@ Hassan, you have to stop being so sweet to me. I need to still be able to lift my head.
I was totally agreeing with you in this case, while also fighting for my right to bitch and gossip.
Strangely enough, I usually bitch and gossip about people I've never met.
Ah, gotcha.
@ TheRationalizer: Look, I like you. I like a lot of your work. Namely debunking that truth about Islam video. That was phenomenal. And you've actually given me some nice advice on the forum before when I've been in need, so I hope you don't think it too forward of me to give you some advice, too.
In my opinon, stuff like this makes you look bad. Stuff like this makes
us look bad. It's way too much of a stretch for me to imagine you were doing Hamza a favor or that you only publicized your side of the story because you wanted to dispel rumors or misinformation. And I know the opposition at least feels like they're seeing straight through that, as well.
A lot of the time that I've seen you posting on these people's facebook pages or something similar, you do seem to me to have a personal vendetta against them. If I've just so happened to be stopping by on these people's profiles the few times you left comments, I apologize. But if not, I know that tactics like this or relentlessly trying to engage someone who is not interested in arguing with us isn't good for the ex-Muslim movement as a whole. And forgive me, but I can't imagine it's that good for you, either.
If you want to keep doing this, that's your call, I have no strong feelings either way, but yes: do keep it off the forum, please. But I am eager to hear from you when you get back to doing what you do best, which is opposing the ideas themselves. You did us an incredible service with some of that work in the past.
Someone would have found out within a few days anyway;
While I get what you're saying and I am not exactly taking the stance that him searching for Tzortzis was objectively wrong, I do doubt that last bit. Honestly, Hamza isn't that big of a deal except in certain circles. The fact that Reddit (briefly) and a couple far-right blogs were the most interested in the story out of the few outlets that picked it up should be a good indication that Tzortzis wasn't high on the list of names to search outside of this particular community, if he was on a list at all.
Also what HM said.