Sorry. I have to say that the sheepish tone of this thread on behalf of some CI posters is making me sick.
Do you realize this entire topic is all being analyzed on a teenage level. This is the level at which a majority of the FE crowd operates. This is the level they want US to operate on and which all liberals operate on. Because if we do, they win.
The tactic goes like this:
She said something "mean" about us.
Yeah, well he said something "mean" about her.
Your website was "meaner" to her.
No, your website was "meaner". You were "mean" 25 times, I was only "mean" 20 times.
Ok we were both "mean" and sinned horribly. Let's say we were both wrong, hold hands, and skip together.
Whew! You are right. Conflict is from the devil. I feel warm and fuzzy! Let's sing. :guitar:
Please don't play this game. The key is WHAT was said about the other forum.
The criticism of FE on CI was based, in large part on facts, logic, the Faith, common sense.
The criticism of CI on FE is, in large part, based on name-calling, mockery, and emotion.
The FE mods' public relationship was a public fact that could be rightly criticized as it applies to the Church's moral teaching. The philosophical and theological and moral positions of the FE owner and her sychophants can be rightly dissected and criticized as compared to Catholic Tradition. The entire atmosphere of the FE forum, complete with immodest pictures and videos, praise of modern culture, immature posts is up for legitimate criticisms.
What is the criticism of CI by the Fishies? That we're a bunch of kooks, nuts, tin-foil hatters, bigots, racists, homophobes, freaks, losers, "rejects", puritans, misogynists, and haters. That we are "mean-spirited", "angry", "intolerant", rash, stupid, knuckle-draggers, etc. etc.
The very substance of their criticisms of us prove the very point we're trying to make. That they are a bunch of liberals! This is straight out the liberal playbook. Mock, ridicule, slander, intimidate your opponent into shutting up, and if he doesn't, then "ban" him. Silence him at any cost. The left cannot stand dissent. They stamp it out.
There is nothing "mean" about pointing out the obvious contradictions at FE compared to Tradition or discussing said contradictions. What is "mean" and reprehensible is having the audacity to run a Traditional Catholic website while you publicly announce you, the site owners, are proudly going to be entering into a morally illicit relationship. Then, when you get justly criticized for it, you play the victim and demonize your enemies as "haters", "mean-spirited", "obsessed with sex", "perverts", "judgers."
It is like they followed the Clinton playbook to a tee. He was caught perjuring himself, intimidating witnesses, having sex with an intern, lying to the public. Yet, he and his minions effectively demonized every one of his conservative critics, made himself into a victim of a "witch-hunt" and paid private investigators to dig up dirt on those impeaching him to intimidate and silence them. These are liberal tactics 101.
Don't fall for their schtick. Use your brain! They will use any means to silence you: intimidation, banning, name calling, ridicule, emotional manipulation, guilt, God, twisting the Faith, you name it. Don't play their game. Stick to the facts, stand up for the truth, be relentless, be heard, fight back.