is Lucas bashing, where the term is used to decry criticism of Star Wars or George Lucas personally. In this case, again the motivations include partisan conflict (for or against an aspect of an artistic work); an offense to an underlying ideology (nostalgic attachment to, or immersion in, an artistic genre); and the group influence of other fans and discussion forums. There is also character bashing, which happens when a part of the fandom openly criticises one or more characters in an artistic work, or even real people from media industry. See also Gay bashing Trans bashing Smear campaign References Emery, K; Ohanian, S. "Why is corporate America bashing our public schools?", Portsmouth NH, Heinemann, (2004). Franklin, Karen. “Psychosocial motivations of hate crimes perpetrators: Implications for educational intervention.” Invited presentation at hate crimes panel, American Psychological Association convention, Aug. 1998. Goodsell, Charles T. "Bureaucratic Bashing". In Jay M. Shafritz (ed.), Defining Public Administration. Boulder, CO: Westview, pp. 128–31. (2000) Kantor, Martin. "Homophobia: Description, Development, and Dynamics of Gay Bashing", Praeger Publishers (1998). Lee, Mordecai. "Bureaucrat Bashing in the Galactic Senate: George Lucas and Public Administration". Public Voices 4 (2): 23–30. (2000) Price, Deb. "Hostility to gays planted early". The Denver Post, Page B-7, October 16, 1998. Swanson, Jean. "Poor Bashing. The Politics of Exclusion." Toronto: Between the Lines. 2001. Pejorative terms Bullying Abuse Aggression Psychological abuse Discrimination Violence against LGBT people Persecution of LGBT people