{"id":31323,"date":"2016-06-15T14:56:32","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T18:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=31323"},"modified":"2016-06-15T14:56:32","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T18:56:32","slug":"whos-afraid-of-the-big-bad-ben-davenport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/06\/15\/whos-afraid-of-the-big-bad-ben-davenport\/","title":{"rendered":"Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Ben Davenport?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not, but other people are because they won’t mention his name in the latest dam conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n

Oh yeah, those conspiracy theories are horsecrap.<\/p>\n

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First, some background.<\/p>\n

I started the “Southside News & Views” group on Facebook<\/a> so that people could discuss local & regional issues in a loosely moderated format. During the recent Danville City Council elections, the group got dominated with Confederate flag supporters and their obsession to get Lee Vogler voted out of office with their “No Votes For Turncoats” movement. Needless to say, that was a giant bust. I (and other members) simply got tired of the incessant flag talk that had the same people saying the same things repeatedly, so I pretty much banned all Confederate flag topics unless they had something new and relevant in them.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, that twisted a lot of people’s underwear so they started a new group. That was perfectly fine with me. The funny thing is that they banned me from the group and have kept it closed so that only members can see the discussions (even though they said they were going to open it up back on May 23rd). That’s not going to stop me from seeing what’s going on there and calling out irresponsible and false things that are posted there. That’s my job and I’ve got a network of sources that are glad to help me out and do it.<\/p>\n

Now let’s get to this article’s storyline. Unless you’ve been living on Uranus for the past few weeks, you know that Danville’s latest controversy is the upcoming decision on whether to remove the White Mill dam or not. There are facts out there for both sides of the argument, and plenty of people have voiced their opinion. Unfortunately, there are those types of people who don’t let facts get in their way and concoct facts or their own. Or even worse, conspiracy theories. Let’s take a look at one of those conspiracy theories and blast it to hell.<\/p>\n

Let’s start with this screenshot that was sent to me earlier this week from that group that I mentioned above.<\/p>\n

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Ben Davenport. I have no problem saying that name, but it seems that this person is consciously avoiding mentioning Ben Davenport’s name for some unknown reason. Let me say it again. Ben Davenport. Ben Davenport. Ben Davenport.<\/p>\n

I’ve said his name three times and Ben Davenport hasn’t magically appeared in a cloud of smoke and had the mafia kill me.<\/p>\n

Anyway, let’s bring out a Big Board to explain why Goddard’s He Who Shall Not Be Named conspiracy theory is full of horsecrap.<\/p>\n