To: Susan
Re: Your comment for us to take our ball and go home
Hi Susan… happy
We're still a little confused, though. If Lino, in your words, "is who he is", then how does that take away our right to call him out on something that we perceived was a cheap shot? On Tuesday's show, dustin (the numero uno honcho over at CatholicGuyShow.com) called in to comment on a completely separate topic, and Lino seized the opportunity to give him a verbal beating over the lack of updates on his #1 fan site. We understand that life happens, and that (especially with a wedding coming up in exactly three months) things are probably pretty busy for him right now. Life happening is part of the reason why this site is a bit thin on postings, too.
Now in the end it wasn't a really big deal, and our friends at CatholicGuyShow.com took the time to tweet us back saying as much. At the time, though, we didn't like Lino's attitude and we replied in kind. We really don't go off on Lino as much as you might think… most of the posts on our site are quite positive, actually. But we always reserve the right to throw Lino under the bus if we thought he deserved it… and we thought he deserved it there. What you perceived as "hate" was really nothing more than us throwing a bit of cold water at Lino. And we're not the only ones who thought as much.
So given your ultimatim for us to either act like fans or shut down our site, we choose to act like fans… fans that love Lino and his show and aren't afraid to show it, even if it means getting unfairly branded as haters. Thanks again for writing, and God bless you, sister!
Love,
LinoRulli.net
P.S.: Are you the same woman who wrote Gus Lloyd that NastyGram that he read on his show last Friday morning? You know, the one that chastised him for talking about Catholic teaching on marriage? That letter branded Gus a hater, too, so we were wondering if there was a connection.
dear linorulli.net,
ReplyDeletethank you for not packing up and running away with your tail between your legs... we both offer something for other linofans, wouldn't linofandom be boring with just one site. Constructive criticism is a necessary part of life, especially when we use such a public forum.
Sincerely,
Allicia "my life is getting in the way of blogging" Jensen