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Originally Posted by Mr. Happy
It saddens me that something that, in my opinion, was as respectful and interesting as that conversation has led to upsetting and driving so many people away.
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You know as well as I do that it's Meat's actions and words (or his 'experiment' as he apparently sees it) that have driven people away rather than the content of that thread. The idea of insulting people and calling them names to weed out the unmutuals is, in a word, revolting.
If Meat wants to limit his fanbase to the ones who are willing to listen to their fellow site members being degraded by him and who will then still stick around to kiss his ass anyway, count me out.
Meat ought to thank his lucky stars that this story hasn't been picked up outside of this website.
Meat voluntarily voiced his political opinions, made an endorsement and consequently his fans began discussing those opinions.
We buy Meat's albums and pay to see him in concert. Therefore we have observations on his singing and how it has varied over the years.
Meat's posts in response speak for themselves. Apparently it's fine and dandy for him to tell you to argue with your family until they vote for Romney, but if you have something to say in response to that, he can't hack it without resorting to a bunch of childish shouting and swearing. Stand up for your beliefs and if someone expresses an opposing view or questions on that, swear at them until they leave. Classy, Meat. Thanks for showing me what a backbone's for.
I can see the headline now:
'Veteran rock star slams fans, calls them evil, tells them to go to hell, tells them to go ~~~~ themselves, then says it was all a 'test'.
That's about the size of it, isn't it? I highly doubt many of his wider circle of fans would be impressed by that.
The more I think about this whole thing, the more disgusted I become.