Lethean
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Joined: Jan. 2014
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For anyone whom it may concern, Patheos pulled the plug on Warren Throckmorton's blog two days ago without warning. So far they have only offered a generic "your blog does not fit our strategic objectives". One wonders what that might be given that the blogroll over there it a veritable cornucopia or varied beliefs (and none) even within their subcategories of faiths (and none). Warren is quite talented and had a strong following.
He speculates that it might be once of his most recent posts and notes, while making clear he is indeed speculating, that Joe Gregory (chairman of BN Media who owns Patheos) is a NRA megadonor and that he had recently posted an article criticizing the lack of any evidence for the repeated claim that the NRA specifically helped slaves arm and protect themselves after emancipation.
His article was in response to Diamond and Silk, those two idiotic supporters of Trump and Fox "contributors", who spoke at the NRA's last convention and parroted that claim which typically goes hand in hand with the rhetoric about how the evil Demon-crats not only want to take everyone's guns away but also want to keep blacks "on the plantation" by keeping them poor and dependent on handouts.
It seems the most plausible given the wide range of content that's available on Patheos, within which Warren fits right in. But, it's probably unlikely we'll hear the real reason and the whole thing is a shame really. Warren is one of the few Christian bloggers I actual admire and follow as his goal is not to cheerlead for his team but to clean up his own house.
Of course that there is another possibility, that his criticism and debunking of guys like Barton or the corruption and hypocrisy of other evangelical leaders might have finally got someone who supports one of them and had a string to pull and got Warren booted. It's a shame, I really like the guy.
Anyway, with someone's help he got his content moved to a new site. Of course, as is the problem with Discus and other "commenting content" services, it's unlikely that all the conversations and information contained in those comments will be recovered/transferred.
If one cares, www.wthrockmorton.com.
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"So I'm a pretty unusual guy and it's not stupidity that has gotten me where I am. It's brilliance."
"My brain is one of the very few independent thinking brains that you've ever met. And that's a thing of wonder to you and since you don't understand it you criticize it."
~Dave Hawkins~
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