I dunno if I’d say worst, because it would require comparison to all the similar communities based on an ism to the degree of zealotry.
And that’s what it comes down to, what makes that specific community easy to point to as a bad example. Any time you get zealots all in one place, it turns shitty fast. That’s true regardless of what their article of faith is. All that matters is that they believe something and do so the the exclusion of any other factor.
Like, if you run across a group of scientists that believe so strongly in a given fact as a guiding principle, they can quickly turn into zealots even though that original fact is indisputable. It’s all about placing a belief over any other factor.
Fuck cars in particular hates cars, and the assholes among the community are zealots that simply do not give a fuck about any other factor. Doesn’t matter what use case there is, what hurdles are in the way, you’re an asshole because you didn’t immediately say “fuck cars, no matter what!” That’s a zealot. At that point, it isn’t about the subject matter, it’s about them wanting to feel superior, to feel “right”, and of equal importance to a zealot, that you’re wrong and lessser than them because you don’t see the “truth”.
Now, not every person there is an asshole or zealot. But the assholes and zealots of any group are the loudest and most obnoxious. So the community as a whole becomes very unwelcoming and insular.
Again, it isn’t about what a zealot believes. They may be 100% right objectively (though that’s rarely possible), it’s that a zealot isn’t there to actually work towards a goal or spread knowledge. They’re there to be smug and self superior. That is different from someone that holds a belief without being a zealot. You can usually tell the difference because the zealot will make all the noise while the other ones actually do something and don’t waste their time bitching at other people.
I dunno if I’d say worst, because it would require comparison to all the similar communities based on an ism to the degree of zealotry.
And that’s what it comes down to, what makes that specific community easy to point to as a bad example. Any time you get zealots all in one place, it turns shitty fast. That’s true regardless of what their article of faith is. All that matters is that they believe something and do so the the exclusion of any other factor.
Like, if you run across a group of scientists that believe so strongly in a given fact as a guiding principle, they can quickly turn into zealots even though that original fact is indisputable. It’s all about placing a belief over any other factor.
Fuck cars in particular hates cars, and the assholes among the community are zealots that simply do not give a fuck about any other factor. Doesn’t matter what use case there is, what hurdles are in the way, you’re an asshole because you didn’t immediately say “fuck cars, no matter what!” That’s a zealot. At that point, it isn’t about the subject matter, it’s about them wanting to feel superior, to feel “right”, and of equal importance to a zealot, that you’re wrong and lessser than them because you don’t see the “truth”.
Now, not every person there is an asshole or zealot. But the assholes and zealots of any group are the loudest and most obnoxious. So the community as a whole becomes very unwelcoming and insular.
Again, it isn’t about what a zealot believes. They may be 100% right objectively (though that’s rarely possible), it’s that a zealot isn’t there to actually work towards a goal or spread knowledge. They’re there to be smug and self superior. That is different from someone that holds a belief without being a zealot. You can usually tell the difference because the zealot will make all the noise while the other ones actually do something and don’t waste their time bitching at other people.