{"id":35803,"date":"2016-08-22T00:30:29","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T03:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=35803"},"modified":"2016-11-24T21:05:09","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T00:05:09","slug":"jason-torpy-on-christianfighterpilot-com-polite-religious-discourse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/22\/jason-torpy-on-christianfighterpilot-com-polite-religious-discourse\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Torpy on ChristianFighterPilot.com, Polite Religious Discourse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Jason Torpy, perpetually-offended former Army atheist and current voice for the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers, in response to the publicity surrounding recent articles on God and Country:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35804 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/torpy1.jpg\" alt=\"torpy1\" width=\"610\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/torpy1.jpg 610w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/torpy1-300x75.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Jason Torpy <\/strong>exactly. a troll best ignored. if the topic can&#8217;t be found somewhere legitimate, then there&#8217;s no reason to talk about it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35805\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/torpy2.jpg\" alt=\"torpy2\" width=\"607\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/torpy2.jpg 607w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/torpy2-300x30.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Jason Torpy<\/strong> best not to repost this troll&#8217;s poison<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It would seem Jason <!--more-->Torpy is partaking in a little <em>ad hominem<\/em> &#8212; if you can&#8217;t defend your message, personally attack your critic.<\/p>\n<p>Torpy didn&#8217;t always have such a low view of this site. It seems he was stung a few years ago by the revelation here that he was <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2010\/03\/03\/maaf-misrepresents-data-in-brief-to-white-house\/\">misrepresenting<\/a> DoD demographic data &#8212; a revelation that made it all the way to the <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2013\/08\/06\/atheist-misrepresents-facts-in-crusade-for-atheist-chaplains\/\">halls of Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now Torpy seems to believe if you ignore the truth, perhaps it will go away.<\/p>\n<p>While once he scoured the country for <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2011\/11\/18\/atheists-object-to-camp-pendleton-cross\/\">Christian crosses<\/a> and other signs of religion over which to be offended, it seems Jason Torpy now visits Facebook pages pleading with people not to mention ChristianFighterPilot.com.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, he&#8217;s not alone in his calls for the\u00a0&#8220;silent treatment.&#8221; Michael &#8220;Mikey&#8221; Weinstein&#8217;s ego is on full display as he\u00a0routinely touts every web mention of his name or organization, even on obscure websites and personal blogs.\u00a0 But for some reason, he never mentions ChristianFighterPilot.com &#8212;\u00a0at least not since <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2010\/06\/03\/weinstein-fails-to-intimidate-with-lawsuit-military-complaint\/\">his threatened lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0was revealed for the empty threat it was several years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, Weinstein thinks this site is so effective he&#8217;d rather people not know about it.<\/p>\n<p>Too late.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Jason Torpy, perpetually-offended former Army atheist and current voice for the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers, in response to the publicity surrounding recent articles on God and Country: Jason Torpy exactly. a troll best ignored. if the topic can&#8217;t be found somewhere legitimate, then there&#8217;s no reason to talk about it. 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