It's not WHAT people say, other than just bashing someone, so much as the tactics. Let me ask some questions: why is this thread so long? What is the purpose of talking about one person so much? Who does it benefit, and how?

You don't have to like the guy, but this devotion of a whole thread or threads to bash him is giving him a huge amount of celebrity. It's also a Mudcat version of a lynch mob, and it makes me sick. I know you don't care what I feel, which is part of why it makes me sick. If you did care what readers thought, you might have a better impression of how your hate fests come across. It's not even about Martin Gibson. I don't care about him. It's about you, and what sort of person you are. Some people seem to think any behavior on their part is excusable if they hate somebody enough.

Martin's probably a lost cause. Those of you who are trying to justify your own bad behavior with someone else's, or claim that anybody who thinks you're acting petty and vindictive must be on Martin
Gibson's side are completely missing the point - likely in order to avoid taking responsibility for acting like stalkers or stone-throwing mob members. Your behavior is about YOU. If Martin Gibson 'made' you do it, then he's got way more control over you, and you're far easier to manipulate than I would have believed possible.