I agree 100% with what Devil's Son and Julie said and I totally disagree with Caryl.
I actually was about to post a rather harsh comment at this point but I realized that it was rather destructive than constructive and that's why I decided to remove it and replace it by this:
Some people have very high expectations and can get very emotional about certain topics. Music is an emotional and important thing to many people and they can become even a bit selfish in this respect. That does not justify rude comments but might explain why people say something inconsiderate or offensive sometimes. I don't agree with some comments made by members of this forum, too, and I understand that one can get angry about them.
Yet you should try to understand the person's motivation and instead of calling him / her names you could say something like: "Your comment is unjust because..." That way we could avoid all those useless fights and the person will probably realize that he / she said something that wasn't right and be more considerate the next time - without feeling hurt or losing the respect for their idol.
It doesn't make sense to respond to such a post with a post that's even more offensive. That will just make things worse and make everybody feel bad. It will poison the atmosphere and people will get alienated without getting a chance to realize that they've made a mistake. Aside from that, all those fights cost a lot of precious energy that should better be used for something else.
If I didn't like Meat, I wouldn't give a shit about what he says and how he says it. But I do like him and that's why his overreactions annoy and sadden me. It's like a punch in the gut when you have to witness him saying that he doesn't care who he pisses off and if this community of dedicated fans is going to the dogs.
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