Poker Pros React To Gus Hansen's Howard Lederer Tweets

Over the years, Gus Hansen has been admired by poker fans everywhere for his exciting loose aggressive style of play, as well as his professional demeanor. However, the ‘Great Dane’ has landed himself in a spot of bother with the poker community after standing up for disgraced former Full Tilt Poker director Howard Lederer.
Inexplicably, new Full Tilt Poker first ambassador Gus Hansen, chose the worst possible time to defend Lederer, as the resurrected poker room struggles to attract and hold onto players after its reputation was devastated post Black Friday. What follows are the tweet Gus Hansen posted via his twitter account, proceeded by some of the responses coming from disgruntled players:
Gus Hansen
“Never underestimate stupid people in large groups – explanation will follow!”
“If the ‘We hate Howard Lederer’ group would hate on banks and insurance companies, I would have some sympathy- as it is- get a fu**ing grip!”
“Do people hate Howard Lederer because of evidence of foul play or because Daniel Negreanu and Jason Mercier tells everybody to hate him?”
Philip Collins
“Just unfollowed @RealGusHansen for supporting the biggest criminal in our industry, Howard Lederer. Good luck with that $2mil downswing bro.”
Brent Hanks
“@RealGusHansen Wow. I knew you were a dumb ass…but not a fucking retard. Sweet biceps bro.”
Tony Dunst
“@RealGusHansen Surely you’re too smart to ask this, but the answer is any one of several legit reasons, like taking ROW deposits post BF.”
Matt Glantz
“@RealGusHansen Smart play brah! U just dipped yourself in a pool of honey and shook on the branch with the bee nest attached. #genius”
Kyle Julius
“Haha @RealGusHansen you must be an absolute moron. Haha not much more to say than that #growup”
Kevin MacPhee
“US players relocate & are help rebuild the @FullTiltPoker brand. We still don’t know when we get $ & then @RealGusHansen spits in our face!”
Matthew Waxman
“Wait, @Bhanks11 @KevinMacPhee – is @RealGusHansen the real Gus Hansen? Say it isn’t so! Feel like a 5 yr old finding out Santa isn’t real.”
Chad Elie
“@RealGusHansen Your100%correct, Howard is just like the banks,fat,lots of cash & likes to rub it in our faces even after he stole from us.”