Of course this is the person whose very first blog entry I ever saw online featured an actual photo of a lynching, which he said accurately described his hurt feelings. Or some such incredibly offensive nonsense.Dan Peterson wrote:
But a small and anonymous handful of my most fevered critics — think of QAnon, but without QAnon’s vivacious charm, lacking its kindness toward those with whom it disagrees, falling short of its intellectual rigor, and stripped of its optimistic idealism —
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeters ... moses.html
On a related note, 5 days before the above entry, he posted the abstract of an article published in the Interpreter that included this:
Peterson struggles to live in harmony with his religion's requirements, it seems."The Book of Mormon instructs us that the right way to interact is with love and respect, through examples of people respecting and reaching out to others, promises to all people, condemnation of unkindness and anti-Semitism, calls to all people to repent, and emphasizing the flaws of one’s own group and not those of others."
In the QAnon blog entry, Peterson ends with this:
No, creativity is not necessary, nor is a lack of reality. My opinion is that Peterson's ongoing plagiarism (yes, ongoing), and his inappropriate name-calling are not attributes Deseret News wants in their columnists. Just like the Maxwell Institute didn't want them in their editors and resident faculty members....Other suggestions as to possible reasons for the end of my Deseret News column will be welcomed. Remember, absolutely no connection with reality or actual fact is required. Let your creativity run wild!