Goliath100 said:
God, I hate those people that's all: "Take gaming seriously as an artistic medium." And when someone are but it's inconvenient for them, they are all like: "It's just a game." We need way more shots on those people.
The problem is that while there are individuals that do engage in this hypocrisy, more often I feel that the perception is just conflating two different internet voices as part of the same amorphous mass that is the internet, as though all internet posters belonged to a hive mind.
More useful is to zero in on a notable personality and highlight his or her contrary opinions.
For example: in this episode of the Jimquisition, Mr. Sterling takes a very harsh stance against industry practices that he sees as harmful to consumers. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/8942-Monetizing-Whales-For-The-Retention-Of-Virality] This is just the latest in a running theme of episodes where Jim hoists himself up as the defender of the common gamer.
But in this episode, Jim chastises those very same gamers for being abusive towards those that work in the industry, wondering if we perhaps deserve the shitty, samey, and consumer-unfriendly products we get when we drive off anyone with talent. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/7955-Im-Going-To-Murder-Your-Children] This admonishment ignores the fact that Jim engages in this sort of verbal haranguing all the time, and even if he does it more gracefully, Jim ought to know that his notoriety is going to inspire others to do the same, and with far less tact.
But then, the hardest hypocrisy to detect is when it comes from your own mouth.