“Why can’t you let people enjoy things? Why do you have to be a hater?” Because hating stimulates critical engagement, it engages literacy and analysis. We need to stop normalizing mindlessly consuming content, but rather thinking about it below surface level enjoyment. Hating is a part of that, it forces you to confront what you dislike, why you dislike something, and confront the issues with a text.
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