We try to live by the Golden Rule here at Beacon of Speech. We don't want to be harassed out of existence, so we try not to bludgeon a defeated nemesis.
Who do we consider our real nemesis? cleveland.com
Do we want them not to exist? No. We want their editor, Chris Quinn, to resign and the website to be run like a news outlet should. How is that? Through a representation of all local voices. But Chris Quinn is running the page like he's trying to put his own site out of business.
Unrelated, 2 years ago, a hack metal website caught our attention by slandering one of our favorite metal bands, Anthrax. So, I wrote an article and posted it on their Facebook page. The article, which they immediately blocked? Metal Mofos = Metal Hacks
For a few years, it got a little chippy, but I noticed this year that the Mofos had given up the fight. They only posted 5 Metal Takes all year until the election. Then they posted this non-Metal angle with Trump's Election Victory:
Oh, har, har, har.
I'm not the biggest fan of The Boss, but, again, Springsteen is not Metal.
If the Mofos were here, they'd explain to me that they were loyal Trumpists and that Springsteen said that he would leave the country if Trump was elected. Yeah, I get it. Let me say this very slowly so Metal Mofos understands what I am saying.
Springsteen...
is....
not....
M-e-t-a-l.
Liking...
Trump...
is....
not....
M-e-t-a-l.
I waited 5 weeks and it appears that Metal Mofos has gone on hiatus. So I posted: Metal Mofos, Come Out and Play....
No reply....
No reply....
No reply....
It was both a taunt and a reference to a really underrated Twister Sister song.
As of 8:00 AM on December 15 no Mofos.
You say we're the worst kind of Metal Fan, the Gatekeeper?
That's right.
When you call The Police metal, you don't get it.
When you call Jeff Beck metal, you don't get it.
When you post political memes about Bruce Springsteen, you don't get it.
Why does any of this matter?
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