With regards to bashing of negative characters:
Everyone has a favorite character and some people prefer unpopular characters due to the actor playing such characters. And for them its incredibly offensive to see bashing of such character to the extreme. Character bashing frequently occurs when the hated character is seen as a threat to the fan's preferred ship or main leads. The act of depicting a character in a negative light for the purposes of blatantly showing fans and viewers how bad or terrible the character is but not to restore filthy or abusive words. Filthy language and cheap words leaves a bad taste in people's mouths and creates unpleasant environment for the members and fans.
We have NOT asked anyone to worship the negative characters or praise them. All of you are more than welcome to criticize the character and use words to express your feeling without crossing the line between criticism and bashing. Its a big difference between saying "Sultan is cheap" and " I think Sultans act are cheap". The last one is more friendly than the first one so a little effort goes a long way! You can critize the character in the context of the storyline so if a character is shown to tried to force himself on or molest someone then he can to called a molester in your post to make a point, but unnecessary and overusing the word just to get spread hatred will not be accepted. Words used in the show should be in the context of the post and scene and not just as one word post, (exp "sadakchap", "kutta") Those words were used only once and after that they didnt so members shouldn't take the liberty to misuse it every time to mock and insult.
Majority of you cross the line between real and reel by going personal on the actor who plays the negative role and also the fan groups who likes the characters. Insulting real people crosses a line, so if your character bashing entails bashing anyone who likes the character ("Sultsan fans are stupid, hypocrites", "RK phankies are blind worshipers") , that will not be accepted or tolerated!
Lastly, about freedom of speech - In order to maintain community harmony, its necessary for every forum to have a code of conduct, which the members have to abide by the rules. All of us agreed to follow the code of conduct set by the sites admin when we signed up. Everyone has their right to voice out their opinions so none is taken away their "freedom of speech". Members are encouraged to share their constructive criticism on the absurdity of the series's story line and character, as well as to discuss the actor's talents within the IF's COC.
At the end of the day, it's the tone of your voice, and your choice of words that makes the difference here.
This thread has turned into a DT blame thread and I do believe I have explained above about bashing of negative characters! If anyone have any issue with the rules, contact site admin, Vijay!
Topic closed!