I don't care what other's opinions are, but if someone labels me an asshole for having an opinion different than theirs I will retaliate in kind.  I can stoop with the best of them when the need arises.
I've been reading Achewood for a long time, almost since the beginning.  I read the forums at Dumbrella but never posted because I never felt comfortable doing so - quite frankly for the very reason that can be seen 6 posts up.
If this is how things will be here, then so long and thanks for nothing.  I don't have to come here, I just enjoyed the company even if I only ever stood against the back wall listening to what others had to say.

But if a child came up to you and said "Hello, I made this for you.  I hope you find it fun," and hands you a jar of their own feces, must you find it fun because they made it?
There are a lot of things that are "free" such as commercials, tv shows, music on the radio, etc.  But just because someone made it doesn't mean I have to like it.  It also doesn't mean I can't voice my displeasure about it.
If all anyone on the old Achewood board ever talked about was who they would like to go on a road-trip with, and never discussed the fact that they did/did not like to see Ray in every single strip; and then one day everyone stopped going to visit Achewood and stopped visiting the boards, and stopped buying hoodies because of the Ray-centric strips, wouldn't Mr. Onstad like to know about it?  Wouldn't you feel obligated to let him know what keeps you away from the site and possibly buying merchandise?  Or must everything be rainbows and pony rides as his livelihood goes under?