This goes beyond just critics of art, but itβs the most casual version of this phenomenon: Negativity for the sake of personal vindication. Toxic teammates, angry drivers, hateful old people. Itβs all reminiscent of the impact of mass undiagnosed mental illness.
One of the defining things that caused my mom to fall out of love with my abusive father was how every piece of media or art she tried to appreciate would just get bashed by him constantly. I think about that a lot when people are miserable about anything on this website.
Iβm also a critic of many things within my tastes, but people will take it a step further into this projection of insecurity and develop a superiority complex for not liking something. They get physically distraught at the idea that something exists outside their approval.