Upon his return from his trans-oceanic voyage to visit Gina Colvin, and his impending quarantine Midgley is getting quite feisty.
Despite me staying away from his hot button issue of LDS folklore surrounding the early missions to the Maori, he had an itch to keep harping on it in a personal way. I see it as if he switches to personal juvenile attacks, then he lost the debate.
Anyway I have been given a ban by Daniel C Peterson for me confronting his buddies deplorable behavior on SeN. I guess if I was Dan or Louis it would mean something.
Louis Midgley DanielPeterson • a day ago • edited
I have, I like to point out, also had Dr. VelhoBurrinho--that is, a "Little Old Donkey" (or Dr. LOD, on his home board), who claims to be a highly educated native American and even an MD, who has right up to the present spouted utter rubbish about my own interest in the Maori Latter-day Saint historical narrative.The Maori matakite (seers) to whom I have called attention were real people, and not in any sense something I fashioned and tried to force the Maori Saints to believe seventy years ago, or twenty years ago, or right now. I have not tried to substitute anything for their own self-understanding. And anyone who, like the Dr. VelhoBurrinho, imagines that I have a latent hostility to Maori is in serious need of competent therapy.
And my reply which I confront his racist comment.
http://disq.us/p/27xrbywDr. VelhoBurrinho Louis Midgley • 13 hours ago
Midgley, Let me point out a few things to you. Yes you probably could use therapy as evidence of today’s string of odd posts towards me. Personally I feel it would be a waste of resources. But you may find it productive.Next your when you say: “a "Little Old Donkey" (or Dr. LOD, on his home board), who claims to be a highly educated native American and even an MD” This phrase used multiple times by you is intended to be demeaning, the inclusion of part of my race is meant to be a racial put down and is a racist phrase. I doubt you didn’t know this being an Ivy League PhD. And there really isn’t an excuse for you to be doing that.
And the resultant ban by the Blog Moderator. http://disq.us/p/27xrggo
"Your hostility toward Professor Midgley and your obsession with labeling him a racist have finally earned you the sublime gift of more time to spend on the Malevolent Stalker Board. The folks who came to us from over there have, on the whole, made the comments section of my blog a nastier and far less pleasant place, and I haven't appreciated that.Sending them back home -- to a place where they can still obsessively follow things here and insult and malign and mock us before a more appreciative crowd -- will make them happier in the long run, and will improve the comments section here.It's a win-win, in its way."
Not a “win-win” as he called it. DCP not only has to continue allowing Midgley to respond there but he has to continue trying to figure out how to respond to Midgley’s racism. So far, he has apparently just accepted it, which of course reads as him condoning racism, which makes SeN overall look far, far worse. Why isn’t privately asking Midgley to cool it with the racist comments an option? 