[Vision2020] The Secret Life of Schwaller Mitty, Part I

[g. crabtree]

Mr. Herodotus, just exactly who's proxy are you? If I didn't know any better 
I would think that, perhaps, you were channeling the ghosts of a couple of 
relatively recently departed frequent vision posters who never tired of 
carping incessantly in the same vein as yourself. Let me think, WSU out of 
session, dog days rapidly approaching, time heavy on ones typing fingers...

It'll come to me,
g
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Herodotus" <bherodotus at yahoo.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 9:13 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] The Secret Life of Schwaller Mitty, Part I


Dear Mr. Schwaller,

You say, “QED,” but your latest rhetorical devices indicate that you have 
fallen head first into a protracted “I am not Doug Wilson; I just act like 
him,” downward spiral, which will only end in calamity. Please, let me help 
restore you by filling in yet more blanks.

In order to understand this next point, you must firmly grasp the axiom that 
IT IS ALL ABOUT DOUG, and you must understand that the only way for Pastor 
Wilson to insure that all things remain ALL ABOUT DOUG, he must CONTROL THE 
CONVERSATION. He must bend and shape and twist the dialogue, if not prohibit 
it outright, to insure that when anyone says anything about him (or his 
church), they either say nice things or else he is present to CONTROL THE 
CONVERSATION.

This objective is easy enough to achieve inside the church where he rules 
with an iron fist. For example, in a previous post I referenced Duck 
because, as you know, Wilson gave him an ultimatum: “Sign the Christ Church 
Commitment to Loyalty or I’ll put you in the bread line.” The Christ Church 
Commitment to Loyalty prohibited free speech and it required the strict 
appearance of perfect loyalty to the church — so strict that if anyone ever 
questioned it, Wilson would immediately terminate him. The rest of the 
stories spun by Wilson are complete fabrications. I have read the Christ 
Church Commitment to Loyalty and I have spoken to Duck. Sadly, most kirkers 
are afraid to call him because they know that when they hang up, they will 
have to make a costly decision (Wilson knows this too). However, the point 
of the Christ Church Commitment to Loyalty and the point that you must 
understand was Wilson’s obsessive need to CONTROL THE CONVERSATION.

An even better example of Wilson’s need to CONTROL THE CONVERSATION is the 
case at hand — Steven Sitler. Mr. Schwaller, what pastoral consideration 
could possibly exist that would override Wilson’s absolute responsibility to 
warn his flock of predation? Of course, you and I both know that the answer 
is “No reason or excuse exists that could in any way relieve him of this 
obligation.” But believe it or not, last year the paper quoted Wilson (or 
one of his proxies), saying something like they “did it for the victims,” 
whatever that means.

By comparison, the church in Colville not only sent letters to the 
congregation, they adopted a policy to purchase a full-page ad in the 
newspaper to place Sitler’s photograph before the public with the warning: 
CONVICTED PEDOPHILE, if he ever returns to Colville. Now that’s a church 
that cares. Not Wilson; he didn’t say boo to the flock, let alone the 
public, which brings us back to point.

Wilson decided to ignore the urgent duty of warning his congregation because 
he wanted to CONTROL THE CONVERSATION. He understands that the words “Serial 
Pedophile” lead to six-inch headlines, and in 2005 he certainly didn’t want 
to go through another 2003–04. After all, IT’S ALL ABOUT DOUG. So he 
CONTROLLED THE CONVERSATION by withholding vital information.

Now take this principle and apply it to Vision 2020. Wilson needs to CONTROL 
THE CONVERSATION, but after he ran away from here in 2003, he put himself in 
a pickle. How could he honor his pledge to sign off 2020 yet simultaneously 
CONTROL THE CONVERSATION? The answer to this question lies within the Secret 
Life of Schwaller Mitty.

It is not enough for Pastor Wilson to have proxies spreading his opinions on 
this bulletin board. Ultimately, he must visit this list in person to make 
his arguments firsthand. So when he said farewell in December 2003, he left 
by name only because even at that time he had two Schwaller Mittys — two 
fictitious personalities with pseudonymous email accounts — subscribed to 
Vision 2020 so that he could CONTROL THE CONVERSATION. And these two 
conjured characters were the first in an endless parade of pseudonyms who 
would visit this forum at various points in Kirk history, so that Wilson 
could CONTROL THE CONVERSATION.

Mr. Schwaller, I introduce you to Edna Wilmington (#1) and Rodney Johnson, 
the first two pseudonyms deployed by Wilson in November 2003, a couple of 
weeks before he signed off this listserv. Mr. Schwaller, think of them as 
the Ghosts of Schwaller’s Past, for these two fakes were the beginning of 
Schwallers — extensions of a deranged imagination slipping into madness — so 
that Wilson could CONTROL THE CONVERSATION.

Mr. Schwaller, you must save yourself from this “I am not Doug Wilson; I 
just act like him,” downward spiral, lest you fall into oblivion with all 
the others.

The Secret Life of Schwaller Mitty, Part II will follow.

Herodotus

PS: Mr. Schwaller, you have persuaded me that you can follow an argument and 
that you do not need repetitive caps. Please indulge me, however, because 
there is a group of people who require such things to help jar them out of 
their stupor.





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