Originally Posted by
Green Goblin of Sector 2814
I remember the post too and I remember him literally saying something to the effect of "John Stewart was the first Green Lantern I ever read and I've loved him ever since." Now, was he telling the truth? I dunno. I don't know Geoff personally so I can't say, but then again, neither can you (unless you actually do know Geoff Johns personally). And that's the point. A lot of the theorizing that Geoff hates John Stewart, at least at this point, is just that: theorizing. None of us know the man or know what his thought process was when crafting his GL run. And mainstream comics are not like regular books where the writer has full creative control over their own characters. DC is a company and DC characters are owned by said company, which for the most part, decides how and when they're used. The writers only get control or creative latitude when they're allowed to have it.
This isn't a clear cut case here. It's not like other instances I can recall where creators literally came out saying that they had a problem with a specific character or class of characters. Because those cases exist. However, there's no real proof that this is one of them.