Mormon Apologetics & Misogyny: The Case of William Schryver

[_Bob Loblaw]

Statements like this are why I believe Will was lying through his teeth when he claimed his wife always read his posts prior to him posting on this board.

The dude is a pathological liar, no questions about that. It's hard to understand why anyone would defend him, except maybe out of loyalty (he's on their team, after all). It's like that Sheryl Crow song:

Lie to me.
I promise I'll beiieve
Lie to me,
But please don't leave.

They have this sick dependent relationship with William because he says things they wish they could. If anyone doubted the degraded, dysfunctional state of mopologetics, Mr. Schryver makes it obvious.

[_mercyngrace]

I always try to keep in mind that the tone of a person's posts may not fairly reflect that person's character and personality away from the internet. We all tend to use internet communication in a slightly different way than the manner in which we communicate otherwise.

I wonder about people who use the internet to speak in ways which they would not in real life. It reminds me of the adage that a drunken man's words are a sober man's thoughts.

The baser, darker parts of some personalities are unleashed with the intoxicant of a keyboard, screen, and virtual audience.

For my part, I see online interactions as an opportunity, through a handy edit button, delete key, and the simple process of birthing thoughts one keystroke at a time, to be something better in this virtual reality than I achieve in the often chaotic scramble of everyday.

[_Cylon]

Can anyone give any context to Will's frequent usage of the term 'alpha male'? What does that have to do with anything, and why does he think that male church members should aspire to be such?

[_harmony]

Can anyone give any context to Will's frequent usage of the term 'alpha male'? What does that have to do with anything, and why does he think that male church members should aspire to be such?

Because he aspires to be an alpha male. He's not there yet, and likely he won't ever be there, but a guy must have goals...

[_malkie]

Now we know that he is not only an admitted verbal abuser of women, but also a person willing to withdraw his admissions and make fantasy claims about people altering his posts to insert rude words if he thinks he can get away with it.

I wonder if there is anyone on MD&D who believe him.

Well, I must say that the mods on this board would be a totally pathetic bunch ...
















... if the worst that they could do in an attempt to smear someone was to alter a couple of words in a couple of posts.

If I were in your position I would be seriously insulted at the idea that I had that little imagination.

[_Bret Ripley]

"Calculated condescension in conjunction with crafted contempt couched in circumlocutory composition is the converse of clever."

Though I'd tuck in a little bit more thesaurus.

It's not the irrelevant inclusion of inessential identifiers that irritates, but the ostentatious oddity of opinionated onomatopoeia. Honestly!

outwitted forsooth
by onomatopoeia
my thesaurus weeps

[_Dr. Shades]

Well, I must say that the mods on this board would be a totally pathetic bunch if the worst that they could do in an attempt to smear someone was to alter a couple of words in a couple of posts.

Indeed.

It's a well-known truism that the absolute BEST way to smear William Schryver, BY FAR, is to simply let his words stand in all their pristine, original, and un-edited glory.

[_Bob Loblaw]

Indeed.

It's a well-known truism that the absolute BEST way to smear William Schryver, BY FAR, is to simply let his words stand in all their pristine, original, and un-edited glory.

+100

The mark of a pathological liar is that he or she puts something in writing for everyone to see and then denies it (the conspiracy crap is just the cherry on top).

[_consiglieri]

Calculated condescension and crafted contempt couched in verbose verse is hardly clever.

Kid, I'm gonna make you a GA!



(And thanks for the kind words.)

[_consiglieri]

I wonder about people who use the internet to speak in ways which they would not in real life. It reminds me of the adage that a drunken man's words are a sober man's thoughts.

It reminds me of that Disney cartoon where Goofy gets road-rage behind the wheel.