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Publicly hating Nickelback is a very douchey and pretentious thing to do. CMV

While I never particularly liked the band, this whole "I fucking hate Nickelback" bandwagon is just ridiculous. Are people really doing it because they hate their music *that* deeply, and so much more than any other pop band out there? Or is it just a fashion thing. Because if it is a just a fad, it's a pretty shitty one according to me. Hating, publicly shaming, signing petitions to cancel shows  - how has any of that become a cool thing to do towards artists, whether or not you appreciate their work?
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People don't hate Nickleback because of their music, (some people) hate Nickleback because they feel Nickleback represents the regression of rock music as a genra for them; they symbolize the commercialization and sanitation of rock music in their mind. It's the same way people don't hate Nicki Minaj or Justin Beiber because of who they or or what their music is like, it's what they *represent*; they are symbols and some people can only express their opposition to what these symbols represent by attacking the symbols themselves.