So there's been some dustup in the GI Joe fandom over IDW Joe writer Aubrey Sitterson being a bit of a jackass. Naturally, The Mary Sue has to weigh in:
IDW Actually Considering Taking Action Against Writer ... Based on the Whims of Right-Wing Harassers
The TL;DR is that Aubrey Sitterson a) stated on Twitter than anyone who is not a New Yorker isn't really mourning 9/11, b) changed an established GI Joe character into a fat black woman for ... some reason, and c) has a history of accusing people of being racists, bigots and/or Trump supporters. His comics have, up to this point, been received with a heartfelt
"meh" by the GI Joe fandom. After the 9/11 thing, though, a leading Joe fansite announced that they wouldn't advertise IDW products until Sitterson was let go from the book, and
gave a statement to BleedingCool to that effect.
I'm sensing that the person writing this article knows pretty much nothing about GI Joe. Diversity hasn't been a problem in the team since ... ever.
Anyway, IDW issued a statement about not agreeing with what Sitterson said, and the Mary Sue's writer is terribly torn up about it. I guess this means the terrorists win. The rest of the article devolves into the author angsting about being in New York on 9/11 and claims that those who weren't are "taking part in the grief out of some kind of national obligation."
This ought to be interesting to follow. GI Joe fans are serious about their autism.