Naked shorts are not a pesimistic side of trade. "Normal" shorts are. In the widely reported Gamestop case, they write that over 140% of all shares were naked

Naked shorts are not a pesimistic side of trade. "Normal" shorts are. In the widely reported Gamestop case, they write that over 140% of all shares were naked shorted - aka created from thin air. This is very different to normal shorting, that is ok.