But connecting requires some level of authenticity. The motto is not "Where Mennonites and others connect and spin fantastic stories with fake websites and nobody cares if they are telling the truth or asks people to answer questions if they seem to be lying". If that's what we want, we should change the motto.GaryK wrote:It does appear that there is a lot about Max & the PCs that doesn't add up. I agree that Max should be more open about things. But MN's motto is "Where Mennonites and others connect".
His strategy is to evade the question, attack the character of the person who asks, and campaign against that person in PMs. That is not connecting. And it is toxic.
I don't find his PMs to other people to be amiable at all in the way they discuss people who question what he says.GaryK wrote:I would be interested in hearing what damage or harm you and Boot feel Max's involvement on MN has caused to MN or serious minded members. I found your description "a nice friendly, amiable one but a troll nonetheless" interesting.
And I think the damage is a lot like the damage in dysfunctional families who agree to live in denial about the alcoholic parent, "just be nice", and avoid anything that would stir the waters. Agreeing to live in denial together is always damaging.