The BATGAP Interview Taken Down By Rick Archer Is Back Online

http://www.thetenthousandthings.net/Robert%20on%20BATGAP.mp4

Back in 2020 at the time of Rick's removing the interview from his channel, I was asked why he did it. Here is my reply:

Last month, Tom Thompson published a page of quotes from Einstein that apparently expressed certain common but vapid new-age spiritual ideas. I knew those words could not possibly have been uttered by Einstein. I wrote this on Tom’s page in respectful and polite language, suggesting that he take down the bogus quotes. Instantly, some of Tom’s followers began to attack me, and not in the same civil language that I had used to point out the error.

When one of them, after abusing my character, said it didn’t matter if the quotes were authentic or not because the ideas in them were so beautiful, I called that statement “surpassingly stupid.” That’s when the shit hit the fan. Tom’s wife, Bonnie, called me a bully, and when I replied to that, accused me of misogyny because she is a woman and I disagreed with her.

That’s when I found out that the source of the quotes was Rick Archer. He had posted them on his page, so I pointed out to him that the quote were false. It turned out that several others had beaten me to the punch on that one, but he was ignoring them. He did not ignore me. First, he added a note to the quotes saying that they might not be authentic. When I said that was not good enough, and showed him that Snopes had debunked one of the phony quotes, he finally removed them.

But that did not solve the problem. Over on Tom’s page, both Sterling Doughty and John Troy had written about the quotes, and some nasty arguments ensued. Finally, Tom sent John a nasty note and blocked him. When I objected he blocked me, and then posted a slanderous attack accusing Sterling, John, and me of being like the drunks he claims to have dealt with in his days as a bouncer in a bar.

I would not have known about that attack, since I can no longer see his page, but my wife, Catanya, did see it and replied to Tom as follows:

Tom Thompson, You accuse Robert of being a bully because he stood up for the truth--the truth that those fake Einstein quotes were wishful-thinking fantasies that had nothing to do with Einstein. He was entirely polite and kind in pointing that out. Your wife is the one who started that "bully" nonsense. She also accused Robert of misogyny which is total nonsense. Robert loves women and they love him. The editors of his books are all women who admire his ideas and way of being.

I guess you will now block me like you did Robert, but I am just giving it to you straight, Tom. Robert is not a bully. Far from it. Robert is not a bully, but you are a coward who first blocks him from reading what you write and then slanders him behind his back.

All that BS about how you had to handle drunks, what is that about, Tom? Robert is not a habitual drinker never drunk, and certainly was not under the influence of alcohol when he tried to get you and your wife to be honest. But you are not honest. You are lying about Robert and don't even have the courage to say these things to his face so that he can reply.

You come on like a teacher but act like a frightened little boy. A little boy whose mama tells him what to think and what to say.

Now I dare you to leave this comment up so that others can see it and decide for themselves. But even if you take it down and block me too, you will have seen it, and you won’t forget it because something in you knows about that frightened, cowardly little boy.

I have followed your interactions with Robert for a long time, Tom. He always treated you with respect. Go back and look at the interview he did with you. Too bad you were not up to returning that respect. It's your loss, but I guess you can't see it.

A few hours later, I began to hear from people asking why my batgap interview was no longer available. One of them had asked Rick who told him that my interactions with Tom and Bonnie had “crossed the line.”

Sorry for the length of this, but it seemed important as background for what I want to say to Tom, Bonnie, and Rick, and say it publicly.

Tom, I always treated you with respect and friendship. Anyone who doubts that can watch the interview I did with you. It’s on my Youtube channel. You hold a “satsang” every Sunday. “Sat” means truth, but you have no respect for the truth. You left those lies about Einstein on your page for days after I showed you that they were false, and allowed your followers to trash me for pointing out that they were false. Worse, you blocked me and then disparaged my character. You are a coward, Tom. A real man would have said those things where I could see them. Bouncer in a bar? Nah! You are making that up like some of your other “credits.”

Bonnie, Bonnie, poor little Bonnie. Your bad luck was to be born a woman and now you are oppressed by evil men like me who give back what you love to dish out while you hide behind your own skirts. You claim to be “sensitive” and offer therapy to other “sensitive” people. What a crock.

Rick, most of the interviews on batgap are trash. Mine was an exception as your own wife said. She also told you during the interview to shut up and “let Robert speak.” People laughed at your foolishness in that interview and the Amma doll on the shelf behind you. I know you were looking for an excuse to remove that interview, and now you have found one. Fortunately, one of my readers has a transcript and sent me a copy, so you have not entirely buried your TM idiot comments in that piece. I’m sorry you took the interview down. It helped steer people to my books. But there are much better interviews with me than that one, so no big loss.

The three of you are distinctly second-rate at best and I’m happy to be done with you.