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John Byrne
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Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 135504
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| Posted: 12 January 2026 at 9:47pm | IP Logged | 1
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Found this elsewhere, on a thread discussing how prolific I am:“too bad he’s a racist, misogynist, homophobic, transphobic piece of shit! if you don’t believe me spend 5 minutes on his forum and observe the amount of hatred and bile he spews into the void.” Okay, Forum members, how many posts can you find in the JBF supporting this diatribe? Remember, he says it’s all HERE!
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William Roberge Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 05 July 2006 Location: United States Posts: 11364
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| Posted: 12 January 2026 at 10:57pm | IP Logged | 2
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Challenge excepted!
Nope, found nothing.
You do drink Coca-Cola with real sugar in it….that’s kinda bad.
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Charles Valderrama Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4908
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| Posted: 12 January 2026 at 10:58pm | IP Logged | 3
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This has snowballed from a few minor opinions you had years ago, hasn't it?
I vaguely remember the masses 'losing their minds' over the Jessica Alba/Sue Storm comment you made way back when.
These criticisms are tiresome.
-C!
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Brian Miller Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 28 July 2004 Location: United States Posts: 31822
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| Posted: 13 January 2026 at 12:48am | IP Logged | 4
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Coca-Cola? I thought you were a Dr Pepper man!
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Byron Graham Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 19 September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 945
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| Posted: 13 January 2026 at 1:52am | IP Logged | 5
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I've been checking this forum daily for 21 years. I haven't seen any of that from JB.
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James Woodcock Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 21 September 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 8298
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| Posted: 13 January 2026 at 6:50am | IP Logged | 6
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I can’t recall you being any of those things. I CAN recall times you have supported members of each of those communities, which is the exact opposite.
Edited by James Woodcock on 13 January 2026 at 6:51am
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Steve Gumm Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 10 May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 1491
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| Posted: 13 January 2026 at 12:30pm | IP Logged | 7
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Nadda... I have nothing but GOOD first hand Byrne stories here!
I've had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Byrne 3 times and have nothing but fond memories of each one (2 Mid-Ohio Cons and a Dallas Con).
Been 25 years or so on the various Byrne boards and can't think of a single bad incident. He freely speaks his opinion but isn't that what you would want?
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John Byrne
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Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 135504
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| Posted: 13 January 2026 at 12:54pm | IP Logged | 8
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For some, only if it is the “correct” opinion, ie one that matches with theirs.
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Michael Casselman Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 14 January 2006 Location: United States Posts: 1262
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| Posted: 13 January 2026 at 2:09pm | IP Logged | 9
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I don't know why they're bringing you all their concerns about Truth Social.
Edited by Michael Casselman on 13 January 2026 at 4:01pm
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Edward Aycock Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 13 July 2024 Location: United States Posts: 98
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| Posted: 13 January 2026 at 4:40pm | IP Logged | 10
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I always liked the fact that, while you were identifying as Republican when I was first on the board (if memory serves), you were also progressive about issues such as abortion rights, same-sex marriage etc.
Hell, remember when there was a "Boys Will Be Boys" thread where people would post beautiful women so JB allowed the gay guys who were on here to have our own thread of "Boys will LIKE Boys." And you know what? I am still in touch with many of those guys today, so it was a great bonding thing through this board.
Even earlier than that: there was a sea change in the early 90s when it came to gay rights. AIDS had claimed so many that people were more vocal and it led to a rise in gay publishing, etc. No, not what we see today but it was significant from the scary 80s. So when "Next Men" was coming out, people were often writing letters asking why one of them couldn't be gay, etc. And JB was always very cordial in his responses which was, they just aren't. But it wasn't homophobic or "I'd never do that." It's just that those characters weren't. And of course, even further back than that, we had Northstar.
And heck, there's a rainbow motif on the logo. A homophobe would not have one as he'd be afraid it was endorsing gay rights. Like DeSantis with crosswalks in Florida, he'd tear it down.
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John Byrne
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Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 135504
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As far as I’m concerned, being Gay is like having one brown eye and one green one—something is aligned differently, but it’s all perfectly natural.
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Brian Price Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 26 June 2012 Posts: 75
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| Posted: 13 January 2026 at 9:15pm | IP Logged | 12
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Yeah, that's the whole point of reddit - to be an anonymous shithead and say whatever you want.
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