But the shitstorm occurring over at the Arts Etc. page at the Badger Herald is hilarious.

Situation: Ann Rivall writes a blog post on ‘The Beat Goes On’ reviewing David Archuleta’s new Christmas album, with the headline “Archuleta has ho-ho-horrible 2nd album, new single”.

Within 8 hours of the story being posted, comments started pouring in from David Archuleta fans, known as “Archies.” They attack Ann, call her stupid, a terrible journalist, and a lemming. They tell her that DA has sold out every concert, is a nice young man, and compare him to Elvis. By morning, there’s over 100 comments. As a comparison, the next best popular story has 2 comments.

Mid-afternoon Friday: Arts Etc. editor Cailey Hammel writes an open letter to David Archuleta “fans” (their quotes, not mine), comparing their reaction to someone offended by 9/11 jokes. She finishes the letter by saying “If you still disagree with me, bring it on fuckers.”

260 comments later, there are people searching for their personal info, blatant trolls (someone with the user name “Concern UW Student” cycling the mailing info for basically every authority figure at UW calling for a full apology from the paper), and anonymous commenters who appear to be horny Christian mothers in their 40s who are shocked that someone used the word fuck on the Internet.

Now, Votefortheworst.com, a well-established Idol saboteur, is getting in on the fun. VFTW has gained national media attention in the past by picking who they believe to be the worst contestant on the show, and encouraging all their readers to vote for them over and over. They endorse the BH’s actions, and invite the two students to do their radio show tomorrow morning. More linking, more crazed Archies criticizing, and we now have the most-commented story in BH history.

I only bring this up to you because if you can stand skimming the comments, they are some of the funniest ones you’ll ever read. You don’t have to leave collegehumor or youtube to find comments like “Shut the fuck up you faggot” or “I’ll fucking kill you douchewad”, but nowhere but Archuleta-related stories will you find commenters citing Jesus and praying for your bewitched soul, wondering why anyone would say mean things about “such a nice young man”.

I was planning on linking you guys to a bunch of my articles that I’ve forgotten to post over the last few days (and I probably will do that eventually), but this was just too epic to pass up.