also is there a link to this thread on the FDR board, im now slightly curious as to what is being said

We can criticize governments all we want, but they will just ignore us. At least we can confound Stef by criticizing his wacky beliefs. I say keep it up!

I can't believe that he has wasted bandwith trying to defame the people who post here. I also can't seem to grasp why he doesn't put the cult thing to rest by......not being a cult......

I mean, lets assume Molyneux really doesn't want to be a cult, the first thing he would do is get rid of donations and go back to work and do this philosophy thing part time, or get a job where he wrote a philosophy column in a legitimate magazine, newpaper, periodical of some sort. If it were me, I would immediately dismantle the site upon facing the cult name. I mean, its the same logic stef used in a podcast(can't recall which) in which he says that Britain should have dismantled its military to keep Hitler at bay.

Yeah, we should turn his argument from priority around on him. And also, why does he feel the need to hide what he does from his critics? Anyway, I think I'm just going to write the guy an open letter, because his attempt to pull out the most inflammatory and emotional rants from the *thousands* of posts I've written is an obvious attempt to paint me as something I'm not. And yet I still think when you read those bits, I come off pretty well, but no one likes to have their every word poured over, taken out of context and re-framed in the worst possible light. I mean, that thread with the "Jew-boy" and the "TALK SHIT" stuff was actually humorous, and the context from which he removed it would have made that clear.

Why wouldn't it occur to anyone who looks at those selections that there might actually be a reason the guy provokes such emotions in people? Does he really think that anyone will be fooled into thinking that we're just a bunch of angry cranks with nothing better to do than hate a bald Canadian guy?

So, I just think I'm going to publicly state my case, call him out on the deception, make a demand that I know he will ignore (openness and honesty in debate about family and religion, and the nature of abuse and what to do about it, as well as what he is really telling his followers and what he gets from them financially in return) and be done with it. Catharsis achieved, I'll move on. Besides, I really think that once the light of day hits this guy full force, he'll be toast.

I wonder how many people have been insta-banned by browsing FDR and LM at the same time thanks to the links in Stef's article...

Well, part of the smoke clearing was getting me booted from that forum. Like I said, I never posted, but I read the threads all the time, and I will miss it, because some real luminaries were conversating in there. Heinrich vouched for me, but I just cannot believe that my getting removed from the list immediately after that post was made by Stef (who also never posts there either, except to sell his fucking books) was some kind of coincidence. I am not going to ask anyone to re-admit me. I sure hope they didn't boot Conrad, because he was a real regular. Seems like a petty powerplay for Stef to try and get Conrad kicked off Kinsella's Libertarian Forum on Google groups, because like I said, he really was embarrassed by that community when he tried to go after Conrad. That was actually the source of the whole "Family Guy" controversy that resulted in my final break with Stef and FDR. I hate Stef's emoticons, they always seem so contrived and manipulative (that "smile" should have been a wink and a nod, like "after you ban all the people I don't like from here, maybe I'll come back and post,"). Blech.

But why does he think anybody cares how comfortable he is?

He doesn't. He has made 18 posts on that site. All but one or two are to advertise his site.

Limian's got him good there when he posted on the Guardian article. He has more than likely been chewing on that for some time.

He had/has another objective; to appear a victim and exact ...

Revenge.

Poor, poor, Stef...

From what I can remember, Molyneux has never contributed any substantial discussion to the Libertarian Forum google group. I suppose the rough-and-tumble environment is too much for him, or the fact that there are serious luminaries posting there intimidates him.

I would say just about every time he posts, it is to advertise his latest podcast or own work. He also usually includes an annoying logo in his posts. Many regulars at LF post links to their latest articles on occasion; the difference is, they're also actively participating in discussions and contributing to the intellectual atmosphere in the forum.