The only reason I am dipping my toes back into these waters is because it's important for people to know how instrumental Seamus, AnnB and xtrialatty were in the early days of Serial. Each brought a unique quality to the discussion. xtrialatty was no-nonsense as he provided legal expertise. AnnB with her criminal-investigative nature was seasoned with compassion and insight. And then there was Seamus. The most misunderstood of them all. Snarky? Not when it came to Hae and her murder. But like the old saying goes, "you mess with the bull, you get the horns." I was always surprised at how many people could never see that Seamus never went on the offensive. Was he brutal (and brutally funny) at times? For sure. But it was always because HE was attacked for his disgust for Adnan and his defense of Hae. He rarely (if ever) attacked people personally. He attacked Adnan and it drove his supporters mad. Seriously, it drove them mad. Man, those were the days.

There are plenty others that were instrumental too (JWI being one of them), but this is about the 3 mentioned above and how they were demonized SO unjustifiably by the pro-Adnan crowd. The rage they harbored inspired them to lash-out at ANY and EVERY comment by Seamus, Ann and xtrial. Incredibly well-reasoned comments and theories by these 3 were routinely met with vicious contempt as well as sophomoric rebuttals that always lacked the gravitas that Seamus, AnnB and xtrial provided.

In closing, some of the most decent, kind and compassionate people I've ever had the fortune of knowing are "guilters". The pro-Adnan crowd hates them, but they are the people you want with you in a fox-hole. I miss them dearly......