Well, I was well informed at the time and went into the "deal" with Dr. Peterson with eyes wide open.Everybody Wang Chung wrote: ↑Mon Jul 18, 2022 3:20 amDr. Moore,Dr Moore wrote: ↑Sun Jul 17, 2022 6:34 pmHow about Dan’s crisis of integrity? Would love to reach out to those attending this fireside, so that the question can be asked to Daniel: “why did you agree not to trash talk the Mormon Discussions board and its people, and moderate similar bad talk by your guests, in exchange for a big donation to Interpreter, and then wholly go back on your word? Why did you choose to let your integrity slide instrad of just being nice as you promised?”
I’m sorry that Daniel “The Huckster” Peterson lied to you and obtained your money under false pretenses.
You’re not the first person that Daniel “The Huckster” Peterson has lied to and fraudulently obtained funds from. Unfortunately, you will not be the last either.
As I said a DM with Dr. Scratch after he expressed concern that Dan would never hold to our deal, I was confident that one of two things would happen:
1) Dan Peterson would hold to his side of the deal, in which case it would be small price to pay for greater civility between the leader of Mopologetics and a venue comprising his favorite interlocutors and ideation muses,
--OR--
2) Dan Peterson would violate his side of the deal, in which case it would be small price to pay for clear cut evidence that he is every bit the liar critics accuse him of being, who prefers to insult those with differing beliefs more than he aspires to be honest.
In both cases, my donation was tax deductible and made in good faith. I have no regrets, despite option (2) having very clearly been the outcome.
It doesn't even make sense anymore to document to daily/weekly insults that continue to be lobbed from Dan's Sic et Non blog in the direction of this board. All he ever had to do was to send a message one time to his 2 blog friends - Midgley and Kiwi57 - to cease all bad talk about this board, forever, doing the same himself, and they would have readily complied with his wishes. Easy as that. Dan's the boss and those guys follow Dan's lead. Heck, they nanny Dan's blog for him every 10-15 minutes of every day! But no, instead Daniel Peterson chose to pretend at good behavior for a few weeks, then push closer and closer to the line until there was no noticeable distinction in language pre or post my deal with Dan.
It's sad, but no sadder than the many other instances I have since discovered about Dan's inability to grow or take accountability for his actions. He, and he alone, has proven his critics right.