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I actually cried listening to this. I'm not even upset that they broke up anymore, just that we accepted it. What happened to the pests? What happened to the mission? Listening to these old clips, it's like we were fighting for a revolution in radio, if not media itself. After Anthony's firing, we could have united thousands if not millions of people and convinced O and A to join forces again, to fight for America when they're needed more than ever.
But no, instead we played Opie against Anthony. We blamed him for Anthony's firing, and played into the Divide and Conquer that the boys had long warned of. We knew that's what the suits' strategy was, so why did we sit back and play that game? We allowed haters to disguise themselves as fans, and stood by as they engineered the divisions that led to our heroes' downfall. We allowed the Little Doggy Company to win.
It's why I don't laugh when I listen to these clips, I get angry. My father literally came downstairs because I was kicking the wall, drunk, listening to their rants on Sirius. We knew we had the truth, and I hope history will recognize that. But more likely, everything - our community, the raids, Howard's lies - will all be confined to the dustbin of history. Absent some miracle, the show isn't coming back and those pests honoured as heroes on PalTalk will be regarded as "losers" and "fags" by a new generation who listens to these clips but wasn't there with us, and who don't know what fucking happened.
This wasn't a comedy show to me - it was a lifestyle. I'm proud I was a pest, and I will never forget it.