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#92 Writermom: Another heavy hitter, with over 28,000 posts, and a frequent opponent of the Nodrog. She clearly had become disenchanted with Charles, posting less frequently, the last time on August 25, 2009. Instead of flouncing she went elsewhere, as Charles noted disapprovingly on September 20, 2009's "Sunday Afternoon Lounge," when he accused her of showing up at one of the "stalker" blogs. And that was the end of Writermom.
Octopus: see case study #47. Ironically, his acerbic leftiness would fit right in with the likes of Walter Newton on LGF today.
#93 Andy in Agoura Hills: A disputatious lizardoid, with slightly over 1,000 posts. Clearly religious, on September 21, 2007 he referred to humanist Voltaire as a "schmuck." On October 11, 2007, on a Jimmy Carter thread, he apparently wished for Jimmah's death in post #223. Charles deleted it and warned Andy to temper his rhetoric. Andy would have none of it, replying in #249: "Hey, I've seen worse here. If you're gonna go PC that's fine. I'll go somewhere else." Charles then sent him packing. And Andy has been elsewhere, as was noted by Charles as late as December 2009. His pungent expressiveness is long gone from LGF - unless you agree with the Lizard Tyrant.
#94 BenZacharia: With 12,325 posts, a leader of the LGF Israeli brigade. But on January 20, 2009, on "Ted Kennedy Rushed to the Hospital," he either didn't see or ignored Charles' warning at the start not to be mean. His comment was deleted, and he was blocked. What's interesting is that it was allegedly in the interests of placating longtime LGF irregulars like BenZacharia that Charles took his anti-European Fascists position in October, 2007, the first great policy rupture among the LGF faithful. By early 2009 Charles had apparently decided that he was so important he could even jettison this group, which also includes Carl from Jerusalem, Joel, and others, like:
#95 Amir: 2,104 posts for this Israeli lizardoid. But he started arguing with Charles, first on June 13, 2009, when he (among many others) took issue with Charles' claims that Islam wasn't fundamentally evil. This thread, entitled "BNP Leader Griffin", was an important one in LGF's history, as Charles started repudiating his fundamental message, and the raison d'etre of his blog, that Islam was unredeemably bad. And then on July 23, 2009, on the thread "Disgusting Racist of the Day," he took issue in post #147 with Charles' condemnation of the "Obama as a witch doctor" photo making the internet rounds. This proved to be a bloody thread, as Charles threw a dozen or more lizardoids under the bus because they made excuses for the picture. Amir wasn't singled out, but he never appeared on LGF again, and is now blocked.
#96 CheezNCrackers: 786 posts, but an interesting history. "CheezNCrackers" disappeared, but then a character named "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" appeared and stated that he had once been "CheezNCrackers," but that a couple of other people on other blogs were also using that name, which caused confusion. (There can be only one "CheezNCrackers;" ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES!) Spaulding continued merrily on his way, even agreeing with Charles on subsequent evolution threads, until a minor scuffle with the lizard king on July 13, 2009 occurred on the "Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing" thread, where Charles burned some more bridges to his right-wing fan base. And that's the last we hear from Captain Spaulding, or CheezNCrackers, both now blocked.
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Hey Gordon this is Joel. Someone pointed out your website to me. I was blocked by Charles in late June 2009, why I do not know. I was rarely posting there much by late 2008 and I did not post on any so called "stalker" blogs (I got disillusioned with blogs after Charles went way over to the left). I think that Charles wanted to get rid of the "old guard" who would not play along with him as he shifted way Left. I really now just read Powerline, Hotair, and occasionally Ace but I hardly ever post any more. I gave too much of my self and time to LGF to ever make that mistake again. I hope that you are doing well.
Hello Joel, I am doing fine, thanks for asking. I was about to get to you, and you are profiled on the next thread, just posted today, as blocked lizardoid #97. It is interesting that you have no idea why you were cast out, but at least one lizardoid, Zulubaby, appears to have left LGF in sympathy. I hope all is well with you too.
Thanks for the kind words. Although we rarely agreed politically (one in a while we did), I always felt that you were sincere in your beliefs and a lot of times respected the way you maintained your intellectual integrity.
Quite a project you have here. For the record, I never argued with Charles about anything, as far as I recall. I even had 2 or 3 hat tips. On June 11 (not June 13) I merely asked a question (for which I received no answer). I have no opinion on whether Islam is evil or not because I don't know anything about the religion. I was banned on the witch doctor post but quite a bit after I posted the comment dismissing the whole thing as not that big of deal. Personally I believe the reason I was banned was because of down-dinging and up-dinging on the same post. In any case, I was never notified that I was blocked nor given a reason for being blocked.
amir
Hmm. Some very nice people there. Some I still read once in a while. And some just memories of nights when I wished distraction from work. I was banned for my knowledge of science. lol. No drama. Midnight, without notice.
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