Rules of Patheos: Midgley appears to violate TOS 10x

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

I'm only posting this because of Lyin' Lou's penchant for criticizing people's grammar or misuse of the English language:

"Dan: I am right now starting an informal Charles Squelched on Bet Club? What I am getting at is that I right now promise to donate five hundred dollars in remembrance of Charles. Why would I do that? So that every time he posts on Dan's blog I can point out that he squelched and I came to his rescue."

The absolute doorknob doesn't understand what the word 'welsh' means, and instead is using a word that kind of sounds like it.

BYU PROFESSOR. Bon vivant. Peripatetic stalker.

- Doc

[_moksha]

Midgley:

One of the things that I have discussed with Dr. Nathan McCluskey, Gina Colvin's husband was whether I was planning on writing something about his wife. And I said that I have actually begun to draft a scathing review of some portions of this book. But that I have lost interest in finishing my essay because Gina has now lost credibility with the Latter-day Saint audience by becoming an Anglican lay preacher of some sort, and joining the now dying Community of Christ--that is, that new sinking ship.

Perhaps New Zealanders are very polite people like Canadians, but you would think someone would step in here and let Professor Midgley know that he had crossed several lines of decorum. Actually the term insufferably rude comes to mind. This was in a Church in which he was a visitor. It was not the rough and tumble saloon hall of Sic et Non or FARMS. Insulting someone's wife in front of their husband should have drawn a strong rebuke or resulted in being escorted out. No fisticuffs in the chapel of the Lord, please. There is no way the Area President or Stake President would have approved of this Midgley ambush. That lady who presented him with the pendant would not have been so kind if she had known of this loutish behavior. She probably had been lead to believe he was some sort of visiting dignitary or admirable person.

[_Doctor Scratch]

Who paid for Midgley's trip to New Zealand?

That's a great question. Perhaps it was the Strengthening Church Members Committee?

[_moksha]

Who paid for Midgley's trip to New Zealand?

That's a great question. Perhaps it was the Strengthening Church Members Committee?

He brought a number of his family. Couldn't this have been paid for through their collective piggybank to celebrate the triumphal return of the Professor to the scene of his past mission glory? They wouldn't have made the trip solely in anticipation of a potential Colvin ambush. That would have been the Professor's own side objective.

[_Lemmie]

Beginning at the end of October 2019 on sic et non the Little Old Donkey started pounding way at me, charging falsely that I have made up a Maori past and then tried to force them to accept my version of their past in an effort to fashion what he calls a trophy Maori Saint. He claims that I am a racist because of what he falsely claims that I have done. To see that I have not made anything up, as the Little Old Donkey claims, please listen to a talk given by Dr. Robert Joseph at the 1997 Interpreter birthday party in which he addresses this same history. (Dr. Joseph is prominant Maori Latter-day Saint legal scholar and historian.) See https://interpreterfoundati...

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeters ... 4939816274

A “trophy Maori Saint”? Wow, Midgley is really ratcheting up the exaggerations lies. I can easily see how he works himself into a state where he smacks his own head, and spins around.

[_Dr LOD]

Beginning at the end of October 2019 on sic et non the Little Old Donkey started pounding way at me, charging falsely that I have made up a Maori past and then tried to force them to accept my version of their past in an effort to fashion what he calls a trophy Maori Saint. He claims that I am a racist because of what he falsely claims that I have done. To see that I have not made anything up, as the Little Old Donkey claims, please listen to a talk given by Dr. Robert Joseph at the 1997 Interpreter birthday party in which he addresses this same history. (Dr. Joseph is prominant Maori Latter-day Saint legal scholar and historian.) See https://interpreterfoundati...

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeters ... 4939816274

A “trophy Maori Saint”? Wow, Midgley is really ratcheting up the exaggerations lies. I can easily see how he works himself into a state where he smacks his own head, and spins around.

I don’t remember using the word “Trophy” in any of my communications with him. I did say his versions turn the Maori into a faith promoting mascot, and a prop to support his religious beliefs. Which very much fits the definition of cultural appropriation.

I would agree that he did get pounded. In all fairness I have dealt with his type before. I avoided personal attacks for quite a while after he began to engaged in plenty of his own.

He is pissed because I exposed a truth about him he never considered.

[_moksha]

What does the phrase “trophy Maori Saint” mean in this (or any) context?

[_Doctor Scratch]

Midgley wants people to admire and respect his paternalistic treatment of the Maori. Bearing that in mind, who knows what he means by "trophy Maori Saint"? He's using the term in a dismissive and bitterly sarcastic way: like it's some insulting label that has been dumped onto him. Like he (Midgley) thinks that Dr. LOD is accusing him of using the Maori to further his own ends (which he absolutely is). Look: I don't doubt that Midgley is "enchanted" by Maori people, and really loves New Zealand, etc. But he's wrong to assume that his fetishization of these people is a "badge of honor." It doesn't make him in any way a better or admirable person, and if anything, it comes across as exploitative. It's like he's "using" them in an effort to prove that he's a sensitive, kind, understanding person, which, of course, comes across as a ludicrous proposition when you read his posts.

[_Dr LOD]

What does the phrase “trophy Maori Saint” mean in this (or any) context?

With Midgley there is always a certain degree of psychological projection contained in what he says.

He probably means his “Trophy Maori” which I think would be the law Professor Robert Joseph. What I was able to find out about the guy he is pretty impressive. He is heavily involved in indigenous legal rights. But I really don’t see him putting up with the type of apologetic BS that Midgley engages in, if he knew the true nature of it and how they manipulate the definition of Lehite and Maori culture to suit their needs.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

I can't help myself. Midgley does this to himself. From this statement:

"Seatimer: The primary complaint against Trump is that he simply cannot tell the truth, and is rude and crude, given to really stupid name-calling, and knows exactly nothing about how to be President of the United States."

a small adjustment reveals his projection:

"Seatimer: The primary complaint against Louis C. Midgley is that he simply cannot tell the truth, and is rude and crude, given to really stupid name-calling, and knows exactly nothing about how to be a Latter-day Saint."

- Doc