Why exactly does the London get so much hate?

for a person who plays the quiet italian, i dont believe you can be talking

Play ... Kf7 against it.

Boringness solved; now it's spicy.

Rofl all the salt directed against the London. We could fill a bath with the tears.

There's nothing wrong with the London. It's just a d4 opening with a bishop being deployed to f4. This creates a very specific dynamic, with both players having their own structural plans and ideas.

Once a player reaches a certain level of experience, you realize that openings are just like different foods or clothing; you can pick and choose them depending on your mood. You can play a London one game, and 1. e4 the next ... And so on.

The same goes for your defenses. If you are facing a London, who says you have to defend in the same way every time? Mix it up. Try different structures. Play a Semi-Tarrash structure, one game. Play KID structure another. How about a QID/Hedehog structure? Sure, why not?

As the saying goes: variety is the spice of life.

True, there isn't much wrong with the London. I guess it is sort of a solid opening as well, because you don't have to interact much with the opponent while you're doing it.

Is this a novelty?

what’s the continuation, g5, h5?

LOL, at insecure London players. "Y-you guys are just salty haha, drinking your t-tears haha"

Ok, if it makes you feel any better. You are making me feel kinda bad now lol.

in conclusion, London players are slanderd due to

1.them playing a boring opening where there will be a slow game and not much conflict

2. it is usually their only rep with white and they spam it each time they get white.

3. they actively fear any type of attacking style game, so they typically try to eliminate whites play, or just totally ignore it (unless whites attacking or threatening something)

4. connecting to 3, they actively try to exchange everything white has and try to get an easy endgame 

5. these people get very upset when people slander the london, claiming that its like ¨any other opening¨ when typically no other opening (excluding the exchange variations of openings and 4 knights italian) is passive and gives black equality that easily.

y´all should really stop playing the london after 1200 and learn how to actually play chess

HOWEVER, kudos to the people that play the more challenging londons  and fight for a win

@Sea-Turtle, the London can still be a solid opening to defeating masters, it's just that there are some much better options for white to play, such as the Queen's Gambit.

I agree

Whether a game is dull or dynamic has very little to do with the opening and everything to do with the players

Very true, I agree

The most insecure side is the one which produces the most whining. Have you actually read the thread? Or even been in the internet?

Yes, whining like saying people who don't like what you like are just mean and salty.

People have every right to love what I hate and conversely. The issue is not there. The problem is for instance that one topic on FB Lichess page out of two is people expressing their rage about the London allegedly ruining overall chess experience (the truth: that's because they don't know how not to lose against it), or in this site where almost every London system topic is a complaining topic. 

For a very long time I didn't even know what the London was, I used to play King's Indian against non-queen gambit d4 systems, followed by intuitive moves and was just fine. Now I play it after having seen some videos by Hikaru, it is a cool system actually.

Instead of listening to the points made by the other side you get upset about it and start insulting. The same with the other guy.

"You just want to act superior!"

"You're just salty!"

Maybe you could actually be open to others opinions. I have no problem with people playing the London and if you're making arguments about why you like the London then I'll hear it. One of my favourite streamers is Eric Rosen and I think he's a really cool person but he plays the London all the time.

I admit I was teasing a bit roughly at times but I still made solid arguments. You can either listen or you can just get upset. Like I said, I just feel bad now.

This is just a cliche argument and untrue. "You don't like it because you lose against it!"

But the London is yielding very successful results for black. There ARE other reasons why people don't like it.

Very much.

Right, this was one of my main points. To be completely real and honest, the reason why people don't like the London is because they would rather be playing other openings that they like more.

And then there are multiple reasons for that as well.