User blog comment:Stryzzar/Where to from the Reset Button?/@comment-27329394-20150110172035/@comment-24152851-20150112070658

Okay this is going to be a tough one, but I'll do my best.

Correct me if I'm wrong but, you don't like Zoey right? I don't understand what's so great about regular Mike when you're not fond of those two. He's just as lacking in personality as she is. Even ignoring all that's offensive about him, very few people I know like Mike just for his regular self. I agree that the most people change opinions about Mike because they get lashed if they say otherwise (that was exactly what I went through when I first came on here), but unlike most character, Mike has a lot of justifiable reasons why he isn't a good character. I don't consider myself one of those hardcore Mike haters, which is partly why I would rather fix him, than kick him under the carpet of shame and never hear from him again.

I realize there are Mike fans out there, didn't DipDap make that blog about Youtube fans a while back? But that group is more for what this is intended for. People who like Mike won't go out looking for an apology, since they don't feel anything's wrong. Which is why I'm suggesting the show itself do it. Also the problem Mike haters have is where the entertainment value is coming from. If Mike's disorder was not used for an entertainment value then none of this would have started to begin with. Are you seriously saying those people out there who find Vito or Svetlana funny take precedence over everyone who was hurt by his portrayal? Even if Mike loses that entertaining part of him, the haters would at least know that Fresh gave an acknowledgement. He would lose fans, but he would lose haters as well.

Well, isn't there a long list of characters, each with their respective fans begging for their return so they can get redemption? But ignoring that, Mike is the one character who managed to cause a flamewar against the show of a magnitude never seen before. As for it not working, well I think the attempt itself will be noticed. Many just want Fresh to acknowledge there is a problem to begin with, and at the moment they're accused of being ignorant or being irresponsible. Of course there's a chance of it going wrong, but so does everything that's ever existed. How about not the show at all, as there's a million possible things that could go wrong? Maybe Mike will never become a fan favorite, but if there's some acknowledgement of error, then the accusations are no longer as valid.

Okay I had considered this a while back. If it was a character like Leonard, who almost nobody cares about. Then toss him out and barely anyone will blink. But Mike has left such a profound impact on the show. The people who love or hate him, won't forget him in a hurry. If everything just stays as it is, and the issue is never addressed, then the Mike haters will continue to harass Fresh until the day the show ends. It will never be overlooked. Just ask around here, if any Mike hater thinks everything that happened was just an understandable mishap, and all is forgiven.

Yeah I was reconsidering this blog after seeing the response to that fake post. How about think of it this way. Not so much whether Mike should return, but if he does return this is what should be done with him?

As I said above, I don't even fullout hate Mike. If you look at my rankings I have him in neutral territory. But with all of the truckloads of reasons against him, it's near-impossible to like him these days. The important thing which I keep repeating: isn't about trying to make Mike "likable", but to show that Fresh isn't ignorant or irresponsible in doing that scene to begin with.

The problem the haters has it, Mike keeps getting liked for the wrong reasons. So long as the show continues, Mike will keep getting associated with it, and I don't think Mike-hate will ever die down for good. Bad things always leave a stronger impression than good things.