Related Clues:

• Spiteful types
• Unpleasant critics
• Intolerant people
• "Rumors are carried by ___, spread by fools and accepted by idiots" (old saying)
• Ill-willed sorts
• They can’t be pleased
• Mean-spirited detractors
• Anti-fans
• Those who clearly aren't fans scoffed in chorus, periodically
• Trash-talking types