One of my favored bloggers called it quits a couple of months ago.
His site, The Church of the Painful Truth, spurred responses in me that appeared several times in these pages you read now. He tagged himself as the Archbishop.
And then, once upon a time, I visited and the door was locked.
That saddened me for at least several reasons that easily come to mind.
- 1. His page was well-laid out and clean. Good graphics.
2. His content was edgy and agreeable. I enjoy stuff that invites a reader to think and act and not just bitch, and the Archbishop did that as a rule.
3. He rated at least one death threat, certainly from some delightfully open-minded peacenik. I never got one of those. I hope that’s not the reason he bolted the door and I believe him and his explanation at the site link above (a farewell at once poignant and a bit disgusted).
4. He’s a veteran. Veterans shouldn’t retreat, amigo. You won the land you stand on.
5. He likes guns. I commonly tag my e-mails with “He who lives by the sword dies by the sword. That’s why I like guns,” and I believe he would agree with that.
In short, we’re all gonna die, our country most certainly will not last forever, we are in the clutches of anti-constitutionalists, on the verge of anarchy, and we each have the obligation … the
mandate … to fight for it in the streets if it comes to that. Whether we acknowlege the mandate or not it’s still there. It’s what the Founders did, in spirit if not in body.I exhausted what feeble option I had to wish him well and to express my concern for his withdrawal and to inquire into his well-being. That option was to address his email, which was tied to his defunct site, so I knew it was a shot in the dark. There was no response.
So, AB, if by some unlikely happenstance you stumble upon this post, best wishes and a warm farewell. You were good at what you did and I regret seeing that it didn’t seem worth it to you. Had I known where your heart was taking you I would have encouraged you more frequently. Then again, I don’t know the specifics and you were (are) not obligated to share them with me.
If you do want to reach me you know how. I’d like to stay in touch–your family, schooling and such–even if it’s just on a personal versus blogging level.
Feel free to write.
Anytime.
Regards,
ara
