QUOTE: Truly? You "hate" Rob Liefeld? What sort of emotion do you summon up, I wonder, for someone who has actually commited a crime, or actually harmed or wronged you in some real manner? "Hate" is a word that has lost much coinage, and largely due to foolish usages like this.

 

I would say a fierce dislike is a better term. 

I can honestly understand hating a comics pro; don't get me started on Rob
Liefeld.

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Just curious, Eric. Do you actually hate Rob Liefeld, the person, or do you simply hate his work in the comics field? Those are two separate things, after all. ( Although the bottom feeders that continue to write the garbage that has become the "John Byrne" entry on Wikipedia certainly can't distinguish between the two). If you hate him as a person, fine, that's how you feel. I was simply wondering if you actually meant what you seemed to be saying.

This whole situation...not just Wikipedia, but the animus towards John in general, just strikes me as very sad and in some ways sick.  Has there ever been a more publicly reviled comic book creator?  I mean, and don't take this the wrong way...but the guy really isn't worth all the time and attention...he's a writer/comic book creator, not a murderous despot or psychopathic child-killer.  If you don't like his opinions, attitude or work, fair enough; support another creator, find another forum.  But all of the energy that's being expended, by supporters and refuters alike, seems to me better suited to other more important pursuits.  IMO.