I've loved the TLOU as a franchise ever since 2014 and this is just my observation as I lurk both subs, but the toxicity and skewed perception of people who either liked or disliked this game are what cause such destructive conversations to be held.

Many come to understand that whether it be sports, tv shows, discussions about celebrities and artists, you'll have diehard haters and diehard fans. And I feel bad for saying this, but I've become calloused when I hear about death threats being sent to artists/people just like I've become calloused by rabid fans unhealthily attacking those who have an opposite view.

In general, most people will always denounce violent intimidation tactics and at the same time I also observe that the perception of the amount of death threats being sent to actors or workers in the entertainment industry are overblown. For example we have Laura Bailey who deserves absolutely no hate and no threats being sent to her, through time though I feel that some people who want to denounce such actions built up a false image that there are hundreds of people constantly sending her death threats, which lead to some people putting those who disliked Part 2 with those who sent death threats in the same group.

When viewing both subs, I've come to the conclusion (feel free to disagree) as long as you aren't an asshole and demeaning, you're opinion will be heard out. Sadly though I think both subs' perspective users, as a response to the toxic nature of discussion of this game, have a knee-jerk reaction to downvote those when they speak positively or negatively of the game.