Lord of the Flies Part One

Several people I know have looked at the over 270 posts about , well, basically me at Doug Tenpanel's site. I thought "gang" was a good word, but I was corrected. "Mob" was the word that rang true.

Mob mentality is a curious thing. A group of folk break off from any type of civility and their internal demons begin to emerge in the most savage of ways, even among themselves, but most forcefully with anyone who enters from outside.

I was thinking about Doug and his, probably best known character, Earthworm Jim. Pretty entertaining and well-drawn.

But peak behind the veneer that is Tenpanel.com and it looks more like piles of shit with earthworms crawling out. I say this with the exception of one Sideache character, who seems to possess a brain and some sense. Occasional Achoo exhibits some level as well.

Rand and Javajerk are simply rabid dogs...or rabid Flies in this case. They attack Mac because he uses a fictitious character to voice a contrary opinion, yet they do the same without shame.

Yes, Doug TenNapel (I can never get his name right...what's the etymology of that name?) is the Lord of the Flies incarnate.

His savagery and his promotion of it to his minions is obvious to anyone who visits (and please do...the level of shaming, blaming and paranoia is very reflective of Golding's book).

As I predicted days ago...well, here it is again:

1. He will answer no direct question with anything remotely like an answer or rational.
2. He will claim to be rational, without presenting any evidence.
3. He will shame and blame on any issue he can. If he finds a swear word here he will mark it while he pumps out the vilest hate-filled filth on his own site (and swears).
4. He will resort to stereotypes that are antiquated at best.
5. He will resort to labeling rather than presenting any logical case
6. He will beg off saying he has "no time" when he is confronted and engaged on the above.

This is what Fundies do. All of these things have transpired just as I foresaw. Every one of them. I can document it if you like, but I doubt even deranged Doug can prove otherwise once he reviews his various responses.

Let me say this, Doug is NOT a dishonest man. He really believes all of his own bullshit...every bit and he is very consistent. He does not lie. The worst you can say is he avoids...but even that in moderation.

Still, I do see him as the new Lord of the Flies. Just as in Goldings book, not all the characters are utterly "sold out" to his view...or not yet. But overall their is a savagery that is palpable. It is a mob and the group at Doug's site is a mob.

There chief weapon is shaming folk. It is emotional and it is meant to inflame and intimidate.

The answer to this is simple. Do not shrink back in the least. Eventually they will find an excuse to ban or silence you, even if you have been five times as civil, reasonable and respectful as they have been.

It's a mob.

The mob cannot handle truth or dissent outside the limited issues they have already agreed to disagree on. Anything outside that will be severely stomped...if you let it be.

Don't.

Dissent. Reject all blaming (except for any real transgression) and hold the line. Oherwise these Shamers will take over the Island and there will be hell to pay for everyone. You will end up like Piggy, at the bottom of the ravine and the conch shell broken.

They want violence. Doug wrote Mac and told him he "loved war".

That's what we will deal with in part two...