Gonna go ahead and quarantine this conversation since despite the fact it died down recently, I get the sneaking suspicion it's going to come up again soon.
Here's LuaPienArt's translation of the recent radio interview with the comedian that regularly chats with Oda and LPA's takes on this as a japanese fan:
Oda never said he hates theories.
This whole thing is a perfect example of a rabid fandom grabbing the tiniest morsel of controversy and spinning it out into a ridiculous game of fandom telephone.
Here's LuaPienArt's translation of the recent radio interview with the comedian that regularly chats with Oda and LPA's takes on this as a japanese fan:
Oda never said he hates theories.
This whole thing is a perfect example of a rabid fandom grabbing the tiniest morsel of controversy and spinning it out into a ridiculous game of fandom telephone.