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Everyone's favorite lolcow and amateur blogger, Robert Boylan took offense to someone calling out his bad behavior online, so he made this post and proved his critic right. Life is hard, it's even harder when you aren't self-aware.

I think we ought to accept that Boylan, like other apologists, uses his online opponents as a source of validation. He stokes the drama to generate interest and feel affirmed in his relevance as an apologist.

Kishkumen wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 21, 2023 2:13 pm

I think we ought to accept that Boylan, like other apologists, uses his online opponents as a source of validation. He stokes the drama to generate interest and feel affirmed in his relevance as an apologist.

I agree. Without the drama he would be nothing.

Bill_Billiams wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 21, 2023 2:37 pm

Kishkumen wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 21, 2023 2:13 pm

I think we ought to accept that Boylan, like other apologists, uses his online opponents as a source of validation. He stokes the drama to generate interest and feel affirmed in his relevance as an apologist.

I agree. Without the drama he would be nothing.

He fights very hard to be a C list mopologist.

Does this guy have an audience that extends beyond his fellow apologists and critics? Is he reaching anyone that might be influenced by what he posts? But for people talking about him here on this forum, I would have never known he existed.

toon wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 21, 2023 5:21 pm

Does this guy have an audience that extends beyond his fellow apologists and critics? Is he reaching anyone that might be influenced by what he posts? But for people talking about him here on this forum, I would have never known he existed.

Good question. I don't know. What I find unfortunate is the big missed opportunity there is for someone with his commitments and claimed skillset to do some real good in educating the LDS community. With this abrasive, caustic, and childish personality, he really turns people off. Honestly, there is simply no good excuse to throw away such an opportunity or botch it so badly.

Kishkumen wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 21, 2023 5:32 pm

What I find unfortunate is the big missed opportunity there is for someone with his commitments and claimed skillset to do some real good in educating the LDS community. With this abrasive, caustic, and childish personality, he really turns people off. Honestly, there is simply no good excuse to throw away such an opportunity or botch it so badly.

Just to be clear, are we talking about Boylan or DCP?

Bill_Billiams wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 21, 2023 1:52 pm

Everyone's favorite lolcow and amateur blogger, Robert Boylan took offense to someone calling out his bad behavior online, so he made this post and proved his critic right. Life is hard, it's even harder when you aren't self-aware.

Apart from anything else, imagine the intellect required to craft such a sentence. I am awestruck.

malkie wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 21, 2023 8:46 pm

Bill_Billiams wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 21, 2023 1:52 pm

Everyone's favorite lolcow and amateur blogger, Robert Boylan took offense to someone calling out his bad behavior online, so he made this post and proved his critic right. Life is hard, it's even harder when you aren't self-aware.

Apart from anything else, imagine the intellect required to craft such a sentence. I am awestruck.

This reminds me of DCP's many public personal attacks against Michael Quinn and others.

Bill_Billiams wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 21, 2023 2:37 pm

Kishkumen wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 21, 2023 2:13 pm

I think we ought to accept that Boylan, like other apologists, uses his online opponents as a source of validation. He stokes the drama to generate interest and feel affirmed in his relevance as an apologist.

I agree. Without the drama he would be nothing.

Even with it he is nothing.