Five of the eight thanked you for posting the union letter on a public board? I don't believe that...and even the author of that letter has been very unhappy with it's posting...but you're justifying your stupidity and unprofessional behavior by stating that others have thanked you for doing the wrong thing?
You must be proud.
5 of the 8 are good friends of mine and thanked me for posting.
Interesting. Now it's five a few days ago it was four as your longtime friends. Soon enough they'll all be your drinking buddies. And it still won't justify what you did. Even if they all kiss your feet and say thanks. By the by...none of them authored that letter, did they?
Better call half the Newspapers in the US and tell them your complaints. Names are out there everywhere. 4 of them are longtime friends of mine.