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.
