the pattern I notice is aca-fandom, as a meme (not an organization, not a bloc, not a cohesive group of people), is tolerant of non-competing memes (writing technique discussion, art materials discussion, copyright issues) and less tolerant of, sometimes contemptuous of, incompatible memes.
I'm curious. What would you consider to be "incompatible memes"? In what way are they incompatible? And how have these memes been treated by those in the acafan camp?
I'm not an aca-fan (I have an advanced degree, but not in anything connected to litcrit/cultural studies), but I find the anti-aca reaction puzzling. No one ever wants to provide examples of instances where aca-fen have demonstrated contempt toward and/or disapproval of non-aca-fen, but without seeing it in action, I simply can't understand where the resentment is coming from.