No trouble supporting that.
There is more than a bit of a problem on FR, however.
A fair number of RC’s hereon
appear to be
bound and determined to:
1. change FR into more than an APPARENTLY Vatican installed and managed outpost—into one where RC heresies, dogmas, customs, doctrines of men, doctrines of demons, daffynitions, rubberized history, rubberized Bibles, sensibilities etc rule the day in every way 24/7 in all respects.
2. They are used to !!!DEMANDING!!! such and getting away with layers more of such hideousness than any Proddy would dare imagine even if we were inclined toward such junk—thankfully, we usually and wholesale aren’t. Amazing unity on that score on our side.
3. They are used to posting threads with outrageously baiting titles seemingly designed to shove a red hot poker into every Proddy eye that sees them.
4. They seem to exalt in posting threads and titles of threads which strike Proddys as outrageously blasphemous TO GOD. Then they love to wail, whine, rant and dogpile the abuse button when Proddys have a predictable response.
5. They exclaim DEMANDINGLY of RC sensibilities and historical/hysterical, theological hogwash in the most ABSOLUTIST, AUTHORITARIAN terms from the most HAUGHTY OF HEIGHTS and then wail loudly, sit on the abuse button and throw dust in the air about how abused they are when Proddys dare to point out a shred of their hideousness on such scores.
6. They seem to have a SPECIAL EXALTED IN, RELIGIOUS DUTY OF OBLIGATION to demonstrate and parade the thinnest of skins possible and the bleeding heart wailing that seems calculatedly designed to accompany such instant shrieking from a hyper-thin-skinned perspective and emotionality.
7. Then, if some Proddy writes anything that can at all be construed in the most twisted of fashions to be something to shriek about, the shrieking chorus begins in 24/7 shifts.
8. A lot of times, if I didn’t presume better, I’d think that a bunch of 2 year olds in some nunnery somewhere had by some miracle learned to type and post without ever maturing past the chronic-wailing stages.
9. Throw in an overworked volunteer RM and some mods who seem to cater to the RC sensibilities and perspectives and it can be a rather discouraging mess on the best of days.
10. For Proddys and our perspective to have any potent visibility in the town square of FR at all, we have to speak up pretty forcefully and persistently IN SPITE OF the hideousness of the RC’s.
11. Yet, when we do, their shrillness and outrageousness only increases. The only thing they are happy with is when they manage to silence us through some hook or crook or we take a vacation or fast FR.
12. Some of us are not willing to concede the playing field to them anywhere near that degree. Lurkers deserve to have a potent representation of the Proddy perspective, too.
13. Sometimes we are forceful in our writings because that seems to be the only language the rabid RC types understand. It’s the only thing that seems to cause them to pause a bit or adjust their blood dripping fangs a bit or think maybe twice before posting such chronic venom.
14. I don’t have a solution. Wish I did. It’s been more than a little disheartening to disgusting to outrageously affrontive to any sensibilities about God whatsoever—for a long time.
I agree with your goal. I don’t know how to get there—all things considered.
“I don’t have a solution. Wish I did. It’s been more than a little disheartening to disgusting to outrageously affrontive to any sensibilities about God whatsoever—for a long time.”
I have been finding that when folks get outrageously assaultive...pointing out their hiding behind a pseudonym when they say things like that as being cowardly tends to change the tenor of the conversation. It’s why i post openly under my name...wrinkles and all. Any correction I need is also out in the open(ouch!!!), but good for the soul. I understand the reason for some to need a pseudonym and it does provide some cover for those who are learning to find their voice in public discourse. As for me, pseudonym or not... spook types, et’s or what have you, I figure, already have my IP in their “targets’...so as a freeper...pseudonymmed or not, I’m screwed anyway when the first ‘round ups’ occur!
As I reminded another, ‘detractor’ recently...Paul didn’t preach under an alias such as BlindedByTheLight777 when he climbed Mars hill!(I hope you get the funny in the aforementioned “psuedo” pseudonym).
You may call Michael or Mike if you prefer, in the future!