{"id":6102,"date":"2010-06-23T00:25:40","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T06:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=6102"},"modified":"2015-06-27T19:16:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T22:16:08","slug":"gazette-chronicles-weinstein-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/23\/gazette-chronicles-weinstein-method\/","title":{"rendered":"Gazette Chronicles Weinstein Method"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Colorado Springs Gazette<\/em>, which is local to the US Air Force Academy, had a short article on Michael Weinstein that seems to show Weinstein warming to the USAF Academy view on religion.\u00a0 What was interesting was the Gazette<\/em>‘s summation of Weinstein’s method<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The broad outlines of Weinstein\u2019s approach: Condemn in the strongest language possible. Publicly embarrass. Sue if necessary. Each new step raises the pressure on his publicity-averse targets.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Criticize.\u00a0 Humiliate.\u00a0 Intimidate and threaten.\u00a0 This has long been Weinstein’s approach; it enables him to circumvent the policy-making processes, as well as the policies themselves, by coercing a public official to accept his demands.\u00a0 His intimidation and threats follow a\u00a0fairly routine form: surrender, or be on a late night news show in a negative light.\u00a0 What some\u00a0of his victims\u00a0fail to realize is that Weinstein has occasionally been scoffed and ignored, and in response he has done…nothing<\/em>.\u00a0 He has routinely failed to follow through on even his most impassioned promises (like appealing the dismissal of his clients’ cases).\u00a0 In that respect, Weinstein is an empty suit.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, some may now be wising to Weinstein’s ways and realizing that even if they bow, they’ll still<\/em> end up on the news…because it’s publicity<\/em> Weinstein wants.\u00a0 If his chosen victim rolls over, he’ll soon send out a\u00a0press release proclaiming his own self-importance (along with, of course, a fundraising request).<\/p>\n

As already implied, Weinstein’s m.o.<\/em> is\u00a0likely the reason he hasn’t appealed the dismissal of any of his multiple failed lawsuits:\u00a0 the cases (and his “clients”)\u00a0aren’t important, he seeks only publicity<\/em>.\u00a0 Even Weinstein’s wife admitted that he goes “overboard,” but that such extremism gives him the notoriety he wants:<\/p>\n

“When he goes a little overboard, we talk about it,” [Bonnie Weinstein] said. “But people don’t realize that going overboard is what’s getting the attention.”<\/p>\n

“He tried quiet and nice,” she adds. “Quiet and nice doesn\u2019t work.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Mrs. Weinstein doesn’t seem to realize that observers have long realized that Weinstein’s extremism is “what’s getting the attention;” its certainly not the content of his accusations.)<\/p>\n

The article also notes that Weinstein “vigorously disputes” accusations that he is “anti-Christian.”\u00a0 Oddly, that is not truly the case.\u00a0 In response to such assertions, Weinstein has only said\u00a096% of his “clients” (a term even the Gazette<\/em> puts in quotation marks) claim some form of Christian belief, a fact that has nothing to do with his own conduct.\u00a0 (This is little more than a re-worded “I have friends that are [x]” defense, a common logical fallacy.)\u00a0 What he has not<\/em> done is explain why he targets only Christianity for what other religions do at the same time.<\/p>\n

Casey Weinstein has called the Gazette<\/em>‘s summation of his father’s method a “great” excerpt.\u00a0 It is interesting he would be proud\u00a0of having his father publicly described in terms most often used for pre-adolescent bullies, albeit a bully with access to the courts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Colorado Springs Gazette, which is local to the US Air Force Academy, had a short article on Michael Weinstein that seems to show Weinstein warming to the USAF Academy view on religion.\u00a0 What was interesting was the Gazette‘s summation of Weinstein’s method: The broad outlines of Weinstein\u2019s approach: Condemn in the strongest language possible. Publicly embarrass. Sue if necessary. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[85,2,5218,7,10],"class_list":["post-6102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-and-religion","tag-mikey-weinstein","tag-military","tag-military-religious-freedom-foundation","tag-mrff","tag-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}