@dirkhardpeck
Love Live fans are considered to be bottom of the barrel people in Japan, yeah. They even openly mock them specifically in Gintama. I don't really understand why.
@whoamiagain: for what I heard, I think that Love Live fandom has a fame of being rather crazy and not in the good kind. But you know how it goes: the noisy actions of the few taint the collective as a whole. Sigh...
(yes, I'm a moderate LL fan. Still not crazy, nor a shipper)