A criticism coward (or criticism wimp) is an individual whose ability to handle criticism is poor.
Such individuals usually react to legitimate criticism of their behaviour and/or work with one or more of the following: neglect and ignorance, blocking, denial and distractions such as strawman arguments, weaponized logic-terminating buzzwords[note 1] and rhetoric tools such as argumentum ad hominem, gossip, slander[1] and possibly gaslighting, rather than rational and logical counter arguments and sincere civil discourse.
Other techniques commonly invoked by criticism cowards to evade criticism are red herring, sophisms and rabulism.
Online
On online forums, communities and platforms such as Reddit, users with moderative and/or administrative powers also commonly invoke hidden policies and retroactive policy tyranny to evade valid criticism.
Notes
- ↑ Such misused weaponized criticism-terminating buzz words include “nazi”, “anti-semite”, “hater”, “troll”, “sea lion”, “whine”, and more, including variations of them.
References
- ↑ In video by John Swan: Chris Hansen: To Catch a Payday at 01m:36s {{subst:--}} {{subst:iquote|When a debate is lost, the loser resorts to slander.}} {{subst:--}} Chris Hansen
