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Originally Posted by Omio
Who is basher?
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He who bashes. And according to Wikipedia "bashing" means:
Bashing is a harsh, gratuitous, predjudicial attack on a person, group or subject.
Literally, bashing is a term meaning to hit or,
colloquially, to assault but when it is used as a
suffix, or in conjunction with a noun indicating the subject being attacked, it is normally used to imply a sense of uncompromising vehemence and bigotry about the assailant.
The term applies to two different types of attack: physical assault and verbal or critical assault. In the latter case, bashing is used
metaphorically to indicate an attack on a subject that is of similar aggressiveness and motivation to the physical case.
Topics which attract bashing tend to be personally sensitive topics for the bashers, the victims or both. They also tend to be highly
partisan issues. Common areas include
religion,
nationality,
sexuality,
politics and topics of critical appraisal within
fandom.