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Anyone reading this thread should note that poster "Ben" (the one posting old quotes to make a case against me on that thread) is the same person as the one currently called "rum" on this forum.  

He is not some objective observer of "people's general view of Jaynek".  He was a key player in driving negative opinion of me in that thread.  That explains why he was able to remember a thread from so long ago.

The poster "rum" under various names on various forums makes a practice of dredging up old posts and old threads concerning me.  He either has an amazing memory or keeps a file on me.

Yep, that's me. I guess I should have mentioned it, since you're insinuating that I don't want people to know that. A good number of the people on this forum know that I was ben over there. I didn't follow you anywhere. I've been here long before you came. There were comments on this thread that preceded my posts that had an eerie resemblance to past complaints about you, which is why I chimed in. And complaints of this nature about you have been made on this forum before as well. It's not a trait you stopped exhibiting long ago.

So, you have a stalker,  now?

It may be more accurate to say your constant feelings of superiority stem from narcisisstic personality disorder.

I don't have "constant feelings of superiority."  I regret and am ashamed of many of the things I've said and done on trad forums.  These have made me very aware of just how NOT superior I am.  I do not mistake the sort of academic knowledge that I have for the prudence and wisdom that comes from good Catholic formation.  I look at people like that with admiration and, I admit, some envy, hoping to learn from their example.  

But I can often tell when people are making bogus claims about history, misunderstanding historical docuмents, and similar errors.  I don't think it is an especially valuable skill but it is the one I have so I try to use it responsibly.  When I point out the various mistakes that flat earthers make in the areas I know about, it does not come from thinking that I am a better person than they are.

While "rum" under various names does have a pattern of dragging up my past, I don't think that he actually follows me in order to do so. I did not intend to claim that he is a stalker and never used that word.  I do resent that, no matter how hard I try to do better and live down my past mistakes, he is ready to jump into threads linking to things that happened years ago.  

If you are truly concerned about my personality flaws, one thing I struggle with is an unhealthy attraction to being the center of attention.  You could help by talking about the issues rather than making it a thread about me.  My faults, past and present, have nothing to do with this.

And yet casual observers and newcomers might get the impression that Traditional Catholics in general promote wife-beating, believe that Jews run the world, think that Hitler was a misunderstood good guy, don't believe that the h0Ɩ0cαųst happened, despise ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖs, and have racist attitudes.  So now that flat earthism isn't the "first impression" someone might get of Traditional Catholicism, any one of these other topics might be the new first impression.

* NB ... I do not necessarily disagree with everything in the list of topics above, just pointing out that they make us look bad to "casual observers and newcomers".

This wins for Post of the Day at CI.