Anti-fans hold a shared belief system that deems their own values morally superior
Evidence
Many of the rebloggers, however, claimed that they would never value being on television and being friends with famous people. Instead, they prioritized their friends and family. By suggesting that Allison had high-status accomplishments, I had unknowingly gone against a shared belief system whereby Allison’s values were out of whack, and those of the RBD bloggers and followers were moral and right. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 393
Categorization
- XREF: Moralized oppositional identity parallels themes in the reader’s prior work on moral panics. — connects to: Anti-fans justify their hatred as moral objection to unearned attention — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 390; Anti-fan hatred toward micro-celebrities far exceeds their actual offenses — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 387; Anti-fans construct their identity in opposition to the target of their hatred — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 393 (+4 more)
- QUESTION: Is this moral self-positioning a distinctive feature of internet anti-fandom or a general feature of out-group denigration?
Broader Connections
- Normalization of anti-Muslim ideas produces a morally self-justifying rationalism
#corroborates(0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 457 - Belief in a cause’s morality turns destructive acts into pride
#corroborates(0.72) - Challengers justify militancy by appealing to a higher communal morality
#corroborates(0.72) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 361 - Moral exclusion arises from a society’s own evaluative schemes
#corroborates(0.70) — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 807