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Haters Are Going to Hate
Here’s How to Handle Them
Yes, haters are going to hate. There’s no getting around it and there’s no making haters see reason. This alone has prevented countless artists from posting their work online. It’s understandable but sad. A 2019 article in USA Today stated that cyber-bullying has risen from 11.5% in 2015 to 15.3% in 2017. Those are just reported cases.
Unfortunately, that’s today’s culture and it doesn’t look like it will ever slow down. The internet makes it much easier to spread hate all from behind the safety of a computer screen. Does that mean you have to stand there and take it?
Absolutely not.
Haters are going to hate, so let them. You can’t stop them. Don’t even try. In fact, that is my number one rule. DO NOT ENGAGE. The more you do, the more you feed into their game. That’s exactly what they want you to do. Their primary objective is to get a response from you.
All haters come from a place of small-minded ignorance.
When it comes to your artwork or anyone else’s, they don’t have the slightest clue. If you asked them why they don’t like your work, they won’t be able to elaborate past a fifth-grade level ‘it just sucks’ type comment. That’s why I encourage you to not even give them the time of…
