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Written by Adam Newbold on 2025-01-22 at 05:04

Don’t fall for this warping of the narrative. Manton stepped into my posts earlier, when I was talking about something about which I care deeply, to repeatedly tell me how I was wrong to feel a certain way.

When that didn’t go well, he emailed me to continue his gaslighting privately. I responded to each of his messages, explaining my position.

I did not “attack” him, but I did tell him some things that he probably didn’t want to hear.

https://www.manton.org/2025/01/21/ive-been-personally-attacked-a.html

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Written by Adam Newbold on 2025-01-22 at 05:10

This is why I don’t like taking these kinds of things to email (but Manton made a special point to say that he does). There’s no accountability in a private ending to a public discussion.

But his whining about being “attacked” following this exchange is classic DARVO behavior. It’s the same thing that Vincent Ritter did last year after being called out on his bullshit, too. Same tactics, same playbook.

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Written by Adam Newbold on 2025-01-22 at 05:15

I realize that Manton is an indie blogging hero to a lot of people. And I know that criticism of people’s heroes often doesn’t go well. But I don’t care, because I’m tired of this bullshit. I’m tired of the expectation that we’ll all make excuses for certain people just because they’re considered important or significant in some context.

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Written by Adam Newbold on 2025-01-22 at 05:32

Because I have nothing to hide, I’ve published my side of the email thread that Manton referenced: https://cdn.cache.lol/pdf/A_note_from_the_establishment.pdf

You can be the judge as to whether any of what I had to say constituted a “personal attack” or if it “went off the rails”. You’ll only see that I really don’t have a lot of patience for people with abhorrent views, I don’t like when people try to silence me, and I’ll stick up for myself when I think I’m right.

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Written by Reese Armstrong :verified_su: on 2025-01-22 at 16:00

@adam thank you so much

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