DPS: Why is it so dang taboo?

[Laraul]

Why is everyone so touchy about their dps when they're told to step it up? Almost every single other mainstream MMO has some form of in game metric for dps aside from 'can i clear xyz.' Healers and tanks don't get a free pass, why do dps? Most dps complain too when a tank or healer makes one slip up, but 2/4 dps can drag 8 people down and suddenly you're a 'toxic' player for pointing it out.

A 'toxic' player is someone who complains on the blames things on the obvious, or making unhelpful remarks like "stop dying."

If you know what it's like to be yelled at for making a slip up as a tank or healer, then you should know how dps feel when they get singled out.

The problem stems from several sources. We currently live in the society of the participation trophy. Self esteem is considered more important than hard work so everyone gets a prize. People are coddled from a young age and any form of criticism, whether its constructive or not, is immediately evil. Our society's overblown focus on political correctness has demonized anything that could possibly be construed as slightly negative. Everything must sound like a my little pony commercial or you're a hateful bully that can't be tolerated.

This is what I tell my self all the time. It's not my fault I can't clear savage! It's society! :P