Okay Collin, cool your jets. Thank you for reading my blog. I read yours, too.
You accuse me of quoting you. I was not. If I quote someone, I use double quotes (""), or put it in a blockquote. The single quote references are ideas only, not personal quotes. Got it? Okay.
As far as asking you to change your views to be part of Street Prophets, to participate, you are soooo wrong! What you needed to change was your attitude. Being arrogant, acting persecuted, unwillingness to meet us half-way is what I see as your problem. You would not enjoy such a person on your own blog, and we don't either. As we told you, JCHFleetguy is a conservative evangelical Christian at SP. I respect him. He earned it....over time...but in the beginning, we tangled quite a bit. However, he was always, always respectful.
I do wish they hadn't banned you. An interesting adversary/different view is great fun. Seriously. Feel free to talk to me anytime. I only bite if provoked.
BTW, I never saw the front-paged call-out diary Wolfie put up. From what I saw of the response to it, it must've been some egregious piece of work. I don't condone it, but I know Wolfie's history--and apparently, you did (or do) not. He is a warrior, and fights when he perceives threats. Like we all do.
Many of us at Street Prophets are wounded people...wounded by folks that sound a lot like you. Such 'tender spots' are hard to avoid, unless you know they are there. Once you realize they are, and still get 'in your face' with someone, it's uncalled for. It is troll behavior. As far as I could tell, you refused to back down. I'd provide quotes, but they are all gone.
All I can say to you now--since you have called me out, more or less, is: Whatever. I stand by my thoughts. You are not a very loving, caring Christian...but then, that's my opinion.
I'm just a bit sad that you don't 'get' the Wolverine part of me. I am a person of dogged perseverance, and, at times, rage that doesn't sleep. I control the temper most of the time, and you have yet to have that rage focused on you. Your behavior is still below the rage threshold. I believe we are all gifted with Spirit Guides. One of mine is Wolverine Spirit. He has helped me get past many ordeals in my life, of which you know nothing. You can be as dismissive as you like. Mocking is a great way to target 'other'. I do it, too.
Well, I'm rambling, so I'll stop here. I look forward to possible dialog...like I proposed in your ill-fated diary that garnered 300+ comments. Just remember one thing: I'm not going to convert to your religion. You can try, and I think it would be interesting to see you try, but don't be disappointed if I don't 'bite' on your dangling fish.
In all sincerity,
Q.
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Real dialogue would be enjoyable. I trust that it's truely possible. Those sexually-demeaning remarks certainly don't raise my hopes up much.
It really all began when I dared disagree about the freedom of people to walk out of a voluntary meeting. Just for simple disagreement I was branded a troll. (StarWoman was the most civil of the bunch.)
Your references to me included statements using a common and conventional demarcation. A simple correction would suffice on the matter.
You may not have been part of the front-page matter, but that's what escallated the whole situation.
The persistent lies of DanielMN didn't help. He kept attributing statements to me which I never made. And given that these incidents followed the front-page incident, how could anyone be surprized at a response containing some degree of self preservation? What's more surprizing that such an antognisitc posting was tolerated. No aplogy. No serious dealing with the individual. Nothin'. Just lies about me and banning. And you wonder why I have no respect for SP? (PDs hate statement is a 180 from his stated position. It would be good of him to offer a correction or clarification.)
Yes, my ultimate goal is evangelical. You may disagree with that motive and that's ok. Your belittling of me in the earlier post was certainly not one to encourage a dialogical relationship.
An assessment was made that I putg form above substance. (My response to the foul language.) I don't find that vulgarity communicates any point. I'd argue that statements of substance require some level of propriety. One communicates what one intends.
Again, I made no statements which would degrade anyone, though I will admit to getting snippy with regard to intellectual dishonesty. (I made a statement about the source for information regarding the organized intersection begging in Columbus, but was pressed multiple times for some sort of study. I never offered one and what I offered was not subject to dialogue but instead ignored.)
Here in Ohio (though I'm a Wisconsin native) wolverines are the subject of many jokes, including food jokes.
I never attempt to convert anyone to my faith. (Yes, that's consistent with my earlier statement.) Instead, I try to get involved with people (frequently on academic commonalities, sometimes based on personal need or pain) and have seen people come to Christ by praying for them. It's one of the ways the I enjoy seeing the Lord work.
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