Offensive Christians experiences Censorship & was EXPELLED!
Offensive Christians posted a comment here on Jeffrey Shallit’s Recursivity blog
The comment was regarding his question “Does anyone like the movie “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed”? Anyone?” I answered and he promptly hit me with an ad hominem attack. I replied and pointed out the typical attack one gets from many atheists and he did not approve my post. This type of censorship seems to be the very thing Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is about. This professor from Canada proves the issue Ben Stein brings up in Expelled by not allowing me to defend myself on his blog from his attacks. This is the kind of repression of ideas that seems to be required to prop up Darwinism.
I’ve cut and pasted the current comment string just in case my comment is later deleted:
4 comments:
- Jeffrey,
I liked it. I’ll see it again. Did you see it?
Offensive Christians
http://www.offensivechristians.com - 9:24 PM
- Sorry, I should have been more clear. I meant, did anyone with connected brain cells like it?
- 9:29 PM
- “with connected brain cells”
I lol’d.
- Dave - 10:21 PM
- It still has a higher rating than Battlefield Earth, probably thanks to mr Moring.
There’s still time for that to change however.
April 19 2008 11:27 am | Expelled the movie and Science and The War and Uncategorized
Shiritai on 19 Apr 2008 at 12:12 pm #
To be fair, you didn’t give any indication that you were leaving a serious post. He must have thought you were just a troll. If you want a substantial reply, next time you should say why you liked it, or listed some good points; anything but a simple disagreement. Still, his insult was unjustified.
offensivechristian on 19 Apr 2008 at 1:05 pm #
I know my first comment was a bit spammy, but he took a whack at me and then deleted my response. Not nice, not fair, and an example of censorship like one sees in Expelled.
Tommy on 19 Apr 2008 at 9:08 pm #
You do realize that Recursivity’s comments are moderated before they are posted, right? Your second comment is on that blog entry…
offensivechristian on 19 Apr 2008 at 9:17 pm #
Tommy,
Yes, I read that his comments were moderated. Look at the times on the posts on his site and my post above - He clearly moderated that thread and left me hanging while he approved the following comment. No worries, I’m glad he changed his mind and put the post up. Thanks for stopping by and pointing out that it was up.
Offensive Christians
offensivechristian on 19 Apr 2008 at 9:20 pm #
Just for fun, here’s the current comment thread as of the time of this post on April 20th:
6 comments:
OC said…
Jeffrey,
I liked it. I’ll see it again. Did you see it?
Offensive Christians
http://www.offensivechristians.com
9:24 PM
Jeffrey Shallit said…
Sorry, I should have been more clear. I meant, did anyone with connected brain cells like it?
9:29 PM
Anonymous said…
“with connected brain cells”
I lol’d.
- Dave
10:21 PM
Offensive Christians said…
Typical ad hominem attack vice actually discussing issues.
So I guess you didn’t see it.
Offensive Christians
7:49 AM
Hank said…
It still has a higher rating than Battlefield Earth, probably thanks to mr Moring.
There’s still time for that to change however.
12:48 PM
Anonymous said…
Typical ad hominem attack vice actually discussing issues.
That’s how left-libbers like Jeffy work.
10:09 PM
Offensive Christians
Chris Clarke on 20 Apr 2008 at 7:00 am #
I assume you’ll be posting a correction to your original post now that your comment has appeared?
CGDH on 20 Apr 2008 at 7:18 am #
You seem to be a little unclear on the concept of “censorship.” Since the comments are moderated, the moderator had an opportunity to “censor” you comment by not posting it. Instead, he allowed it to be posted and then made disparaging remarks about you. This may be rude, but it is not censorship.
Perhaps you are confusing “censor” with “censure.”
Shiritai on 20 Apr 2008 at 10:12 am #
You’re not making a good case here. On that blog, it clearly states: “All comments are moderated to remove spam and duplication. Please be patient; your comment will usually appear within 12 hours.” You can’t expect him to be at his blog 24/7.
Also, I’d be interested in hearing what sort of arguement “Expelled” made. From what I’ve heard, it has nothing to say about validity of evolution, and instead focuses on claiming that scientific ideas are being repressed.