Honestly, unless someone personally knows Derek and he's done something to them personally that ticked them off, I don't get why people care so much or have so much hostility towards someone who is a veritable stranger to them beyond what they see on the Internet. It is similar to people hating certain celebrities when they don't actually know them personally and Derek isn't even really a celebrity so hating him makes even less sense.
Primemuscle, I like and respect your posts. You are honest and you talk good rational thought.
However, you are wrong about Derek. He has gloated and talked smack to EVERYONE in the bodybuilding industry for many years. He is ... or WAS....arrogant, obnoxious and bombastic? He delighted himself in that attitude too?
So, you really cannot criticize people now for condemning him now .... can you?
(personally, I wish no ill-harm on DA...... but I'm trying to make you see that DA being an asshole never helped his so called "fan-base" ??)