I’ve been offline most of the time since last night so I obviously missed quite the throwdown. Have not seen the offending tweets so cannot offer a valid perspective on it as yet.

I will not censor, but I also will NOT allow the argument to continue.

What I will do is buy the first round for Nathan and Thadd (I gather they are the ones involved?) to talk over a beer. What say you gentlemen?

Will be moderating but won’t have time to research / contribute more on this myself for 10-24 more hours.

Viewed on it’s own the post is solid and personal and without the comments that have accrued I would not have known that it was aimed at any one person. I back Nathan on posting it.

I don’t censor my staff. Everyone that has committed to contributing to CincyVoices is given free reign to express their views. That said if this comment stream turns into a continuation of this conflict I will close the comments.

I’m buried in work today so I may be dragging a bit when it comes to moderating comments. Sorry, but paying work comes first.

I’ll revisit this when I have more time to devote to crafting a better and more detailed response.

Yes, I did tell myself that I wasn’t going to get involved in this. And yet, here I am.

I have to agree with Jenny, as a 23 year old it is a little depressing to watch people who are more grown than I am act like children. I’m also not defending Thadd, who is apparently better than I thought at pushing buttons.

Still, the hypocrisy of this post and any of the comments against him on Twitter – by people who think themselves to be more mature and above all of the pettiness all while spitting out classless remarks like “some loser alone with his dog” in the same breath – is astonishing.

The really stunning part is that most, if not all, of these people have never met Thadd. Who is actually a really, really nice guy even when I do disagree with his opinions.

And I think that you’re all really, really nice people as well. Just defending yourself or your friends (just like I am right now).

At some point, somebody has to ACTUALLY walk away. Not “walk away” by re-posting the entire feud the next day, or expanding into a forum of more than 140 characters.

I’m just hoping that it happens soon, because this “war” is becoming repetitive and exhausting. Twitter is better when it’s fun, informative and stimulating, rather than hateful and disappointing.

I’d like to think that my comment would mean anything to any of you, but I fear that it will most likely just put me in the line of fire.

We don’t know each other. I have seen your work, though, and I love it by the way. What you don’t know about me is that I really, sincerely, honestly care about this dude’s feelings. I WANT to meet him and resolve this. He doesn’t seem to believe me. But if he suddenly did, I would have no problem putting all of this behind us. I mean it. If you know him, ask him. Having said that, no matter how trivial his comments, a lot of people gave him a chance to hold up his end of the Twitter bargain, and I don’t even know why he decided to take issue with particular people in the first place. I’m sure he has sound, objective reasoning behind his decisions which I want to hear.

Calling bullshit is the right thing to do, as I expect my best friends to do for me. Which they do, believe me. All the time. I’m full of it. Look forward to meeting you.