Rules of Patheos: Midgley appears to violate TOS 10x

[_Lemmie]

Louis Midgley Michael Hoggan • 3 hours ago • edited.

...I have even tried living abroad, but there are those who claim that this was only to stalk people, whatever that means....

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Lou-Lou the MidgeFly cracks me up. I have a friend like him who likes to tell flamboyant stories about her experiences. Her husband used to joke that with every telling of every story, every fact “increased.” The participants got taller, the crowd got bigger, the length of time got longer, the cash value of the event increased, etc. In general, the overall impact on the universe ballooned with every telling.

Midgley seems to have that same exaggeration tic. No story can ever be re-told without another layer of inflation.

[_Philo Sofee]

Lemmie
Lou-Lou the MidgeFly cracks me up. I have a friend like him who likes to tell flamboyant stories about her experiences. Her husband used to joke that with every telling of every story, every fact “increased.” The participants got taller, the crowd got bigger, the length of time got longer, the cash value of the event increased, etc. In general, the overall impact on the universe ballooned with every telling.

Midgley seems to have that same exaggeration tic. No story can ever be re-told without another layer of inflation.

Lou learned well with his brainwashing into Mormonism concerning how his hero Joseph Smith did it. If it was good enough for him, it's good enough for Midgley. Bearing of testimony needs to be enhanced lest normal things are believed not. Therefore, like his prophet, Midgley inflates everything as he goes. Who actually knows? An angel with a flaming sword may very well have visited Midgley, only his had a 7 foot long sword, not a mere ancient Nephite 5 foot long sword. Only it's too sacred for Midgley to discuss, and certainly will be denied if he is pressed to tell the truth. :rolleyes:

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

Did the lying little sack of crap Midgley just doxx YBT?

“I wasted hours yesterday trying to convince on prickly scholar that I was in full agreement on how he pictures himself, though I think he has the wrong agenda. It seems that if I do not agree with his agenda, I have, either intentionally or unintentionally misinterpreted him.

Why are not Wayfarer25, Yakov ben Tov (a.k.a. actually Colby Townsend), and Gadianton P. Robbers again busy down-voting my comment?”

Did YBT use his real name and give permission to be outed?

Also, he continues to stalk Ms. Colvin:

“First: I feel sorry for Gina Colvin. She has over fifteen years marched right out of the community of Saints to seek what she calls woman's spirituality here and now. She has recently discovered that she does not give a thought to life after life, but spirituality here and now. She was pleased to discover when she had a long conversation with a Community of Christ Apostle that he and that flock don't think of life after life, but also just feeling good about themselves here and now.”

What in THE “F” is his deal with her? I don’t get it.

- Doc

[_moksha]

But I didn't see DCP upvote it yet. I find that interesting because Midgley specifically said DCP would understand why he feels the way he does about Moksha. I mean, couldn't DCP give Midgley a quick acknowledgement via upvote that he is correct? If he refuses to upvote, could we conclude that DCP doesn't understand Midgley's -- let's face it, in this instance, utterly psychotic -- feelings?

I think Dr. Peterson read your post and he is now giving me more downvotes. Downvoting helps serve as a catharsis for valiant Sic et Non poster's inner demons.

[_Gadianton]

Moksha,

It's all to easy for him to downvote you. That takes no guts whatsoever. What would prove his loyalty is upvoting the Midgley quote above. Did he upvote that comment yet?

Let's just say, for the sake of not betraying confidences, that I know some things. Hey, he always claims to know things and expects everyone to believe him, right?

For him to upvote that clear comment by Midgley comparing you to terrorists in New Zealand, while at the same time saying "Prof. P. understands" -- lol -- that would be something for him to publicly support.

The reason why I don't think he will is that despite what he thinks everyone thinks around here, I think he has too much integrity to upvote that comment. As for Mr. M? Well, lack of integrity is potentially a factor, but it's not the only potential factor. A huge potential factor is that M is a hot-head who flies off the handle when he feels cornered, and he feels cornered very easily. His anger brought him way over the line with that comment. Prof P. on the other hand, sure, he gets bent out of shape, but he's a standard deviation to the left of M. in terms of blurting out his feelings at the moment no matter how inappropriate. For one apologist, there is a potential mitigating circumstance for making the comment. For another apologist, upvoting the comment would require a calculated will-to-vengeance that I think, fortunately is beyond the grasp of that apologist. Let me know if I'm wrong and an upvote has taken place. I forgot the thread.

As for the other two who upvoted it, one is even angrier, although has the greatest capacity of all the apologists over there for analytical thought, while the other is kind of a ditz and probably only halfway read or thought about what he was signing off on. Just voting down party lines.

[_moksha]

For him to upvote that clear comment by Midgley comparing you to terrorists in New Zealand, while at the same time saying "Prof. P. understands" -- lol -- that would be something for him to publicly support.

Dr. Peterson replied that Louis Midgley either did not say that or did not intend that meaning. I think he realizes that Midgley's temper is getting the better of him subsequent to age.

Let me give a bit of an example below:

Moksha • a day ago
While it was a noble gesture in suggesting the money go to those needing it the most, half of that money was earmarked for the students. What measure do we think the Church will go through to help the students at the various BYU campuses?

Philip Leaning Moksha • a day ago
Well, I happen to know that BYUH flew its foreign students back to their home countries at the university's own cost when the school locked down.

DanielPeterson Mod Philip Leaning • a day ago
I didn't know that.

Amazing.

Greedy church!

Philip Leaning DanielPeterson • a day ago
BYUH will also pay for their flights back to the campus for Fall Semester.

DanielPeterson Mod Philip Leaning • a day ago
Really impressive, I think.

Philip Leaning DanielPeterson • a day ago • edited
Yes, I agree, I was very impressed when I heard but not surprised. Obviously not all the foreign students would have needed that, but VERY many would have.

Moksha Philip Leaning • 21 hours ago
That was a nice thing to do.

Philip Leaning Moksha • 20 hours ago
I agree

Louis Midgley Moksha • 15 hours ago
If Moksha would like to do what he calls "a nice thing," he will cease posting on sic et non. And it will not cost him a single dime.

Even simple things will trigger him. Hope time does not find him standing outside yelling at the mailbox.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

The lying little sack of crap Midgley continues to retcon history and moan like a little whipped toddler about his experience with stalking Colvin and then bragging about it on her blog(!):

“Group hug indeed! I got to experience a "group hug" by Moksha and his friends when I made the mistake of posting a little note to Gina Colvin on her Patheos "Kiwi Mormon" blog after I had met and immediately befriended her husband in a Latter-day Saint meeting that the Christchurch Stake President, with the knowledge and approval of the Pacific Area President, had made sure would take place.

Moksha was right there blasting away at me on Gina Colvin's blog. One Dunce even urged the "Colvins" not to have anything to do with me. He did not notice that Colvin is not her husband's surname. Others claimed that I was lying about Gina Colvin's husband wanting to meet me. So I have a good idea about what Moksha has in mind by a "group hug."”

I’ve never seen an adult whine and cry as much as Midgley who is AGHAST that, in the real world, people aren’t going to take his crap sitting down. Look what happens to the little troll when he creeps out from underneath the safety of Dan’s skirt from his little troll cave in Provo. BYU professor. Mormon priesthood holder. Extended adolescent.

- Doc

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

Also, one should note the pugnacious little sidekick known as Louis Midgley continues to doxx YBT. I won’t post it here out of respect to the doxxed individual. What a raging piece of crap the Midge is.

_ Doc

[_Lemmie]

Speaking of retcons of history, how about this new one?

Midgley:

And this drew the attention of Taylor Petrey because Aussie Noel just happened to mention that the Reverend Walters thought that he had refuted an essay by Hugh Nibley, and hence there was presumably no apostasy. This drew the attention of Taylor Petrey. And the fur began to fly. I was accused of misinterpreting Taylor Petrey.

I have discovered that one misinterprets Taylor Petrey unless one quote an entire essay he wrote about his opinion of a "chapter"--that is, a patch of text plucked out of a 400+ page of very rough notes. Subsequently I have urged everyone to read his brief essay in the now cancelled Studies in the Bible and Antiquity, and I have also done my very best to advertise Dr. Petrey's full academic works and his own understanding of himself in his own words.

I am pleased that this Taylor Petrey thing has calmed down. I have learned one this from this bount of what I will call the Petreys, he is prickly.

The projection (he is prickly) at the end is pretty funny, but it has clearly become a truism that every Midgley story has to end with a projected attribute. His rewriting of how this episode started is just a flat out untruth, however.

Petrey is still the consummate professional compared to Midgley’s thoroughly unprofessional approach; here is the end of his final post on the matter:

Petrey:

Rather, the issue has been whether I "argued that Nibley was not into the current ways" of doing such scholarship and whether or not my characterization of the field in general reduced it my particular subfield alone. I did not and I do not. So, your description of my argument about Nibley and your description of how I characterized the field in general are both incorrect, in addition to the numerous other mischaracterizations you've made since ("chapter," "mock," etc.). My personal research agenda had nothing to do with my evaluation of Nibley in my brief piece and is totally irrelevant to my description of his work in the piece you were discussing, so it certainly does not help your case.

There are many gullible readers, but I admit some surprise at just how gullible you think the readers of this blog thread are. I hold you no ill will, and I am grateful that you've said that you will be more accurate in the future when describing my essay. All the best.

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[Guest]

That little lying sack of crap, Louis “stolen valor” Midgley, continues to take aim at Moksha hoping to get his spiritual guru to ban him from his own little cesspool:

“ I was stunned to just now read Moksha defending his own recent disgusting behavior on Gina Colvin's blog. And I am delighted that Professor Peterson responded.

I never announced that I intended to "stalk" Gina Colvin. I never announced that I intended to "stalk" Gina Colvin. If the world "stalking" has any real meaning, it describes something that is a crime. I don't stalk people.

The world of those who infest a certain board is dramatically unlike that of those who strive to be faithful Latter-day Saints, who strive to worship God by doing good for all people, and to the very best of their ability, telling the truth about how things really are. Those who come to sic et non to sneer and smear have other motives.”

As we know, one of that dude’s primary reasons for his recent trip was to specifically seek out Gina Colvin, at her home Ward, and to let her know who he was and talk to her about... something? THAT is stalking. Worse, yet. He found her HUSBAND and glad-handed him in perhaps one of the most bizarre moments of this “soldier for Jesus’” history. Think about it. He travelled halfway across the world with the thought in his peabrain that it’d not only be a good idea to do this, but then to damned publish that he’d done it.

What. In. THE. “F”. Is wrong with these people?

And OF COURSE Mr. Peterson endorses this bizarre obsessive behavior. BYU professors. Mormon priesthood holders. Stalkers.

- Doc