Well, I'm not sure I would call myself a 'bot' and Morrissey is certainly not my 'hero', but I have listened to The Smiths and Morrissey most days for the past thirty years and, as my little one is watching BabyTV, I thought I'd offer my twopenneth worth...
1) The 'Devious, Unreliable...' statement is old hat now (it was first said nearly 20 years ago) and pretty meaningless. It's a bit like trotting out 'Reissue, Repackage...' every time there is a re-release.
2) I seriously could not give a monkeys what Morrissey eats. Apart from one or two obsessives on here, does anyone actually care? He has used his platform to ask people to be kind to animals. I've no problem with that as it seems like a worthwhile way forward. Whether or not he eats cheese is irrelevant to most people.
3) Did he actually degrade the 'innocent slaughtered children'? That is a lot of emotive language (do you write for the Daily Mail?) and a very hyperbolic interpretation of something Morrissey didn't actually say.
4) I agree that the letter from Boz requesting the re-release of '...Paris' is very difficult to explain without thinking the worst. If the intention was to give the proceeds to an appropriate charity, then fair enough, but as this was never made clear, then yes, it makes Morrissey appear both opportunistic and mindless.
5) You think that Morrissey is both a 'c***' and 'a laughing stock'. Fair enough. You are totally entitled to your opinion. I've never met Morrissey and would never want to. I've been to see him perform many times and, with one or two exceptions (Nottingham last year was a low point), had a grand old time. I enjoy his music. I like the atmosphere in the crowd. I think that 'Come back to Camden' and 'The never-played symphonies' are works of near-genius. That's it. Like the vast majority of people who visit this site, I've no investment in the man himself. He makes some exceptional, enduring music that I like listening to. That is as far as my interest goes. Isn't that the case for 99.9% of 'fans'?
I'm sorry that Morrissey has made you so angry. I think it might help if you stop taking him so seriously. My grandad always used to tell me how much he liked football, but didn't like footballers. His dislike didn't stop him attending matches for 40 years.
Right, Charlie and the Numbers has finished, so reality calls.
Have fun in Manchester y'all, I'm genuinely sorry that I cannot be there.