OK, I've decide to finally stick my hands into this long-going tar-baby LJ flame war, and if I offend some people on either side of it, so be it. I have avoided taking sides in this, and I'm still not "taking sides" (I think all sides can share the blame), just pointing out just how absurd and juvenile this is getting. If people can't take the heat, they shouldn't be in the kitchen in the first place.
Please do NOT read this unless you thrive on LJ drama (and/or can read about it without being offended). That having been said, I am trying to be objective (and if I'm not, please feel free to call me on it. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.)
Several people have pointed out this nugget of journalism (and I use the term VERY loosely) that seems to escalate a long-going flame war on LJ (and elsewhere).
I see that the article charges "meth use", something I have never heard any corroborated comments about. (He has admitted to alcohol and pot use, but the only comments I have ever heard about meth use were in hysterical ad hominem attacks, which are generally of dubious factual value). I've seen people who are habitual meth users, and they typically look like death warmed over - like advanced AIDS patients, or anorexics like Karen Carpenter. I've seen a lot of gay men in recent years who used to be quite large, but have dramatically lost weight and sometimes look like one of the above-mentioned categories. He certainly isn't one of them.
Of course, the article does say that "His ongoing faggotry is well-documented", and "well-documented" does link to their article on "Internet Burden of Proof" which does elaborate on it - namely, that anybody's opinion is sufficient (i.e. "somebody said it, so it must be true"). After looking around more on encyclopediadramatica, this seems to be the level of journalistic standards prevalent on that web site. (It makes it seem even less objective than conservapedia in that regard, which is saying a lot). Some of the articles on that site rise to the level of clever satire. Sadly, this isn't one of them. It is full of vitriol, and totally devoid of wit. (See also their article on Homosexuality)
I suspect that the line "everyone knows that the corpulent are scientifically unlovable" will not win many supporters and much credibility in our particular circle. As will no less than four separate wishes for people to die, comments that the obese take longer to gestate, etc. Not to mention the comments about Mexicans and Puerto Ricans, as well as several uninvolved third parties. And mentioning full names. Methinks the author of this particular screed has a HUGE axe to grind, and doth protest WAY too much. It has the maturity and intellectual honesty of a child screaming "poo poo poo on you!".
Now, lest anyone label me a Tony Sycophant, let me state that I am friends with him, but also with many of the people on LJ who are his avid detractors. (And when he fucks up, I tell him so to his face). He has generated his share of drama, as have many of them. I am personally not fond of drama, but I prefer to let people fight their own bitch-fights; hopefully after a while, the tantrums will blow over. He can fight his own battles, and they can fight theirs. When he does ridiculous things, it makes him look ridiculous - and when they do ridiculous things, it makes them look equally ridiculous. (I am not saying that everything in this long-going flame war has been ridiculous, but there has been enough of it coming from both different sides.)
There is a saying "Never argue with idiots. It lowers you to their level, and they beat you with experience". Articles like this just show that some people are eager to jump into idiocy with both feet. This article easily tops any idiocy I have ever heard coming from him, or from anyone else on LJ sounding off in this particular little drama war.
FYI, this article appears to be written by someone named LOLful evil, who has never done anything else on that site other than to fix a couple of typos - and all within the past 3 days. It's likely that he is a LJ user, but prefers to fling his shit from behind a cloak of anonymity. For all of Tony's changing his nicknames all the time to stay off the radar, he has always (to the best of my knowledge) used his own picture on his profiles and never tried to hide who he was.
Unlike the parody LJ accounts
bearbong and
gooeykc that also give no indication of who they belong to. If you're going to fling mud, people, have the decency to do it openly.End rant.