If you point out that John C.Wright has been wrong in point of fact...

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...you should never count on anything being withdrawn or altered. You are more likely to be mobbed for your pains, and then to have snarky passive-aggressive posts made about you (without mentioning your name) in which you are called rude and Socialist. (The evidence for the latter being that I said, in the very debate in question, the following words: "I don't even much like the Socialist movement and I don't think I ever voted for them". This is Mr.Wright's definition of a Socialist.)

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[harry piper (from livejournal.com)]

I had a similar experience when debating Islam with Mr Wright; he accused me of being a Leftist - despite my protestations to the contrary, and went on to imply that I was lying about my political allegiance. He also derided a scholar I quoted as being a Leftist too, despite the fact that he knew nothing whatsoever about him (the scholar is question was fairly right-wing), and then accused Academia in general of being overrun with Leftists (though to be fair, there is a left-wing majority).
Now, fair dues to Wright, once I told him that the insults he had used and the way in which he accused me of being a liar were needlessly vicious he actually apologized, and returned to civility (never an easy thing to do mid-debate). And it turned out that I had understood his views on the basis of one of his responses to a comment (an insane man who advocated genocide) rather than the essay he had written, so that was a rather glaring mistake on my part.
Mr Wright is excellent at writing polemics, but he has a tendency to engage with certain topics in the manner of - "My view is good, yours is evil and that's all there is to it". I'm sorry that he wrote that Socialism post based on your words- it is not a pleasant experience to have people, whom you have never met and likely never will, hold to a picture of yourself that is flatly false. Perhaps he shall see sense and acknowledge the obvious fact that you are not a socialist, and there will be general peace and concord- Psalm 133.1 and all that.

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Much worse: I have known John C.Wright for at least five years. But yes, the I-am-right-and-you-are-wrong-period is him to the life. I have already once quoted Cromwell to him: "I beseech you in the bowels of Christ, think it possible that you may be mistaken".

[mindstalk.livejournal.com]

Sympathies.

I went to go look, and in the top post now I see "I have heard all my life about anti-religious bigotry, but never actually came across any that come from any other source than Leftist laiacists." Wright has apparently lived a very sheltered life, or is being deeply disingenuous.

Then The socialist will reply, “You are a moron. I am smart. You are a reactionary. I am progressive. You are benighted. I am enlightened. I am good, because I want to kill the rich and steal their things and dash out their baby’s brains against the rocks. You are evil.” or something of the kind.

One doesn't have to even be sympathetic to socialists to think this doesn't even rise to the level of arguing in bad faith.

*Reads further*. Oh boy, he thinks there was massive voter fraud in 2008.

I'm just thankful I'd have to register to comment on his site, saves me from wasting my time.