HoneyDipCrisp Wrote:
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> Very well written, Wes. My first thought is that
> there's a forced positiveness on many sites, with
> a moderator eliminating whatever they deem
> unproductive to the well-being/agenda of the site.
You mean, like Mike's site?
> Here there is an opportunity to let ones dark side
> run free. And we all have a dark side.
Constructive criticism isn't the same as "a dark side." Unfortunately MOM and his minions refuse to see the difference.
> It also
> seems that some here have been insulted or
> belittled by Mike, so have a real personal dislike
> for him.
Never met the man.
> But I do share your bewilderment with
> the obsessive nature of it all. It's even more
> strange when you consider how similar Don and Mike
> are. In many ways, they're the same person. So the
> fact that one is deified, and the other demonized
> is hard for me to comprehend.
Don has talent. Mike doesn't. They are hardly "the same person." The difference in ratings should tell you that.
> You know I once saw
> a documentary on WWII, and they asked why people
> go to war. One scholar simply said,"There's
> something in human nature that enjoys
> destruction." And at that moment the TV image was
> of a German soldier smiling as he watched a
> village burn.
Oh, yeah. This is a real My Lai massacre going on here. Please.
> So for a variety of reasons a
> handful of people would like to destroy Mike.
We are hardly "destroying" Mike. What we say here has virtually nothing to do with Mike's ratings on The Edge or the failure of his podcast. That's all Mike's doing.
> Maybe not entirely rational, but certainly not
> unusual when you consider human psychology.
Living in denial isn't entirely rational, either.
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