I wouldn't have such a mindset if I hadn't been forced into it. Some people would rather fandom be a parasitic competition than a symbiotic relationship (that is, until they see another group acting in similar fashion to them - and then suddenly they make with the "what's the big problem? what did WE ever do?" cow eyes and chanting, Lennonesque, "can't we just all get along?")

There's nothing to make a bully stop shaking you down for your lunch money than telling them they're fat enough already. ;-)