2019-02-09
<Modern_Erasmus> Idk why reverend fox is up for promotion
<Ard> maybe he does a lot of forum crit
<Modern_Erasmus> yeah but up until recently he ran a wikidot blog with a ton of concerning statements
<MobileMagnus> Link?
<Roget> Oh that guy?
<Modern_Erasmus> including rants about "hollywood people" not being human and the usual sjw bashing
<MobileMagnus> Has he ever expressed these on the wiki?
<MobileMagnus> We can't keep someone from.being staff for having unfortunate political inclinations.
<TombAFK> what the fuck
<MobileMagnus> I mean, we can, but wtf.
<Modern_Erasmus> MobileMagnus: he was a hugely arrogant prick back in 2017 but he hasn't in the past few months that I know of
<TombAFK> MobileMagnus: I mean, that really depends
<Roget> Do we know who's going up for promotion?
<Modern_Erasmus> Roget: yeah
<TombAFK> like, "political inclinations" has broadened in bad ways recently
<Modern_Erasmus> Roget:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eaHkwfqf88wyiAjiP2yR3PIK1_C4ub7NteQS8cLzy5Q/edit
<MobileMagnus> I mean....yes, obviously.
<Roget> nice
<MobileMagnus> But if he's not acted on them, and he's not a douche about it....he can be wrong and douche in his private life.
<Modern_Erasmus> It looks like the disturbing blog has been deleted, it used to be a wikidot site calling the "ranting reverend"
<MobileMagnus> Mmm.
<Modern_Erasmus> MobileMagnus: yeah but we have to trust him with 67 access
<TombAFK> once someone posts something publicly, they don't get to say it's their private shit or whatever
<MobileMagnus> True.
<TombAFK> if I put my dumb fucking opinions on my tumblr and I don't get a job because of it, that is a) terrible and b) fair
<Modern_Erasmus>
http://nerdity-method.wikidot.com/ he also has this weird blog where he promises that he's working on some "revolutionary writing method"
<MobileMagnus> Option 1) ask him about it.
<MobileMagnus> Option 2) deny him.
<Modern_Erasmus> which A. sounds like a mlm scheme and B. speaks again to his tendency towards arrogance
<MrAnakinSpecter> scantron does exactly that, tuomey
<TombAFK> I mean, yes?
<TombAFK> lots of people put dumb opinions on tumblr
<TombAFK> it's practically the dumb opinions generator
<TombAFK> and I say this as someone on tumblr
<MrAnakinSpecter> my point was more that they post dumb scp opinions
<MobileMagnus> I have never seen this blog, so I dunno wtf the content is first hand. Is there an internet archive of it?
<TombAFK> I guess okay
<Modern_Erasmus> MobileMagnus: I can pull one up rq
<MobileMagnus> If you'd be so kind.
<MobileMagnus> I have no problems confronting someone about political leaning when I'm about to let them potentially help run the site.
<MobileMagnus> I just feel weird denying without a conversation.
<MrAnakinSpecter> who would?
<Modern_Erasmus> MobileMagnus:
https://web.archive.org/web/20180729040912/http://ranting-reverend.wikidot.com/
<MobileMagnus> I dunno.
<MrAnakinSpecter> "Ever since I was seventeen" no way this kid is older than seventeen
"However, my first paycheck was spent on gas for my car, insurance, and my first earned purchase2 — a brown duster and a cowboy hat, both of which I still have and use."
is this kid for real holy shit
> posted on Saturday: 10 March, 2018
<Modern_Erasmus>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwPxnnaek84 here's a video of his that was also quite concerning for me
[The guy's video is him saying that he doesn't want to discuss identity politics with people on facebook anymore because no one has the capacity to have a discourse, that they only want validation of their feelings. He says he doesn't care if his political opinions offend someone because facts>feelings. An example is how there are biological differences between men and women. Sounds like a lowkey SCP critique, no wonder. He isn't wrong. Cringy. But not wrong.]
<TombAFK> I'm not watching a video rn but I want to point out the date on these things
<MrAnakinSpecter> is he wearing his trenchcoat and cowboy hat
<TombAFK> Less than a year ago, although not by much
<MrAnakinSpecter> yeah 2018 is too close to the present for me to be comfortable with these things
<TombAFK> Point is, while people can change, it generally takes a while
<MrAnakinSpecter> "If there were a gun to my head on the matter, though, I'd have to identify as a centrist." i refuse to believe this isn't intentionally a stereotype thing christ
<MobileMagnus> So, nothing here is like....
<MobileMagnus> Molotov in the window.
<MobileMagnus> He's just a pretentious most likely white dude.
<TombAFK> oh, we're well over quota on those
<Modern_Erasmus>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI35RdClDyw here's another video from december btw
<Modern_Erasmus> I don't think he's a bigot or anything, but he's remarkably shortsighted when it comes to privelege. This vid is basically a long rant about how he doesn't like identity politics and he's had it hard for being a radical centrist. And that privilege shouldn't matter, internal stuff should matter, etc
02:38:56: <Ard> RADICAL CENTRISM
02:39:21: <MrAnakinSpecter> tubular centrism
02:39:26: <MrAnakinSpecter> bodacious centrism
02:39:34: <rumetzen> >privilege shouldn't matter
02:39:37: <rumetzen> hey, we agree!