Wow! That was a beautiful read. She put everything so eloquently. I'm not a fan of hers, but she is 110% right. The majority of the vocal fans are absolutely nasty. Does that TE winner Bronson Matthews deserve to be despised by the fanbase for jokingly calling some wrestlers the same name the fans do? Does Renee Young deserve to get bullied regularly by venomous Ambrose fangirls simply for being his girlfriend? Does Roman Reigns deserve to have his talent, career, and personal character demeaned, trashed, and slandered in large quantities on a daily basis? For his wife to receive death threats to her and her daughter? All over a push? Yes that may be extreme, but it happens. The amount of barbaric hate varies in levels, but happens to all of the talent. And yes it may happen in all forms of entertainment, but WWE is by far the worst there is, ever!
I have to be honest. Reading that struck a chord with me. Now I'm sitting here thinking "have I ever done this? Have I bashed, and degraded, and judged with the false assumption that just because it's through a computer screen means that it isn't just as hurtful, hateful, or obnoxious?" It calls for a major self examination. Why do we constantly bash and disrespect people who make so many sacrifices, leaving their families, hometowns, everything they know to get on the road, and risk their lives almost every night for our entertainment? Every single one of these people is worth something, and deserves respect. From Ryback to AJ Styles to Eva Marie to Roman Reigns to Cameron to Byron Saxton to Sasha Banks to Patrick Clark. It doesn't matter the talent. These people have all sacrificed, all been through something to get where they are, whether it's poverty, language barriers, discrimination, etc, and at the VERY LEAST, they deserve enough respect to not get ripped and shat on for doing their jobs.
Yes it's ok to have personal preferences and like or dislike what is happening with someone or something, but there is no excuse to malign someone over something as insignificant as wrestling, and fans need to learn where to draw the line between appropriate feelings, and irrational disrespect and undeserved hate.
I'm happy I read this and I hope to keep this in mind when discussing talent. Hopefully everyone else sees wisdom within the message and applies it instead of being self-righteous and ignoring the message because it's Cameron. Yeah, she's by no means a top talent, but her words are wise and heart is in the right place. Listen.