Special:Badtitle/NS100:GethN7/An open letter to Something Awful

I am familiar with the Something Awful awful mock threads on TV Tropes, and since they recently dropped their paywall, I've become aware they mentioned us a few times, mostly mentioning their disgust with how we have hosted all the content purged by TV Tropes and how we're just another wiki for pedophiles and rapists.

To that, I'd just like to say, unlike Fast Eddie, I'm not going to get upset over that. It's a mock thread, so saying nasty things about the target of the mockery is the point, and to be fair, they do make a lot of good points about all troping wikis seem to be more about obsessive categorization and less about analysis of literature.

However, I would like to say I'm also aware that they themselves have had some unsavory figures, including one who use to moderate their TV IV subforum for nearly five years who was a convicted child molestor, so their accusation that troping wikis harbor pedophiles and rapists seems a little hypocritical when the same charge could be leveled at them, but if they really feel that way, they are entitled to their opinions.

If they wish to come here and engage in a civil discussion, they can contact me and we can discuss things via the forums here, the Drunkard Walk forums (if Bob has no objections), or our IRC channel, and I will be happy to hear them out if they would extend the same courtesy.

If they would be willing, I would also not object to discussing things on their forums if they would not object to my presence, and I will be happy to discuss troping and our differing views on the topic if it would be allowed by their site moderation.

Either way, I just want to say that I am open to being civil and discussing these matters frankly if they are willing to do the same.