Am I unreasonable or are other people intolerant?

[marguerite_krux]

So, it's going on 7am and I never did make it to bed. Damn GW. I ended up spending an hour trying to draft a response in the Stargate Beauties thread [ended up with a near essay].

I thought this thread was a great chance to share photos and see who scores the best. Weir's second in place, miles ahead of other candidates, just behind Carter. And yet I'm not really that happy. Because instead of just accepting the results, people have been saying crap like 'No honest person would ever say that Torri Higginson looks better than Morena Baccarin. I'm not calling her ugly - I'm just saying that's an undeniable fact.' [Shan Bruce Lee] and 'Do you honestly think that the majority of posts for Weir are sincere? (and Carter to a lesser extent). No chance, it's just different factions in competition...' [Jenks].

All the other people saying their choices are prettier and more deserving than Weir sound like sore losers. Just because their favorite isn't near the top, they need to drag her down. Just because more people voted for Weir than the person they picked, there is something wrong with the poll, they challenge the *integrity* of the poll. It just gets me that they think there has to be a mass conspiracy for Weir to have so many votes, no one can believe she justly earned them because she is a beautiful woman.

If Keller were winning, no one would care less, but because it's Weir, there is obviously a conspiracy. I was just so furious that they're all saying Weir isn't that pretty, that people shouldn't be voting for her, that it's just her personality or the Pro-Weir faction helping her win [and you know what? Who cares if it is? What kind of stupid poll is this where people who love and support Weir are apparently not allowed to vote for her because of 'collusion' or something against the regs? How freakin' STUPID does that sound?!]s

Why have a poll if people aren't prepared to stand by its results? We could have ten different polls, with each rigged to provide a certain result so the people who post there know that their favorite will win and then they won't feel like losers and pick on other people's favorites to feel better about themselves. I understand if they don't think Weir is pretty but to make sweeping statements that the majority of people wouldn't notice her against all the other women like Larrin [9 votes], Adria [35 vote], etc. etc. is just utter crap when she received 80 votes. Obviously more people thought she was pretty than those other women, yet still these people make comments that most people don't think she's attractive and there's no way she should have placed second and the poll is rigged and OH, of course THEIR choice is so much prettier and more deserving than Weir and their pick is obviously the correct one and we're all dumb-asses for not recognizing their wisdom and bettering ourselves by rejecting Weir.

I want to bash their heads against the wall for being so stupid.

Comments

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

These people are idiots. I've tried to reason with them, but they're typical sexist, chauvinist men. All the people who are saying those things are men. I don't think it's about hating Weir or whatever. It's about men and their pathetic standards of beauty.

[atlantis-babe34.livejournal.com]

i Agree. I usally avoid polls liket hat ong GW, becuse of all the disrespect some people show to other members.

[borg-princess.livejournal.com]

I never encountered this before though- I thought it was just a random poll, it had Weir as a candidate and I voted for her. Who would've thought that people could make a war out of her being in second place? [and rapidly gaining ground; Carter-95, Weir-89!] I thought people were mature enough to realize we all have different tastes and no one is *right* or *correct* just as no one is wrong, but hey, I guess maturity isn't a requirement to join GW.

[atlantis-babe34.livejournal.com]

This has happened before. The shippers were at War a few years ago around 2005-2006. Especaily the Sheppard/Weir fans and the Sheppard/ Teyla fans. there was alot of character bashing so i didn't go on GW for about 6 months. Its starting back up again, i find it disgusting the way some members treat other members. everyone is intitled to their own opinion and people should respect that. Some people are so immature

[borg-princess.livejournal.com]

You were great defending her. It was almost amusing seeing them try to justify their position if they weren't so pathetic.

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

I like that a lot of people came in and agreed with me, even the awful Uber...

[borg-princess.livejournal.com]

Uber? Never come across him/her, or at least, don't remember the name...what've they done?

And yeah, I'm glad it's not everyone picking on the one person who dares to defend their opinion, it wasn't a whole lot of bullies against one person, there were numerous responses agreeing with you- it was more of an evenly matched battle. I don't know about these wars in 05/06, but it seems people now aren't afraid to take a position that they know is right.

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

Her. She's obsessed with Carter and she attacks people who don't love her.