
Ugh, we’re gonna talk about the nutters in the VT secession movement again. I was hoping not to until author/journalist (although that last part is certainly in question after seeing how much of the kool-aid he’s been drinking) Christopher Ketcham’s blow-job that he’s given them has been published, but alas, here be me.
I’ve noticed something about the sesceshers lately… as the amount of time increases since the whole “consorting with white supremacists” thing broke, what, four years ago?, they seem to be attracting more and more unsavory racist elements, most likely because they feel welcome, or at the very least, uncriticized. Rowley, the goto guy for this stuff, has been a very busy guy lately - documenting a prominent blogger at VT Commons who’s a virulent anti-Semite, as well as another one who’s a man-hating, super nutty conspiracy freak among other things (google “sunspots” and “political activism”), and a supporter of last year’s superfail sesech gubernatorial candidate Dennis Steele, who frequents white-supremacist websites and would love VT to secede so he can come up here and Kick Out The Gay and Black, and plenty of new crazy from the VT seseshers. such as the darling idea of right-wing fringe lunatics across the nation, the “sovereign citizen” movement.
Of course, Rob Williams, the editor of sesecher mouthpiece/birdcage lining/fluffer/publication VT Commons’ only concern seems to be continuously whining and just challenging me and the other two (yes, it’s two others, Robby) to some debate somewhere, which we have no intention of ever showing up to, as we tend not to like our PR stunts cheap and cheesy. The idea that just maybe, just maybe, all these facts, examples, and instances that we continually point out actually have some merit, and perhaps it’s time to shake up the movement on his end a bit, doesn’t seem to occur to Perfesser Williams. Maybe he doesn’t know, and frankly, it’s none of his damn business on a personal level, as he proudly proclaimed back in the day when this stuff started coming out. Maybe he’s in over his head now, and doesn’t know how to put the genie back in the bottle. Instead of asking, “Hmm, why do we seem to be attracting more and more of these people, and are we really doing the lost cause a favor by embracing (or at the very least giving them a megaphone to) them?”, he just ignores it, instead going on and on about how we’re just mean and make him and his kids and the baby Jesus cry, or how we’re apologists for empire. Or Democrats. Or something like that.
Rowley seems to have noticed this too, and in his latest post, is calling him out on it. It doesn’t seem to take much for something to get under Rob’s skin, he’s a sensitive guy (well, when it comes to people pickin’ on him, at least, not so much to the concerns of people who don’t like unsavory characters such as the ones he’s embraced). I fully expect a whiny post over at VT Commons soon, that will dismiss all of Rowley’s points, as well as have some sort of “JD Ryan/John Odum is Rowley” crap in there, which at this point, is all he’s got.