarding the hater/optimist views. IMO, if you don't like the team and think that the team will fail this year, I have no problem with you having that opinion or stating that position and why you feel that way. I will still assume that you will support the team and if you go to the games, that you will shout for the Knicks to win. There are other teams that I don't like due to the coach or other issues, but I will still support the team because I am a fan of the team regardless of whether I like the coach. Yet, for some reason, the people that have negative views about the Knicks seem to take being called a "hater" as some insult or act as if they are ashame of their view. The optimists on the other hand seem to have no problem expressiing optimism about the team. Maybe that is simply human nature, but anyway, I don't think people should be taking these labels that seriously. We are all Knicks fans and want the team to succeed. Some people think the team will do that this year, and others think that the team will not. The labels are insignificant in my opinion. Maybe there was some huge controversy or attacks against the haters on this board in the past that I am not aware of.
It wasn't the post. It was the fact that you started out the post "are you a hater" or an "optimist" or somehting like that. Guys get tired of that nonsense. It was funny, when I started a post and simply asked for predictions without labeling anyone I got plenty of responses.
I guess Sometimes when you hear it from the haters, you think that's just the haters. We had five other posters that told you why they didn't like your post. And you heard something pretty specific from me. If you don't know why we didn't like it, it's because whatever school you went to wasn't a good academic institution. You are delusional.