And I agree, stop dissing Clay, it show no class.

This was a throwaway joke made last week. It is time to work it out in therapy and get over it.

host of others and I certainly do not spend my time or money on them. What I don’t understand is why non-fans give a crap. Clay’s just a decent guy, earning a living. But there are so many people on the internet who seem to thrive on ridiculing and bashing him. Maybe my school of thought, “live and let live” is antiquated. Sad statement of our society really.

Another thought about the AI machine…….Chris Daughtry, Taylor Hicks, Katherine McPhee, are all AI products. Are bloggers all over the internet bashing and ridiculing them as well?

Clay seems to draw an unusual amount of attention from non-fans who, for some reason, feel he “deserves” the ridicule slung his way.

I’m glad I have others things to do in my day other than ridicule, bash and discredit a celebrity that means nothing to me.

I’m not trying to rationalize why anyone one should support Clay. I think each person has their own internal tuning fork. I certainly don’t expect any one to like him simply because I do.

Contrary to your claim, I am a very rational and objective person. What I don’t get is why so many people enjoy bashing and ridiculing him. I do not care for the music of Brittney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z and a host of

2. Aiken is open to ridicule because he is a product of American Idol. The whole show is set up to manipulate the emotions of its audience – you don’t just support your idol by enjoying his/her singing, you have to be active and pay to vote, or else you risk having your candidate lose. Ask yourself: Is the competitive format and the promotion of heated rivalry more effective at spurring better performances out of the contestants, or are those things even more effective at manipulating the audience to vote and spend? What is the show’s real aim?

By the time a winner is declared, his/her debut CD is already guaranteed sales not just because of the publicity, but more so because a diehard fanbase has already been molded into being the market that’s going to spend money for that CD.

That is why no idol winner’s career has ever gone supernova. It’s very difficult to expand the fanbase, because the rest of the potential audience is not subject to the manipulation of the show.

3. If you’re on the internet trying to rationalize why Clay Aiken is fabulous, then you probably haven’t figured out 1 and 2 above for yourself, and there’s a good chance you’ve fallen for the manipulation described in 2. This would argue for rational thought not being your strong suit, so even if you believe he must be defended rationally, you wouldn’t necessarily be the one capable of managing the job.

Until this thread, I had not known of this phenomenon of Clay Aiken’s internet posse. The whole thing is absurd from top to bottom.