Comments on: Getting Jefferson Right at Religion Dispatches https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/06/04/getting-jefferson-right-at-religion-dispatches/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 30 May 2018 18:36:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: ken https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/06/04/getting-jefferson-right-at-religion-dispatches/#comment-83687 Wed, 30 May 2018 18:36:43 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=11582#comment-83687 While Harvey is right that the extreme lunatic fringe will only hear what they want, that doesn’t describe all of Barton’s followers, and more importantly, all who have been influenced (even indirectly) by Barton’s claims. So I think it is quite valuable to have documentation of Barton’s misrepresentations and falsehoods.

]]> By: Richard Willmer https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/06/04/getting-jefferson-right-at-religion-dispatches/#comment-83700 Wed, 30 May 2018 18:36:43 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=11582#comment-83700 I generally agree with ken. It’s the ‘waverers’ one is usually after, although when someone ‘of the lunatic fringe’ suddenly realizes they’ve been ‘had’, the effects can be quite dramatic. We’ve seen this in the context of the Bahati Bill situation (certain apparently anti-gay ‘diehards’ suddenly realizing that they have been lied to and switching sides). We know one or two such people, don’t we Warren?!

Hell hath no fury as the deceived ideologue …

]]> By: Richard Willmer https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/06/04/getting-jefferson-right-at-religion-dispatches/#comment-61146 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:28:28 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=11582#comment-61146 I generally agree with ken. It’s the ‘waverers’ one is usually after, although when someone ‘of the lunatic fringe’ suddenly realizes they’ve been ‘had’, the effects can be quite dramatic. We’ve seen this in the context of the Bahati Bill situation (certain apparently anti-gay ‘diehards’ suddenly realizing that they have been lied to and switching sides). We know one or two such people, don’t we Warren?!

Hell hath no fury as the deceived ideologue …

]]> By: ken https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/06/04/getting-jefferson-right-at-religion-dispatches/#comment-61145 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:34:31 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=11582#comment-61145 While Harvey is right that the extreme lunatic fringe will only hear what they want, that doesn’t describe all of Barton’s followers, and more importantly, all who have been influenced (even indirectly) by Barton’s claims. So I think it is quite valuable to have documentation of Barton’s misrepresentations and falsehoods.

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