Dirt2,
I only speak for myself, but I have a feeling it's true for many here. You descibe our support of Chuck as some fanatical thing.
Yee haw! Are you really so hypnotised by modern media outlets that your little brain circuitry goes haywire after seeing Chuck Adams' face for the 100th time? "Chuck Adams is great, Chuck Adams is god ... WHAT! Some heretic suggested he's a mere mortal, ARRGGGGGHHHHHHH! All fellow zombies join me, the reputation of some guy I don't know from Adam (excuse the pun) is under attack. Let's get them!"
None of that stuff holds true for me. I'm simply one of those who believes in the basic goodness and honesty of man and I don't immediately distrust anyone who has done amazing things. Give me proof, not theories, and I'll quickly jump to the other side of the fence. However, I'm not going to trash a man's reputation based on supposition.
Maybe I've just seen too many attacks on every person who has ever taken a world record class animal. I sincerely doubt that anyone who has taken a world class animal in the last 10 years, has done so without enduring some extreme skepticism, most of which is shown to be nothing but rumor. Sometimes rumors start from one guy's theory that gets interpreted by another guy as fact. It just rubs me wrong.