No, my observations directly of people who did exactly this sort of spreading of misinformation for the joys of watching people be touched and be harmed by the resulting chaos caused by this malignant imposed ignorance make that a reality.
You hang around some sick people.
I think that Jarhyn has a point, although I never thought if it quite that way. Example that leaps to mind: some prominent members of the GOP and some well known FoX commentators are vaccinated themselves and cheer on all of those who are refusing to be vaccinated. As far as I can see, for shits and giggles. Oh, and power and bucks.
The fact is that looking at this part of my past, and speaking openly about it, is like ripping off an old, nasty scab with some pus underneath.
It isn't pretty, and yeah, I definitely hung around some bad people. Not everyone grows up from that, and eventually, that kind of behavior can find and run along the cracks of society and widening them as they go.
There are reasons I have such a relationship as I do with not wanting to be a villain.
In many ways I understand and accept that there will be offensive things.
Fireworks will light up the sky, and make some veterans curl up and cry instead of looking up with joy.
People will, in virtual worlds, lampoon media in insensitive ways pertaining to the demands that certain tragedies and elements of society be allowed to be dealt with and coped with in humor.
Be shocking all you want and watch the shocked person cry all they want.
Sometimes there will be people who move in next to you and sell dildos instead of hats or whatever.
I accept these things in my world even if they are things I don't participate in anymore and try to actively discourage.
What I really won't ever accept is when people leverage asymmetries between each other unilaterally.
As it is,
when I speak of "plague rats", I do not speak of the unvaccinated at large,
I am speaking specifically of and at the people who are seeking to watch the world burn for their sick amusement.