Not for a moment suggesting it's brave for me. The whole point of the above, at awful length, is that it's normal to my way of thinking and I like it. (Where did that come from? Oh! The comment about a friend? Seriously, anyone asking me to leave comments for her IS brave, you have seen at what length I can crap on.) At the same time I am wholly supportive of the rather large number of my friends who don't like concrit, which is the main thrust of the above. And I also think it IS problematic in fandom, for the above reasons.
No cookies, thanks, on diet.
Not at all sure where you're going with the imposing a binary standard. Recognising that some people don't like being critiqued and that their reasons for not liking it are more important than my reasons for liking to -- as you say -- critique anything, is neither a binary standard nor one that I in any way insist others should follow. And you'll note that I explicitly make no claims for logicality.
I do stand by my opinion that some things are bad choices for the critical enterprise, though. While you might have fun critiquing a rehearsal or a text that is clearly written just for the fun of the writer, it doesn't do anything useful as it won't impact on the writer, won't be read by the audience who are in it just for the amusement value, and won't give you much of an exercise of your critical facilities.
[Sentence edited as it addressed point which has since been clarified.]
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No cookies, thanks, on diet.
Not at all sure where you're going with the imposing a binary standard. Recognising that some people don't like being critiqued and that their reasons for not liking it are more important than my reasons for liking to -- as you say -- critique anything, is neither a binary standard nor one that I in any way insist others should follow. And you'll note that I explicitly make no claims for logicality.
I do stand by my opinion that some things are bad choices for the critical enterprise, though. While you might have fun critiquing a rehearsal or a text that is clearly written just for the fun of the writer, it doesn't do anything useful as it won't impact on the writer, won't be read by the audience who are in it just for the amusement value, and won't give you much of an exercise of your critical facilities.
[Sentence edited as it addressed point which has since been clarified.]