Dealers hijacking the discussions

I certainly have seen specific brand or model threads being frequented by dealers or owners of the company on occasion, which can get bothersome.  But IMHO, the worst offenders are the fanboys.   

Let me say first, though, that there are great fanboys, knowledgeable and with much experience, able to help and offer great suggestions.  Then there are small minded, my-way-or-the-highway, everyone-else-is-wrong fanboys, that attack any critical view of their brand as if it was their personal identity being attacked.

Specific example.  I found the Tekton brand of speakers not to my taste.  I stated why in on of their threads, and after a few back and forth posts, became public enemy number one by a view of their fanboys who simply could not handle the idea that the speakers are ugly to some, for instance.  

Actually, I haven't seen this kind of nonsense for most brands, just a few.  And it's always an Internet Brand, oddly enough.  I'm not sure why this occurs, it's quite odd.  

at cleeds:  I believe it is a right of anybody on this forum to express an opinion ("I dislike dealers") without another member then referring to him as being prejudiced and ignorant.  That's just bad manners.

Nice posts dynaquest and 213runnin.
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I completely support the right of cleeds to call me predjudiced and ignorant if that is how he feels about my statement. The purpose of a forum is to freely exchange ideas and his perspective differs from mine, which is great. Sometimes in an exchange the choice of verbiage or the stance of the poster are unpalatable to some. Oh well, we’ll all get over it.

I wish cleeds had articulated his positive experiences with dealers as it would have brought further value to the discourse.

Interestingly, I also dislike the color orange and boxing which, I suppose, makes me all the more ignorant and predjudiced. But as my mentor Popeye said, “I yam what I yam.”