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"Don't Like, Don't Read " is a storied phrase that's become popular with many Internet fandoms, including the South Park fandom. It appears most popularly as a generic way to bash those who start complaining about shows they don't like. Sometimes the author will say this in response to criticism in order to avoid even the most polite form of criticism, even when it's perfectly correct.

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rdfs:comment	"Don't Like, Don't Read " is a storied phrase that's become popular with many Internet fandoms, including the South Park fandom. It appears most popularly as a generic way to bash those who start complaining about shows they don't like. Sometimes the author will say this in response to criticism in order to avoid even the most polite form of criticism, even when it's perfectly correct.
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abstract	"Don't Like, Don't Read " is a storied phrase that's become popular with many Internet fandoms, including the South Park fandom. It appears most popularly as a generic way to bash those who start complaining about shows they don't like. Sometimes the author will say this in response to criticism in order to avoid even the most polite form of criticism, even when it's perfectly correct. This argument is not always valid. Some people argue that the phrase is logically fallacious — how can you know you won't like a fanfiction if you don't read it, after all? It's not like you can "unread" something once you've read it (though you'd want to, sometimes). Would they prefer that you complain about a fanfiction, or more generally, a show you don't even watch? This argument is invalid if there was no warning beforehand. Or, if the person has already ceased to read and is just stating their opinions. If you asked the person for their opinion, then this argument is invalid. It's especially unnerving when people shout "don't like don't read" when you do read it, but shout "how can you dislike something you haven't read?" if you don't (note the hypocrisy - do they want you to read it or not?). It's also especially unnerving since plenty of people who shout this won't take their own advice, and go around reading stuff clearly labeled as criticism to shout "don't like don't read" at the author, ignoring the fact they themselves just read something obviously labeled as a criticism fic. Sometimes, however, this argument is valid. If someone leaves a review on a story, complaining about an aspect of that story which was clearly labeled on the outside packaging (IE decrying the existence of Explicit Content in a smutfic), it's perfectly okay to just shout this phrase in response. That won't help the reader, but frankly he's got larger problems anyhow. In fanfiction, if the writer gives their readers warning in the summary of interesting things like the pairings, any slash, rape or mass murdering, they have a fair defense with "Don't Like, Don't Read". If however their summaries consist of such gems as "I suck at summaries", they generally don't have any right to complain and this argument is completely invalid.

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