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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
I have never seen anyone whinging at the mention of the word genre. I've only seen people getting defensive when the word genre has been used as a pejorative. I haven't seen allegations of pretension based on what someone reads, but on their attitudes toward those who read genre.
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Originally Posted by MrsJoseph
This is the type of crap that genre readers have to deal with every day.
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People who hang a significant chunk of their identity on being genre readers are predisposed to read any non-glowing mention of genre as pejorative, and judging by the frequency of these threads they spend a significant amount of time seeking out such mentions.