[Vision2020] shamelessness

[Douglas]

Michael,

Why do you think I knew you would be posting my letters? Because you 
have done that same kind of thing in the past? Does that make it right? 
Because when asked to keep a private communication private, your 
narcissism consistently trumps every other consideration? On /your 
/account of this, you put the victims (still, mercifully, unnamed, no 
thanks to you) on the public stage again by publishing that 
correspondence. You say that you had other reasons for doing this -- 
right, and those reasons were defending your own ego, which consistently 
prevents any kind of consideration of /other people/. They are going 
through anguish again now, because of you. I am their pastor, and you 
are not. I know what you have done to them, and you do not. You brought 
this state of affairs about by publishing my private emails to you, 
without my permission, and you were then asked to take them down by 
someone whose request would have been honored immediately by anyone with 
a functional sense of decency.

This is something you still need to do, even though most of the damage 
is already done. Why don't you do it?

Douglas Wilson


Michael wrote:
>
> Wilson Writes: “Michael, you are the emotional equivalent of a sucking 
> chest wound”
>
> Thank you very much for your very helpful comments here Mr. Wilson. 
> Instead of confessing that your entire point about the “victims” was 
> refuted by my response, you just change the subject to “posting 
> private emails.” That’s an old issue, and not one nearly so 
> interesting as your current public slander against me and the person 
> who wrote the announcement. So perhaps we should stick on target; 
> after all, your emails were confrontational, and you certainly knew I 
> would be posting them. They were also crucial to show that I was 
> willing and eager to make any correction to the post before it gained 
> a large readership; you arrogantly declined to help me do this, more 
> concerned about hurting me than protecting anyone. I’m getting dizzy 
> Mr. Wilson. Just what is your accusation against me? Your bringing the 
> victims into this just in your public Vision 2020 posts 
> (unnecessarily) is despicable, and I would have never dreamed of doing 
> such a hurtful thing. You originally claimed that my behavior was 
> horrible and immoral because I dare post an announcement like I did at 
> all; you supposedly knew this because the victims asked me to pull 
> everything off my web site. But this only revealed your ignorance of 
> the nature of the victim’s concerns and their request (or else just 
> further deceit); this also demonstrated that your attack on me for 
> merely posting the announcement is ridiculous. You are making a fool 
> of your self Mr. Wilson, and although I would like you to show the 
> world what kind of man you really are, I am still committed to getting 
> the “victims” off the public square. So please stop now.
>
> We are in the process of gathering our stuff and kids to go to my 
> brother in law’s wedding in Colorado. I haven’t even finished reading 
> your last post about me yet. I will be responding further as I am 
> able. I wish I was able to respond far more than I already have.
>
> Thank you
>
> Michael Metzler
>
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