I'll deal with this first, even though it is out of order:
EDIT: I didn't read Bosk's last post to "take it back on topic" before I posted this. Sorry.
No, that was in reference more to the Thiago issue. I mean, this discussion is off on a
bit of a tangent. But it started with the MP comment, which arose from the questions related to Sons of Appollo. So while I think we need to eventually get back to Sons of Appollo more directly, this was tangentially relevant, and I think there is still a bit of "unfinished business" on this subtopic, so it's fine.
One, the "I believe what I wrote" was directly about my comments re: the modding here. Nothing more.
Oh, okay. That wasn't clear to me.
"Mike's blind followers"...
It most certainly included me, if not aimed at me. I'm the only one who stuck up for him during the last go-round - a couple weeks ago - and was called the same then. On MP's forum, someone named "Xanadu373", who clearly posts here as well, said - and this is a direct quote - "What all this boils down to is that you have a lot of fans there [DTF] (however not blind minions (with the exception of Stadler)),...".
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So, given that Chinese menu (haha, I kid), what do I do when I KNOW I was part of the group that the comments were addressed to, and I don't believe a) I'm part of it, or b) that the assessment is entirely fair? Your analysis is meaningful, but not complete.
Okay, a couple of things:
First off, you aren't the only one to have defended Mike in the discussions on this forum. Not remotely. Some of the defense has come across as reasonable. Some of it has not and, IMO,
does come across as simply "blind" fanboyism. And that isn't because they were standing up for Mike. Standing up for Mike, when warranted, is just as valid as standing up for anything else one believes in, when warranted. It's just that, as happens with a lot of issues on a forum, sometimes, people just take positions that come across as ill-informed. Again, this is NOT necessarily aimed at you. I am saying that there are OTHERS who have come across that way.
Second, I wasn't aware that someone specifically called you out on MP's forum with that same comment. I still don't think that, if you look at the context in which the comments were made HERE, that those specific comments applied to you at all. But given the other comments, I can see why it struck a nerve with you. I get it. But still, you are overreacting and personalizing it too much, IMO. It was such a minor comment made in passing. Nobody has followed up or doubled down on it and said, "No, Stadler, YOU are a mindless MP fan!" Just let it go.