Considering the culture of those kinds of forums, I don't think that being knocked by them is all that bad.
After all, my thought process is that people spending that much time posting on a forum acting as buttheads probably means they have unresolved issues involving their own self esteem. We are probably talking about 16 year old kids who sit in the back of the class with very little in the way of social standing and this is the outlet for their rage. People who take themselves too seriously are worthless anyway.
I mean, after all, you see someone face to face like that and you know they are some scumbag, you are just going to say "Whatever".
I think the conception of 'us' tickle fetishists is that we are animals who tickle someone without any form of consent, then go and pleasure ourselves in the bathroom. I know as a foot fetish guy, the conception of me is that I'd love to be in a shoe store smelling shoes and popping a woody at the very sight of feet. In all actuality, unless I am actually playing with those feet, I am not going to gain any satisfaction from it.
Sure, I glance at girls with sandals on. But I honestly do not see the problem there. I mean, how many of these macho assholes can't look at a woman straight in her face when they talk to her because their eyes are too busy being focused on her rack? At least when I am having a conversation with a woman, I'm not going to stare blankly down at her feet and drool over them.
I am speaking for a majority of people here as we are not these animals who give into carnal urges of tickling and such at every venture. Most of the people here I am sure are just normal people who live normal lives. They have a kink. Big deal.
Those kids are doing nothing constructive with their time and energy. I wouldn't be shocked that these people have any concept of what is going on in politics or whatever. That crowd strikes me as the MTV/Paris Hilton crowd.
Honestly, if that kid is considered 'weird' by that group of people, more power to him. At least he is standing out. He's not ashamed of himself. Shouldn't people be clapping and saying "dude, that took balls"?
I guess it is who I am. If people look down upon me for having a tickling and foot fetish, good for them. They aren't the kind of people I want to be around anyway.