Every once and awhile, fellow netizens will ask me something along the lines of “Chen, why do you still care?  You were banned years ago.  Let it go already!”.  And until today, I didn’t quite know how to respond.

As a netizen, I’ve evolved somewhat, and I think that I’ve finally realized my purpose.  I am a kung fu master, and my instinct tells me that I must use my powers for good.  And with your help, I believe that we can take down the little green nuthouse.  There are still innocent people in there!

It will take more work, but this is a blog war we can win.  We have the numbers and the talent, and thanks to CJ’s voluminous archive, we have plenty of ammunition. 

For example, I stumbled upon tonight’s howler during my recent ”hat tip” research:

Icarus’ Law:  Whatever CJ says, the opposite must be true.

As we’ve documented, we were able to recover nine (or about half) of the Fjordman threads in question from the memory hole, so obviously Charles changed his mind at some point*.  But why?   What would cause him to backtrack on such a principled stance? 

My guess?  There was a light bulb moment, and CJ realized that the “smear” wasn’t the threads themselves, but the fact that it wasn’t until a few years, 18 dedicated Fjordman threads and an additional 17 “hat tips” passed for him to finally ”see clearly what he’s promoting”.    In this context, simply admitting you were wrong doesn’t do much to deflect the blow.  So, into the memory hole they went.   But much to CJ’s chagrin, we can now hit him for his stupendous gullibility, for trying to hide the threads, and for the “aversion to revisionism” bullshit.    

I really hope that this is sinking in for the lizard lurkers.  The Lizardoid has no clothes.

*If anyone knows if CJ announced this reversal, please post it up.