While I agree that Miranda has some pretty, uh, rabid fans, Carrie's fanbase generally does A LOT of bashing of other artists-particularly female artists (and even more particularly Taylor and Miranda...we've all witnessed the countless Taylor bashing threads on this site).
I think all three's (Carrie, Miranda, and Taylor) fanbases do too much bashing of other artists, which is sad because Carrie and Miranda are good friends, and all three (including Taylor) have been nothing but friendly too each other. I wish some fans would learn that there is enough room in music for all of them.
Great post!
I find it interesting that you brought up that the bashing, or fan wars I guess, seem to focused on the female artists. I've been thinking about that lately, and it's certainly true. You don't usually see a Brad Paisley fan posting horrible comments about a Keith Urban fan, or vice versa. It's interesting how the female artists are constantly compared to each other, and that each of the fanbases feel the need to insult the other females to support their artist. Of course, not all fans do this, and, as Patrick said, a few bad apples can ruin the whole bunch.
I totally agree the there is too much hatred (harsh word, but that is how the comments often come across) between some fans of Carrie, Miranda, and Taylor. Like you said, there has been no indication that the three women don't get along...they have been all been seen interacting with each other.
There is enough room for everybody, and I don't feel like people need to tear another artist down to build up their favorite.
As for the Miranda pouting at award shows in this thread, does anyone have proof? Was her pouting worse than everybody else's pouting when they lose lol? Even Carrie doesn't always wear a big smile when she loses, and other fanbases could interprete that as pouting.
Wasn't the photo of Miranda holding up the Carrie Who photo from quite sometime ago? By the looks of things, Carrie and Miranda are good friends now, so it's a non-issue. Clearly they've worked through things (if there was even anything to work through in the first place).