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What's With the Wesley Hate?

I watched TNG from beginning to end and throughout it tried to see anything to be critical of about Wesley and couldn't find anything. What's the big deal?

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Shut up Wesley.

He was a child prodigy on board a pretty cool starship, and he got away being annoying to the Captain. We all wanted to be in his shoes... but it was just a bloody fantasy. So we began to hate him.
- I wanted to be Riker but ok
  
  I wanted to be Data.
  
  I wanted to be Barclay.
  
  I wanted to be LaForge. Maybe a big part of me becoming an engineer.
  
  Weird maneuver, but ok
- I didn't hate him because I wanted to be him, I hated him because he was a gary stu, fellow-kids sort of character.

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