🎨 Artcow Iconoclast / Jonathan Mack Sweet - The Chris-Chan of Arkansas

[ToroidalBoat]

From what we've said about Sweets, it's unlikely he would be willing to return back to ASU unless he had the exact conditions he had before.

Sweet was devastated when he heard the old dorm room he lived in was torn down. So much so that he included a reference to it in that wish fulfillment inspired comic where that one guy travels back in time. Also, when I brought up that the ASU computer labs probably phased out the PCs with CD burners AND floppy drives by now, and that the buffet style meals could've been phased out at ASU since 1997, I recall that Sweet was really disappointed when he read that.

If it were possible for Sweet to have one wish of his granted, Sweet would undoubtedly wish to be sent back in time to half-past 1997, to live out his ideal college life over and over. Kind of like that one Groundhog Day movie.

Also yeah, I've noticed a distinct lack of Sweet talking about the education he got at ASU. We hear all about the sumptuous buffet dining, the TV lounge, chinaphone dating, and the Herald. However, I don't know of any real talk by Sweet of what classes he took - what the material was, what was the hardest course to him... Come to think of it, there was one time where Sweet mentioned he wanted the "boring" exhibits at the campus museum to be phased out for "freak show" type stuff, IIRC.

 

[Dr. Merkwurdichliebe]

Update: https://archive.is/p8CmJ
He's now accusing Dr. Merk of fabricating evidence and he's regressed even further with his inane conspiracy theories.

I stand by my sources. (People don't tend to forget or confuse the details of discovering a jar of urine left behind in a dorm room. In fact, people don't seem to ever forget Jonathan M. Sweet's behavior.)

Being called a liar by a convicted criminal who characterizes making terroristic threats as going "a little too far" and who says he only pursued that underage girl because of a "conspiracy" is a something of a badge of honor in my book.

If Jon would like, I can start looking for more more of his classmates from ASU. Maybe a few of the guys who lived on his floor in the dorm. I wonder how many roommates he had and what they might have to say. What are the chances that some of his old high school pals have some interesting stories to tell? Maybe I should contact the ASU "conspirators" he's been harassing for years and see what they recall and what Jonathan M. Sweet has done to them over the past two decades. Would you like for me to do that, Jon?

EDIT TO ADD: Things for Jon's lawyer to consider before he files suit:

(1) At this late date, any case boils down to he said/they said. (Emphasis on they.)

(2) Just for starters and off the top of my head, my sources have: never been arrested; never been convicted of a crime; never served time in jail; never been expelled from ASU and banned from setting foot on the campus; never been accused of making terroristic threats; never narrowly escaped being charged with something along the lines of inciting sexual performance in a minor; never been ordered to undergo psychological testing; never been visited by ASU police officers at their homes in connection with activities regarded as illegal by the university's staff; never been terminated from a student-worker job for plagiarism; never plotted to kill one of their brothers and "chop him into kibble"; never received welfare payments for a mental condition; and never had and do not currently have outstanding warrants for their arrest listed on the website of the Jonesboro Police Department.

(3) Jon has freely admitted to all of those things and more. The web pages where he confesses to these events are archived. And his student records file at ASU and his police and court records from various jurisdictions ain't going anywhere.

I think my witnesses and Jon's own student, police and court records are just a teeny bit more credible than any testimony Jon might deliver.

(Sorry for the late response. I've been on vacation for a while in a place with no Internet service and very spotty cellphone coverage.)

 

[ToroidalBoat]

received welfare payments for a mental condition

Ordinarily, that alone doesn't automatically disqualify someone from being a credible witness. But yeah, compare Sweet to the people telling the stories, and there's a stark contrast like you point out.

Anyway, welcome back. There must be a lot more untold stories out there.

 

[He Sets Me On Fire]

I stand by my sources. (People don't tend to forget or confuse the details of discovering a jar of urine left behind in a dorm room. In fact, people don't seem to ever forget Jonathan M. Sweet's behavior.)

Being called a liar by a convicted criminal who characterizes making terroristic threats as going "a little too far" and who says he only pursued that underage girl because of a "conspiracy" is a something of a badge of honor in my book.

If Jon would like, I can start looking for more more of his classmates from ASU. Maybe a few of the guys who lived on his floor in the dorm. I wonder how many roommates he had and what they might have to say. What are the chances that some of his old high school pals have some interesting stories to tell? Maybe I should contact the ASU "conspirators" he's been harassing for years and see what they recall and what Jonathan M. Sweet has done to them over the past two decades. Would you like for me to do that, Jon?

EDIT TO ADD: Things for Jon's lawyer to consider before he files suit:

(1) At this late date, any case boils down to he said/they said. (Emphasis on they.)

(2) Just for starters and off the top of my head, my sources have: never been arrested; never been convicted of a crime; never served time in jail; never been expelled from ASU and banned from setting foot on the campus; never been accused of making terroristic threats; never narrowly escaped being charged with something along the lines of inciting sexual performance in a minor; never been ordered to undergo psychological testing; never been visited by ASU police officers at their homes in connection with activities regarded as illegal by the university's staff; never been terminated from a student-worker job for plagiarism; never plotted to kill one of their brothers and "chop him into kibble"; never received welfare payments for a mental condition; and never had and do not currently have outstanding warrants for their arrest listed on the website of the Jonesboro Police Department.

(3) Jon has freely admitted to all of those things and more. The web pages where he confesses to these events are archived. And his student records file at ASU and his police and court records from various jurisdictions ain't going anywhere.

I think my witnesses and Jon's own student, police and court records are just a teeny bit more credible than any testimony Jon might deliver.

(Sorry for the late response. I've been on vacation for a while in a place with no Internet service and very spotty cellphone coverage.)

Hey, welcome back, Doc!

I know I'm repeating myself, but hey: Jon said he was the story. I say dish dish dish!

Y'know, of the vast catalog of problems Sweet has, one of the most troublesome is the crushing myopia that constantly leads him to believe that whoever hears his side of the story will instantly side with him. It is why, I imagine, he has told the internet so much about himself.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Don't know if this is old news, but Sweet has an entire folder of favorites on dA dedicated to "fart and wiener jokes."

It is why, I imagine, he has told the internet so much about himself.

CWC obviously tells powerleveling stories of crap he gets into for the same reason too. Yet another apparent similarity to CWC with someone who tried to order us to never compare him to CWC.

 

[He Sets Me On Fire]

CWC obviously tells powerleveling stories of crap he gets into for the same reason too. Yet another apparent similarity to CWC with someone who tried to order us to never compare him to CWC.

Yeah, indeed, and in fact, what you said here reminds me of something @AJMLurker said about Jon and his masterpiece, BrokeBlack Mountain:

One of Sweet's classic quirks. Whenever the guy gets the chance, he'll find a way to plug-in that cover from his shit comic and ask for validation that it isn't "racist". Clearly the dumbass is waiting for someone to finally share his warped views of blacks and agree that cover doesn't come off racist whatsoever.

There's an interesting parallel here. Both guys were in situations where they were being accosted, and could do nothing about it (Jon was beaten up, Chris was arrested and cuffed). In both situations, they're clearly trying to show that they are the victims, unfairly being attacked, and trying to get their side of the story out there. Neither seem to realize that their side of the story actually cements their guilt.

In Jon's case, his hateful cover only demonstrates that he cannot see the individuals from the group, and thinks that his experience is universal - one of the essential ingredients of bigotry.

 

[DrJonesHat]

Welcome back @Dr. Merkwurdichliebe!

What continually amazes me about lolcows in general, and Sweet in particular, is how much damaging information they'll openly disclose. As @He Sets Me On Fire stated, they seem to think the details will win people to their side, when in fact they make them look very, very bad. Sweet's admission about the hospital, the incident with the minor, his behavior since being expelled, all of that came from Sweet. Some of the stories, true were dug up by the doc, but a lot of the damaging info came from the subject. Sweet seems to have a very poor grasp on how other people will react to his behavior, so I guess it wouldn't occur to him that telling us the story would actually make him look worse than he already did.

 

[Sanae Kochiya]

To this day I'm still surprised how socially oblivious Sweets is. To this day he'll still defend how it was fine that he let his mother get beaten up by "black thugs" and how it was fine for him to curse a woman when she died just because she was part of him getting expelled from ASU. It isn't even like Chris where he offers a non-apology. Sweets is fully unapologetic and proud of it.

 

[DrJonesHat]

To this day I'm still surprised how socially oblivious Sweets is. To this day he'll still defend how it was fine that he let his mother get beaten up by "black thugs" and how it was fine for him to curse a woman when she died just because she was part of him getting expelled from ASU. It isn't even like Chris where he offers a non-apology. Sweets is fully unapologetic and proud of it.

And he has no idea how much everyone hates him. Just like he thought he was loved at ASU, he thinks most people agree with him if they just hear his side. He has no idea that just affirms most peoples' first impression of him.

 

[Trombonista]

To this day I'm still surprised how socially oblivious Sweets is. To this day he'll still defend how it was fine that he let his mother get beaten up by "black thugs" and how it was fine for him to curse a woman when she died just because she was part of him getting expelled from ASU. It isn't even like Chris where he offers a non-apology. Sweets is fully unapologetic and proud of it.

So he's worse than Chris, which gives him something in common with ADF.

 

[sparklemilhouse]

Does that man with the net have some kind of cancerous growth?

It looks like the testicular cancer episode of South Park.

In that old picture of him, the yearbook pic it looks like he has no eyes. Just sockets.

 

[Dr. Merkwurdichliebe]

Welcome back @Dr. Merkwurdichliebe!

What continually amazes me about lolcows in general, and Sweet in particular, is how much damaging information they'll openly disclose. As @He Sets Me On Fire stated, they seem to think the details will win people to their side, when in fact they make them look very, very bad. Sweet's admission about the hospital, the incident with the minor, his behavior since being expelled, all of that came from Sweet. Some of the stories, true were dug up by the doc, but a lot of the damaging info came from the subject. Sweet seems to have a very poor grasp on how other people will react to his behavior, so I guess it wouldn't occur to him that telling us the story would actually make him look worse than he already did.

What's really odd is that not one of the stories related by my sources is anywhere near as damaging as much of the information Sweet has posted about himself. He admits to narrowly avoiding prosecution on a charge involving a relationship with a minor. He admits to making terroristic threats. He boasts about assaulting his brother and serving time in jail after his arrest. He brags about illegally stalking and harassing people for decades. He revels in posting details about his obsession with farting, feces and urine. And on and on and on.

But a report on his making multiple trips to a salad bar or information about his cursing at a photographer seriously damaged his reputation and will soon result in legal action. The Bad Boy of College Journalism doesn't seem to understand that his own activities on the web, including gleefully confessing to a long-running spree of criminal activity and perverse behavior, have reduced his reputation to the point where, short of claiming that he is a cannibal who preys on children, it is almost impossible for someone to libel him.

 

[AnOminous]

But a report on his making multiple trips to a salad bar or information about his cursing at a photographer seriously damaged his reputation and will soon result in legal action. The Bad Boy of College Journalism doesn't seem to understand that his own activities on the web, including gleefully confessing to a long-running spree of criminal activity and perverse behavior, have reduced his reputation to the point where, short of claiming that he is a cannibal who preys on children, it is almost impossible for someone to libel him.

I'm not sure Sweet is a "libel-proof plaintiff" in the same sense as someone like Charles Manson or Adolf Hitler, but he'd probably have a hard time demonstrating any damages in light of his own self-publications.

 

[K>C]

@Dr. Merkwurdichliebe Sweets sounds like a criminal minds unsub, I feel like writing a character based on him.

 

[Sanae Kochiya]

@Dr. Merkwurdichliebe Sweets sounds like a criminal minds unsub, I feel like writing a character based on him.

The thing about the unsubs of Criminal Minds is that, well... those guys actually do shit. In the unlikely event that Sweets ever tried to act on his deviant acts of vengeance, he would pull the trigger on someone, be met with a click, and complain to the cops that were dragging him away that no one told him guns don't come with bullets automatically loaded.

 

[Ti-99/4A]

The thing about the unsubs of Criminal Minds is that, well... those guys actually do shit. In the unlikely event that Sweets ever tried to act on his deviant acts of vengeance, he would pull the trigger on someone, be met with a click, and complain to the cops that were dragging him away that no one told him guns don't come with bullets automatically loaded.

I'll give him a smidgen of credit. He'll get the gun loaded, but no one told him about the safety catch since it's almost never mentioned in TV or movies.

 

[Dr. Merkwurdichliebe]

I'm not sure Sweet is a "libel-proof plaintiff" in the same sense as someone like Charles Manson or Adolf Hitler, but he'd probably have a hard time demonstrating any damages in light of his own self-publications.

I wonder if Sweet has read the old Leon Uris book QB VII, in which a plaintiff eventually wins a libel case but, because he is an utterly horrid person, is awarded damages of "the lowest coin of the realm" -- a halfpenny. The book is based on a libel suit filed against Uris over a character in his novel Exodus. In that case, the defendant also received an award of a halfpenny and had to pay legal costs of £20,000.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Just like he thought he was loved at ASU, he thinks most people agree with him if they just hear his side.

Sweet told us that he once tried to beat his brother, expecting him to cower and beg for mercy, but seemed both shocked and mad that his brother actually fought back instead. Sweet apparently wanted us to take his side there. Huh.

 

[DrJonesHat]

@Dr. Merkwurdichliebe Sweets sounds like a criminal minds unsub, I feel like writing a character based on him.

How could Sweet kill anyone that wasn't in his immediate vicinity? He rarely leaves the house, and he can't drive, so getting to the location where any potential victims would be located would be a problem. He probably couldn't take a bus, because I'm sure bus service is a joke in a rural area like he lives in, and I doubt he could afford a taxi to take him all the way to Jonesboro, which is where I suspect most of his potential targets would be located. But I really don't see him doing it, because on some level, he's aware that if he did actually act on his murderous impulses, his life would actually become worse than it is now, as hard is that is to imagine.

 

[Dr. Merkwurdichliebe]

. . . But I really don't see him doing it, because on some level, he's aware that if he did actually act on his murderous impulses, his life would actually become worse than it is now, as hard is that is to imagine.

I hope he's also aware that he's not likely to be forgotten by anyone who sees him on his way to commit the crime, at the scene of the crime, or as he flees. His appearance is quite memorable. And it's not like he hasn't been threatening all of his potential victims online for twenty years, which is not exactly the M.O. of your typical criminal mastermind.