I am not a short and don't even know how to short, but my question is this: why do so many on this board think that if one shorts a company, it means that they want the company to fail?

Couldn't it just be that given what is going on with a company, one thinks the price will go down before it goes up? Look at CYDY realistically, and to me, it feels like it's going to be a while before we get any news that really moves the needle upwards in a real, material way. Yes, we have lovely spikes like the other day, but as most of the others, it was supported by hot air and thus due to come right back down. To short it knowing that is not hoping that the company fails, it's being smart and playing the odds based on history.

You may not like shorts just based on emotion, but they're not stupid. At least I don't think they are. Nor do I think they want CYDY to outright fail.