Thread:Fedora Kid/@comment-2091662-20151127221038/@comment-1734566-20151222022515

I know, but once that trend starts, there's no stopping it. And Reed, oh my God. You want to know what I consider one of THE biggest double standards in recent Survivor history? People claim that, in Worlds Apart, Will was being "verbally abusive" and "sexist" to Shirin with "personal attacks" against her "background." But in all complete honesty, what Reed did to Missy at the FTC was FAR worse - it was louder, it was much more insulting, he made DIRECT attacks against her based on her specific history of divorces and her overall behavior, he directly called her names (again, in relation to her personal history), and he even insulted her daughter too, to the point where they both broke down sobbing in front of everyone. Will only yelled at Shirin with very ambiguous insults that a 3rd-grader could come up with ("nobody likes you" is rather generic), and he ONLY yelled at her because she provoked him with spreading false accusations behind his back, on top of a whole season of making fat jokes about him all over the place. It had been weeks, up to that point, since any confrontation between Reed and Missy (the last of which, if I do recall correctly, was STARTED by Reed calling her daughter a brat and then shouting at both of them). And yet, with all these clear differences, Will is lambasted as a "horrible human being" (despite plenty of evidence beyond this that he is actually a good person - his moment with his wife and his moment of camaraderie after the F4 immunity challenge), whereas Reed was PRAISED for what he did to Missy even though there were plenty of other moments/interactions in the season that showed him to be an overall very short-tempered and confrontational person with few redeeming qualities.

Sigh...I'll never understand casuals and their double-standards.