Why I Hate D.C. Blogger M@ Banned From Blog
It was just seven months ago that local blogger M@ joined the District haters over at Why I Hate D.C. In that time, M@’s very first post on the blog—which detailed a fantasy jog, rape, and murder on the Memorial Bridge—has inspired hundreds of anonymous comments threatening M@’s rape and death.
Last night, M@ was finally taken out of his misery. In a blog post published at 9:51 p.m., site administrator Dave Stroup wrote, “Due to a variety of reasons, I must report that M@ is no longer a contributor at why.i.hate.dc.” He made one of those reasons clear: “the moment that this site becomes associated with rape fantasy and all of the other bizarre circumstances surrounding some posts, is the moment something has to be done.”
M@ was the first to comment on the post.
“Well, Dave, it was time for me to quit this blog anyhow since I’m currently trying to leave the city,” he wrote. “I find it interesting that now would be the time for you to object to any content after seven months of vitriolic posting and commenting—but I’m OK with it. I’m literally moving on….”
In a post on his personal blog titled “M@: In His Own Words,” M@ added: “Though the administrator says he can no longer be associated with my brand of writing, I really think it’s best that I no longer associate myself with hack posts about the things that so many moronic ‘D.C. Bloggers’ seem to care about.” He also took issue with Stroup’s main rationale for dumping him: “I do not fantasize about rape,” M@ wrote.
M@ isn’t the only Why I Hate D.C. contributor to move on in recent days. Marissa, who blogs at The Anti DC, recently recused herself from her Why I Hate D.C. duties, citing “out of control obnoxious comments.” In an e-mail, Stroup explained that M@’s work on the blog had been the source of distraction for the blog’s other contributors:
The mission of Why I Hate DC is to provide insightful, humorous and often subversive commentary on life in the District of Columbia. M@’s posts had strayed from this mission and as such he is no longer affiliated with the blog. This fiasco has already caused enough trouble, and distracted me from getting back to writing about Mayor Fenty and the Metro.
Back on Why I Hate D.C., other commenters bid M@ farewell:
“long overdue,” wrote heather.
“Total freakshow,” Anonymous added.
“The Lazy Iguana” chimed in with commentary on the entirety of Why I Hate D.C., comparing the Web site to this “Happy Days” clip:
In an e-mail, which he also posted as a “RELEASE” on the blog, M@ had this to say about his parting of ways with Why I Hate D.C.:
Though greatly saddened by Dave Stroup’s decision to remove me as a contributor to “Why I Hate D.C.,” I welcome the chance to pursue new challenges and opportunities.
For the most part, the readership suffers from average intelligence, incapable of understanding not only irony but nuance beyond commentary on the city’s subway system or phenomena they refer to as “douchebaggery.” My work there seems akin to hiring an M Street attorney to negotiate the sale of an ice cream cone—way too much horsepower.
Daniel Hoffman Gill, my friend, puts its best: “I find [Dave Stroup’s] ’sacking’ of you to be totally bizarre and flawed–clearly he’s jealous–but one thing is true, he has done you a favour; that blog was a shithole of mongbats.”
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5:50 pm
You had to put the fucking photo up there again. That one, eh? I mean, it was well written, this post but… Jesus fucking Christ.
5:52 pm
Yeah, good luck writing about Mayor Fenty and the fucking Metro system. Jesus. That’s REALLY interesting shit.
6:41 pm
And thanks for giving me the last word, Amanda. I like you and I like your little hip feminazi thing; you’re cool… but please let it die. No more follow-ups. This is it. Find a new @sshole of the week. k?
7:34 pm
“No more follow-ups. This is it.” Honest to god, dude. Get off the internet, go outside. Your mental meltdown via the comments section of this blog is pathetic.
9:27 pm
What an entitled prick. He’s never going to let it go, is he? Get out of our space, “M@” and go whine on your own blog. Your commentary is offensive, you have an inflated sense of your own intelligence, and the rest of us are just sick of your repeated misogyny.
10:26 pm
and Match, what are YOU doing on this blog? I’m commenting before i go out to the fucking clubl. it’s only 10:30. I”ll be out til 2.
fuck you, dork.
10:34 pm
fuck you.
11:51 pm
Poor Matt. Must suck to be a sexist, [url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/06/10/blogger-writes-rape-commenters-threaten-death/#comment-8759]racist[/url], [url=https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11692613&postID=5005195017314155320&is]homo- (second line of M@’s first post) and [url=http://twitter.com/animalmind/status/2098348789]Islamophobic[/url] bigot. Want a tissue?
2:38 am
what is going on in this comment thread? Dipshit is really living up to his name
9:57 am
M@, I gotta say, you are the reason I read comments on message boards. And watch Fox News. Pure, oblivious, ignorant rage with a tinge of massive insecurity always puts a smile on my face.
11:33 am
Hey, I mean, most everyone else commenting on this mess is just as insane. And I’ll say up front that I think the fact that M@ got death and rape threats is abhorrent. That’s fucked up and I hope M@ stays safe and unharmed. But. His response to this whole mess (at least the response I’ve seen through his comments) shows him to be a pretty thorough narcissistic jerk desperate to dominate those who disagree with him. Probably what led him to post on whyihatedc.com in the first place. So I’m not saying he’s the only asshole commenting here, and he’s far from the most despicable. But he’s certainly entertaining. Keep up the self-involved invective, M@!
Anyway, hope everyone’s having a solid friday.
5:24 pm
I hate women and i hate nazis. Thus, amanda is my perfect foe.
9:56 am
While I agree the death threads are unacceptable, they way M@ handled the situation didn’t help him either. He found the hard way what Michael Douglas said in the film falling down. “This is America! We have freedom of speech. We have the right to disagree!” Too bad, M@ couldn’t have the right to disagree part. He and everyone else he battled with should have let this go. Also, M@ might want to take some time off the computer for his mental health. Trolling isn’t good for anyone’s health you know!
6:24 pm
this blogger is m@ and dhg’s friedn and finks rape is just a joke too, sisters let them all know we what we think
http://averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com/
5:06 pm
fury woman. good lord. Let freedom reign.