FAIR, McCue, and the Law

[_skippy the dead]

Okay, back to part of the original topic (or at least, one of the parts I'm interested in). I have tried to convey the fact that having FAIR write up such an article and then post it was deplorable. So far, I haven't seen a satisfactory defense as to this point. In particular, I'm interested in a defense as to the use of physician consultants (who have never met or spoken with McCue) to diagnose McCue as an abuser. If there has been such a defense, I haven't seen it.

I do find it interesting that Scott Lloyd posted this on MADB (on the thread about the Hoffman/Hinckley connection) with respect to the implication that there was less than an arm's length relationship between the church and Mark Hoffman:

An especially odious tactic of anti-Mormons, for whom odious tactics are a stock-in-trade.

It would seem that if an apologist is going to name that tactic as odious, an apologist should similarly identify the FAIR article on McCue as odious, and similarly avoid the use of such a tactic. Otherwise the apologist position is open to statements such as "An especially odious tactic of apologists, for whom odious tactics are a stock-in-trade." Just saying.