MP around an hour ago on his forum:
DTF?? That's still a "thing"
Hahahaha worse trolls than Blabbermouth over there...
Life is so much better without reading their negativity every day...
And the music world is soooooo much bigger than the silly little bubble they all seem to live in...
Their loss!
I guess he can't help himself
Now I'm waiting for some of Mike's blind followers to comment on this and try to explain to us how he's not saying anything wrong and that we're overreacting on everything he says
You know, the quasi-hip, oh-so-ironic "Inb4 some of Mike's blind followers [followed by disparaging comment that proves Mike is at least on to something, if not outright correct]" is tired. TWO OF YOU had to say "Mike's blind followers" as if it is incomprehensible why someone would be "Team Mike" at this point (there are 100 reasons, not least of which is the music which still flows like water, and is still the best part of all of this). Mike makes his post - which to be honest, I have not seen personally yet - and there are no less than 27 (24 if you take out the jokey ones and the one that claims I am him, he is me, and we are all together, goo goo gajoob) that pile on, including comparing him (not favorably, I might add) to the least popular and most polarizing President in the history of the union, and that INCLUDES Nixon.
Whether it was "right" or "wrong" is a matter of opinion; personally, not my style (a little confrontational for me), but so be it. But he's not so unrooted to be out of the realm of reality, like some of you are implying. I stuck up for him on the last go round and it was BRUTAL. I'm not at all easily swayed (go to the P/R forum; or ask Jingle) but I felt rather unwelcome, and all for simply having the temerity to give Mike the benefit of the doubt. For all your snarky confidence that you are right, I think some of you - not all, but some - have lost some perspective on just how brutal you can be. Only SOME of you are actually truly interested in honest discussion about him and his music. There are some of you here, well, that signature that is floating around (something to the effect of "Mike is always wrong, except when he's right, in which case he's still wrong" or something like that) is spot on.
1) The Trump thing was literally one post, & even then, there was context to that comparison (detailing how they portray themselves in an us vs them manner when not achieving their high self-standard for public reputation).
2) I only counted 12 posts (10 if you don't count posts just saying "I agree") since Mike's comment that were actually serious & not jokes
3) I don't see why the number of posts is relevant to how brutal we are. If 50 people replied to this quote saying "this post was kinda mediocre", are they being too brutal too?
4) Why are you acting like this is so out of proportion? After all, he directly insulted us. I'm not saying that two wrongs make a right, but were you honestly not expecting a reaction?
5) As some people have already pointed out, most of the thread when it isn't coming down to Mike's comments was actually speculating & discussing the new album. Clearly the implication that we don't understand his "music still flowing like water, and is still the best part of all of this" is false.
6) Even so, separation of artist from art is still a thing that should (& often does) happen.
7) Aside from those points, this statement doesn't really prove any of us wrong except "guys, you're being mean".
8) If that's honestly a concern to you that we're going too far, check with the mods, that's their job after all. They haven't said anything on the situation (at least not yet) & the rules explicitly state that stuff like name-calling & nonconstructive criticism (with direct reference to MP mind you). Hell, some of them have directly taken part in this thread, so I doubt it's really gotten too out of hand.
9) "Mike is always wrong, except when he's right, in which case he's still wrong" I'm pretty sure that's Hef's signature with Blob talking about him ("Hef is right on all things, except when I disagree with him, in which case he's probably still right"), so nice going there.
10) I sure do love how much of this post is dedicated to how the jokes we make towards you aren't funny. It really shows your objectivity in the situation
tl;dr git gud
Edit: wow, quadra-ninja'd
Edit 2: Grammar is hard