I think there’s too distinct camps of happy clappers.
There’s what I’d call the genuines. The sort who always look for the positives. Probably in life, aswell as football. The sort whose first reaction after a 4-0 defeat is… Oh well, could easy have being worse. If it wasn’t for our ‘keeper having a blinder, it would probably have been 8.
Then there’s the completely different animal. The ‘Super Fan’ happy clapper. Loves to make a big show of what a great fan he is. Prone to waving his arms around in times of adversity ‘encouraging’ other fans to join in his shit song. Whilst sporadically asking fans around him to “Sing up you fucking wankers” Probably gets home and gives the missus a few slaps after particularly annoying defeats.