I think that people are frequently assholish to him, but he at least in part brings the hate upon himself by being so passionate and loud about everything.
FEZ was awesome, and if he's serious about this and needs to do it for is emotional well being then he's doing the right thing.
People on the internet could help by just generally not being dicks, regardless of who started a confrontation. Phil Fish may need to grow up, but so does every other idiot making hateful comments about him.
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