You keep bringing up this smart/dumb argument .obsessing with that .and missing the main point of the poster. Forget smart or dumb, but I’m telling you the dynamic here that has totally escaped you is that the complainers are the most ardent listeners who are the biggest over all supporters of Rush.
Apparently, you cannot understand the concept of wanting “your team” to do something different because you think it’s “hurting your team.” You have jumped to the conclusion that these are anti Rush folks. You are the ones totally ignoring the idea that a forum like this is a great place to blow off steam without thinking something is going to change.
Now a case can be made that to miss all of that is to be dense, which may or may not be the case for you. Either way, you have totally totally soooooo missed the point, thus your counter arguments make no sense in context.
First, I suspect that like me, most of the others could not care less about Art's complaint. We listen to rush every day and applaud his success. If most of them are like me, we think Rush does what he does to yank a few chains.
Secondly, there are a few Rush haters on FR such as the one who calls him a windbag.
Third, it was your post that caused me to respond as I felt you were insulting the majority of the people on the thread.