So, we had some problems here in Thoronia. We posted an opinion on Deerhunter (an opinion, not a review) and it was linked to from a Deerhunter forum. This caused a lot of stress on the site, effectively taking it down. Why did this happen? Well, Deerhunter fans wanted to defend their honor, which is admirable, and we here in Thoronia think it’s great that they thought our sphere of influence was enough for it to matter. Of course, the bigger picture here is that we don’t have that much influence, the post in question was an opinion piece, not a review, and Deerhunter fans are idiots. We don’t like Deerhunter. Deal with it. It’s an opinion, when you resolve to overwhelm our site, which is TINY, it doesn’t accomplish anything except make us sad. Do you want to make Thoronia sad? Why would you want to do that? Lots of punches were thrown, including attacking the music of the Republic of Thoronia band. You can attack the music of the RoTB, that’s okay, but please do it on your own site in the form of a review or an opinion piece, don’t sit around and call us “cunts” and “idiots” or critique the album in the form of a comment. It’s stupid, doesn’t accomplish anything and… again, brings the site down. We live and work in the world and if you don’t like our opinions that’s quite alright, feel free to voice that in the comments, through email, or on your own blog, but when you link to us, give us a warning, give us a trackback and at the very least, withhold from making yourself look like an idiot. Case in point, we had to remove the offending post in order to move on. Sorry, but here is a quick summation: “I don’t like Deerhunter.”
On that note, here’s a song to make us all happy again: