It's been reported to me that JerseyFlight has been harassing other posters with PMs. If you've been on the receiving end of one of these, kindly let me know. — StreetlightX
I like to keep these kind of things private, only because they don't belong on the threads, but you have accused me here in public, no doubt, because you could not make your case and are exceedingly annoyed that I got the best of Banno, so much so that you deleted our exchange and threatened to ban me if I posted on the Davidson thread again. Is this what philosophical objectivity looks like? Is this what psychological maturity looks like? This is what dogmatism and elitism look like, it is the way of tyranny to censor. And it is exactly what happens when you challenge the people who claim to be "the adults in the room." Strange, all you Analytical advocates stand here denying the very elitism in which your community exists, and by which you proceed.
By "harassment" you are referring to my my letter to Philosophim, here it is in its entirety:
I have not quite figured out how to deal with your own special brand of moral authoritarianism. I give you credit in that it's exceedingly effective, but out of all the people I have discoursed with on this thread you are to me the most loathsome and underhanded. You do not seek to make progress through reason, but through negative characterizations, your ad hominems (and that's what they are) are so subtly put together that they come across as a form of intelligence, and yet they are totally lacking in rational engagement. It is good for me to [be] subjected to them, though I do not like them, because it forces me to figure out how to deal with them. I have met many theists whose entire polemical program is exactly what you repeatedly practice on this thread. I find it contemptible and believe I will figure it out. There is only power in being a one-trick-pony if the trick continues to work.
I think I know what lies behind it, I could be wrong, but I have a theory. Do you like pornography?
If I had posted this on the threads I think it would have been out of line, but as a private conversation I don't see how it can be called harassment?
(And keep in mind we are having the conversation here because you attempted to slander me to this entire community). If Philosophim had asked me to stop contacting him and I had ignored his request, this would no doubt be a form of harassment. Further, I am specifically talking about his ad hominem style and am telling him that I will figure out how to
rationally counter his underhanded fallacies. The reason I asked him if he likes pornography, which I am quite fond of, is because I suspect him to very much be a
moralist. In other words, he is so threatened by liberal culture that he even considers the question of pornography to be a form of harassment. As far as not liking him, I am entitled to it, but I don't let this interject into the argument. Where he is a moralist you may consider me the very opposite: I like to moralize against the moralizers. I'm not sure that there is a type in our species that is more dangerous.
I think what the appropriate thing to do would have been for Philosophim to contact me himself and express his concerns, but he did not do this, because like you, he's after censorship. His way is underhanded it is not direct. Some people are far too emotive to be involved in moderation, in their hands it becomes a form of tyranny.
“When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings