Then again, if I said I liked Justin Timerlake, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Prince - I think you'd be hard pressed to hold back your negative opinions about those artists.
"They're not musicians," or "they're not really singing" or "i'm going to vomit" are common declarations, but it's 'hating' just like saying a band sucks.
I've stopped discussing music in general, because everyone thinks they're an expert in music. Some people prefer guitar, so they hate rap for the simple reason that it doesn't contain a guitar. Some people prefer meaningful lyrics, so they hate music without. Some people hate guitars, so they hate country and rock.
And the problem is that they're all "right" in hating that type of music. You can never empircally argue preference in music, even if you think you're an expert.
And since everyone is right and no one is wrong, you get a lot of self-declared experts who spout their opinions regularly.
So I resolved to simply listening to what I like and allowing others to listen to what they like. If they ask, I like it all.
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