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Originally Posted by dmbnut21
I sort of hate this thread.... I understand everyone's frustration with him/the band etc. I also understand that some of the things he decides to write are extremely ill-advised and don't really sit well with the hardcore community. He is also a famous person and this is a discussion board and so that is all part of it.
That all being said, he is still a human being and he is someone who likes to be social and tries to reach out to fans more than anyone else in the band and so having a giant thread with 3,700 post that is bashing the guy 95% of the time just feels kind of icky. Hence why this is my first (and probably last) post in here.
All I'm saying is, discussion is good, being a bunch of entitled assholes is bad. As Dave keeps preaching, be kind to one another. If someone made a thread dedicated to you and then kept track of everything you ever said/did and then judged the shit out of you it probably wouldn't sit well with you either. Yes, I know he could just take his ball and go home but it says something about him (for better or worse) that he hasn't.
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I don’t fully disagree with this, and I personally started feeling like an ass when I was criticizing Stefan today on the other thread, BUT, when it comes to the stuff he was tweeting yesterday/today and how he engages with morons over twitter, it’s hard to not join in on a discussion about this.
I mean, he mentioned something about how Boyd got into the band to begin with in an argumentative way. What was he saying there? That’s worth discussing.
The other crap, like getting upset about fans criticizing the band, ... I mean you’re kind of asking for a thread about you when you can’t keep your cool over some low life fans talking smack over the internet.
Stefan is 44. He’s had plenty of time to figure out that there will always be haters and there’s never anything to gain by responding to them.