J. Max Wilson is a bogeyman.
He’s not my bogeyman. I’ve met him and I like him. But for the kind of people who get more upset about criticism of the Bloggernacle than criticism of the Church, well, he’s a bogeyman.
I admit that he’s a little too Manichean for my own tastes. And since I never use aggregators, it happens that I have no great interest in his new aggregator he set up, though some of the technical features look good.
I understand why he set it up, though. The Mormon Archipelago kicked him off their aggregator because of his viewpoint wasn’t welcome. I am appalled. That is contemptible.
I don’t want personal raillery at either J. Max Wilson or Steve Evans, so I’m closing comments. If you have something substantive to add, email me at adam at times and seasons dot org.
Rusty at Nine Moons sent me a substantive email explaining how this post was misleading, but after I arbitarily refused to post it he was forced to post his substantive explanations here:
http://www.nine-moons.com/2008/07/15/adam-greenwoods-post-is-cowardly-and-extremely-misleading/
They are quite convincing.
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Note for the confused: No, Rusty at Nine Moons never sent me anything, No, his post contains no substance whatsoever, yes, my refusal to post an email I was never sent demonstrates my cowardice.
–John C.
-J. Stapley
The Mormon Bloggernacle shouldn’t shun criticism of whether its being faithful or useful. I’m not sure how J. Max Wilson ‘undermined’ the Bloggernacle, but I guess if he was using hacker attacks to crash websites, I agree with his being delisted. He wasn’t.