"You Have Misrepresented Me." --A Clever Ploy?

[_Brackite]

1) I'm getting weary of this place.

Why? This is the Greatest Message Board on Mormonism around.

[_Daniel Peterson]

This is the Greatest Message Board on Mormonism around.

If that were true, it would be quite depressing news.

[_Gadianton]

Hi Mister Scratch,

You've brought up a true phenomena and I concur with your findings. I think it might be an outgrowth of Internet Mormonism in general. Afterall, one of the foundational principles of Internet Mormonism is that critics, many of which were Chapel Mormons at one time, never understood the gospel, the scriptures, or anything else about the church in the first place. So it's just a natural extension to begin throwing hands up in the air and declaring that one is misunderstood, again, especially in those instances where the critic hits the nail right on the head.

[_Daniel Peterson]

You've brought up a true phenomena and I concur with your findings.

In a stunning development, unprecedented in contemporary Scratcholepsy, Gadianton Scratch posts a note endorsing a previous note posted by Mister Scratch.

Even long-time observers of Scratcholepsy report that they're speechless with astonishment and surprise.

[_Mister Scratch]

You've brought up a true phenomena and I concur with your findings.

In a stunning development, unprecedented in contemporary Scratcholepsy, Gadianton Scratch posts a note endorsing a previous note posted by Mister Scratch.

Even long-time observers of Scratcholepsy report that they're speechless with astonishment and surprise.

It really is astonishing. In my daily dealings with many different kinds of people, many of whom speak English as a second language, I find that I am seldom ever misunderstood. You, though, Prof. P., appear incapable of accurately summarizing anything I say or do. You seem capable only of producing hostile caricatures of my views. I scarcely recognize my own ideas and beliefs when you try to rephrase them. The real question is whether this is a comprehension problem on your part, or whether you are engaging in deliberately malicious distortion.

[_Daniel Peterson]

The real question is whether this is a comprehension problem on your part, or whether you are engaging in deliberately malicious distortion.

Nahhh.

The real question is whether you're a malevolent loon.

It's been settled to my satisfaction.

[_Mister Scratch]

The real question is whether this is a comprehension problem on your part, or whether you are engaging in deliberately malicious distortion.

Nahhh.

The real question is whether you're a malevolent loon.

It's been settled to my satisfaction.

Another unbelievable distortion, and a hostile caricature. Can't you get anything right, Dan? It's going to look really bad to all of your acolytes if it turns out that you have a problem correctly representing others' views.

Or, would you care instead to try to prove one of your many claims that you yourself were "misrepresented" by critics? Let's take Bob McCue's review of "Reflections on Secular Anti-Mormonism," for example. Feel free to show us where he "misrepresented" your views.

Here's a link to help you get started:

http://www.exmormon.org/Mormon/mormon438.htm

[_Daniel Peterson]

Life is too short to read Bob McCue.

I need to brush my teeth later tonight. I think I'd better start getting ready for that.

[_Mister Scratch]

Life is too short to read Bob McCue.

I need to brush my teeth later tonight. I think I'd better start getting ready for that.

Translation: you still cannot back up your claims. C'mon, Professor P.! You were just boasting about how effective you are at communication! Can't you give us one little old example? Something from Tal Bachman, maybe? Surely you can provide one little shred of evidence supporting your claim that the critics "distort" what you're saying. Right? Since you are such a splendid communicator? Or have you just been puffing hot wind in order to placate the TBMs?

[_Daniel Peterson]

Translation: you still cannot back up your claims. C'mon, Professor P.! You were just boasting about how effective you are at communication! Can't you give us one little old example? Something from Tal Bachman, maybe? Surely you can provide one little shred of evidence supporting your claim that the critics "distort" what you're saying. Right? Since you are such a splendid communicator? Or have you just been puffing hot wind in order to placate the TBMs?

Your explosion of obsessive hatred and frustration on the Stendahl thread was fascinating.

This one's not nearly so spectacular, but the desperate, almost frantic, need to find some way to insult me is still pretty apparent.