Considering that Chick was persona non gratia on the Religion Forum, it makes sense that his obit not be in the RF. That is why I included the RM in the discussion.
Also, I wanted to point out to others that there was already another post on the subject.
I have no strong opinion on the deceased, as I am only vaguely aware of him. But I do know he stirs up controversy on the RF.
I confess that after the thread was posted yesterday, I remembered that I disagreed with him on something but couldn’t remember what, so I looked him up.
And then I realized there was virtually nothing we agreed on.
But I was addressing the concept of “what makes a duplicate post”. We post many articles on the same subject all the time. It’s because they bring different information and perspectives to the table. However, if someone posts a townhall article and then someone else posts the exact same article, THAT is a duplicate.
I was only addressing that issue.
But I’ll add that since Chick’s whole career was producing religious materials, any news about him most definitely should be in the religious forum. It’s the only reason he’s (in)famous.
I find it ironic that any mention of his name was taboo on the RF and the offending posts would be scrubbed and the poster would be warned, at the behest of Catholics on the RF to have him banned because of hate, and yet here we have a CATHOLIC posting a thread about him.
I guess using his material is bad but trumpeting his passing is not.
Ironic is the wrong word.
Hypocritical is more like it.
“Also, I wanted to point out to others that there was already another post on the subject.”
A post, but no article and no active link in the header or first reply.