Why do people hate magic?

Believe it or not there are people out there who hate magic. A very sad truth for someone who loves magic as much as I do. But why do people hate it so much? First lets talk about what magic is. Magic is like art is a very hard thing to define and it means different things to different people. But technically speaking magic is a performance in which supernatural feats are made to appear real by means of illusion, suggestion, scientific principles, sleight of hand, etc.

So why do people hate this type of performance which intends to be so interesting, mystifying and amazing? well there are many reasons, one of which is that some people really want to believe is real. So when they realize that a magician uses some sort of trickery they feel lied to, or like they are being fooled, which I mean they are but not in a bad sense. So that's one reason a lot of people don't want to be made a fool. But that's not what magic is about, you see they miss the point that is a performance, a type of entertainment. I sometimes wonder if this type of people hate theater or movies, after all the actors are only playing a role and making you feel part of the story which is all just pretend to feel as real as possible, which is what magic intends to do.

Another reason why people hate magic is because, well.... magicians. Some magicians act very arrogantly or act as if they were smarter or even better than everyone else around them. No one likes a performer or even a person who thinks they are better than them. Not all magicians act like this but is a very easy role to fall into, after all the magician is sort of an actor playing the part of a human being with powers beyond the laws of nature. Having or at least acting like you have these immense amounts of power can easily make you act as if you were better than the rest.

Sometimes is because of bad magicians, and I don't mean bad people, but I mean inadequate preparation. Some magicians just buy a trick from a magic store and just go out and perform in kids parties or events without adequately practicing  and preparing themselves to selling the trick to their audience, they just think because a trick is easy to do that it is easy to perform.

Lastly some magicians are into humiliating or embarrassing volunteers. For the most part its not purposely but its common. When performing is easy for some magicians to embarrass their volunteers to get laughs from their audience. But this character is a very delicate one, only certain people can pull a character like this, otherwise you just end up being a jerk on stage. As I mentioned no one likes being fooled and its just worse when you're purposely making someone a fool for others to laugh at.

So these are some reasons I've noticed that make some people not like magic, Do you like magic?
If not why not? Let us know by commenting below. As always thank you for reading, I hope you found this topic interesting.