Thinking there was simply a glitch involved, I typed in http://www.ncregister.com/blog/mark-shea/, which took me to Shea's blog posts; the last one being published just four days earlier. After reading on Shea's patheos.com blog that he had been fired from National Catholic Register, I checked my DISQUS comments to verify the date. Doing that, I learned that my comment, as well as the comment that prompted it, were removed.
I'm not really surprised that the comment would have been removed, considering that Shea has closed the comments on his post announcing his firing.
From LarryD's blog (Acts of the Apostasy) I learned that, after hearing of the dismissal,many of Shea's detractors were "shamefully gleeful", leaving snarky comments on more than a few websites and blogs.
One blog even has a online poll, asking readers if Mark Shea is a Catholic.
Many of Shea's critics are also calling for the dismissal of Shea's Internet friend, Simcha Fisher. More about that later.
I've had my ups and downs with Shea.....even to the point of being banned from commenting on his patheos blog; a problem later solved by my opening a second DISQUS account. However, even with these ups and downs, I have to agree with LarryD that those accusing Shea of heresy and heterodoxy are guilty of defamation.
For the record, I'm not happy about Shea's dismissal - but, their decision doesn't sadden me either. While I'm sad that Shea's family will suffer a loss of income, I understand why the Register did as they did and believe it was probably justified.
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