Mary

Notice also the tired old tactic of commenting on a long-dormant entry with drive-by language (that is, accusatory, defamatory, statements with no substantiation). I’ve seen that sort of behavior time and again from patriarchalists toward those whose blogs uphold biblical equality. The patriarchalists can’t refute the truth they find on such blogs, so instead they resort to ad hominem attacks on the bloggers and commenters, focused on older entries that apparently push some equality/egalitarian-despising button or other. Perhaps they think that their false accusations will not get noticed right away, so they can crow to their fellow anti-biblical equality friends that the egals have no answer for them. (If that was “Happy” Promise Keeper’s motivation, you foiled him neatly, Cheryl.)

But whatever the reason for such blatantly false and unchristlike behavior, it’s definitely one of the plays in the playbook. Kind of like complaining bitterly when one’s terrible behavior in private is made public, eh?