Human nature is such that Barbicane felt more keenly the opposition of that one man than he did the applause of all the others.
"Don’t focus on the one guy who hates you. You don’t go to the park and set your picnic down next to the only pile of dog shit."
— $#!+ My Dad Says discussing this trope.
Singers: Hens love roosters, geese love ganders, everyone else loves Ned Flanders!
Homer: Not me!
Singers: Everyone who counts loves Ned Flanders!
Homer: Not me!
Singers: Everyone who counts loves Ned Flanders!
— The Simpsons, "The Front"