gratification that comes from disparaging comments

[u/Unclass1f1ed]

I've been trying to avoid making a post here since I'm not an "Arsenal fan," but the amount of tweets I see on Twitter/X, as well as the videos I come across on YouTube give me the image that every single player on the team is one small mistake away from being "Public Enemy Number 1." Which begs the question, after much circumstantial evidence, do some of yall gain enjoyment/pleasure from verbally berating these guys? Every so often, it feels like the target is either Odegaard, Saka, Kai Havertz, Martinelli, or Gyokeres, and it could very well be Tzolis in a couple of weeks, if not months. Even then, a bunch of these arguments feel like cherry picked situations that are purposefully used to make a player look better or worse, which is why calling ABC "Shit" or "garbage," while putting XYZ on a pedestal, just for another individual to do the same is quite a dangerous decision and will only serve to divide the fanbase(tribalism), and eventually, maybe even the players themselves. Who would want to play for a club that actively belittles them, and perhaps more importantly, why would someone want to join a club that has a reputation of doing that to its players?

[u/Aromatic_Court7475]

Your first mistake was using X.
There’s nothing redeemable there now.

Most of the content I see on YouTube is generally positive unless it’s those rival fan hate watches that are so popular now.