Hypocrisy and Cowardice
My comment (PDF), just now, at Q and O, which was immediately deleted:
“the demands of justice require it”
Where were the demands of justice when you hung Steven Rhett out to dry?
This is the second time since Monday that my comment has been deleted by someone at Q and O. My previous comment was also a reminder of Steven Rhett’s mistreatment at the hands of Dale Franks. McQ posted that blogging would be light due to everyone at Q and O enjoying spending Memorial Day with their families, and invited open discussion in the comments. I left a comment noting that Steven Rhett would have also liked to have spent Memorial Day with his family. I checked back a day or so later only to find the entire post deleted.
Franks cannot change what he did. Everyone makes mistakes, especially me, but to continue to attempt to conceal reminders of those mistakes is just plain cowardly.
Update: I attempted to leave a second comment:
This thread is about miscarriage of justice, isn’t it?
…after Franks advised me:
COMMENT BY MATT REMOVED
If you can?t stop the impulse to hijack the thread, then leave.
Or I?ll ban you. But thread hijacking ain?t gonna fly.
But I found that I’d already been banned:
You have attempted to enter a comment using a blacklisted term, or your IP Address has been banned. Your comment cannot be saved until the offending term has been eliminated, or the IP Address ban has been lifted by a blog administrator.
That’s a record for me, getting banned after only two comments to a blog. I must have struck a raw nerve.
Tags: dale franks, justice, steven rhett
May 30th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Actually, there’s a funny story behind this. I was attempting to throw in an anti-hijacking message in your comment, when it disappeared. At the exact same time, Bruce was deleting your comment, and banning you for thread hijacking. Isn’t that wild?
At any rate, we gave you guys a whole week, and three very long threads to rail about Steven Rhett. We’ve moved on. Hijacking threads to keep pounding at a subject on which we will NEVER agree is pointless.
But, if you email Bruce, and ask nicely, he’ll probably unban you.
If I ever ban you, I’ll let you know directly.
But, you’re free to talk about Steven Rhett to your heart’s desire on your own blog. I’m pretty sure no one cares enough to stop you.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Oh, by the way, as far as the “open thread” goes, your comment was the only comment there for en entire day. Bruce didn’t just delete your comment. he deleted the whole post. it was kinda pointless to keep it with only one comment.
Hmm, I see you deleted my first comment. No doubt when you do it, it isn’t hypocrisy, but done for entirely principled reasons, right?
Hypocrite, huh?
Hey, Pot, it’s for you! It’s the Kettle. He says, “you’re black’.”
You’re some piece of work.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Oops. My bad. My comment isn’t showing because it’s “awaiting moderation”. Sorry about that.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Actions speak for themselves.