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A Confession | 51 comments (51 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: A Confession (none / 0)

That is not what happened, that is what a group of people perceived to be happening because they did not believe me when I told them catnip and spiderleaf were trolls deliberately stoking the fires and deliberately disrupting the site.

I'm not going to argue the history anymore because it makes me too angry.

But I will say this. Yes, I was very upset and sad to see people go. Especially the people that I felt were being taken in by a totally specious argument.

I will once again remind you that Tracy was suspended (voluntarily) and when she came back she was rather promptly convinced to ban herself. But no one else was banned during all the flamewars until spiderleaf decided to get personal and lie about it.

The so-called double standard simply didn't exist.

And one piece of history:

The culmination of the flamewar occurred when Tracy's daughter posted a diary asking her to walk away. I saw it before Tracy did and before it had any comments. I wanted to erase it but decided Tracy needed to see it. I hoped that people would have the good taste not to comment in it. In retrospect I should have cut of the comments so no one would. But supersoling couldn't help himself and decided to correct Tracy's daughter on some point of fact.

Tracy responded with anger and with language that caused me to warn her that she had no more second chances. Any more outbursts and she would be banned. That was my ruling.

That ruling was disliked by many, who insisted she should be banned outright and immediately. I stuck by my ruling and quietly convinced her offline that she should walk away, just as her daughter had advised. That is what happened.

And then supersoling lied in the same thread to cover up for spiderleaf, and continued to lie publicly even after he had admitted lying to me in a private email.

That is what happened. And now I am done with it.

by BooMan on Thu Jun 28th, 2007 at 10:50:25 AM EST
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Re: A Confession (4.00 / 2)

I hear you're done - and that's fine. But I'm going to put a question out just in case it can help me clarify a bit.

I will once again remind you that Tracy was suspended (voluntarily) and when she came back she was rather promptly convinced to ban herself.

Perhaps you didn't read all the diaries and comments I did in between these two events where Tracy unleashed her fury on just about everyone here. At first, many of us tried to reach out to her, knowing she was facing her husband's redeployment and trying our best to support her. But she met all of that with not much but fury. When it hit people like Diane, Janet and Boston Joe - I knew she needed professional help and that letting her continue to blast away here was actually more destructive to her, not to mention to this community. Did you not see all of that?? That final blast at Super was just one in a long line that were equally egregious (prickish, if you will).

Doesn't information itself have a liberal bias? Steven Colbert

by NLinStPaul on Thu Jun 28th, 2007 at 11:07:58 AM EST
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Re: A Confession (none / 0)

I didn't read all of it at the time. For example, I never saw whatever happened with Janet. And I have apologized for not handling it better at the time. Repeatedly.

And, of course I know that her blast at supersoling was a culmination of a lot of stuff. It was in her daughter's diary, asking her to step away.

The truth is that I was going to ban Tracy as soon as I saw her daughter's diary, but only if I couldn't convince her to take her daughter's advice.

And I issued her a last chance warning that I also knew she would violate...which was another way of banning her.

At the time I was a lot more alarmed to see her daughter posting than I was about the need to ban her publicly and loudly to suit everyone's tastes.

Obviously it was a bad decision for the health of the community, but I had good reasons for it.

by BooMan on Thu Jun 28th, 2007 at 11:44:57 AM EST
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Re: A Confession (none / 1)

"Scribe is one of the last people that I would look to to find genuine remorse. She was one of the people most taken in by spiderleaf and catnip, to the point she actually joined their efforts at meta destruction as an unwitting buffoon. And I would forgive it if I saw any recognition that she was used and played for a fool."

I probably ought to thank you thank you for finally being honest about how feel about me, Boo. Because it certainly snapped the last tiny strand of my connection here, and marks the absolute last time you will ever see me here again.

Bet on it.

Not one more hit, no matter how much I will miss Stevens work and that of others here I respect and read regularly. As if you care.

As for you, can take your arrogant, narcissistic self straight to hell, and your blog too, for all I care.

You are not who I thought you were. You're just another arrogant, self involved ass.

The end.

ONward!

by scribe (scribe40@comcast.net) on Thu Jun 28th, 2007 at 11:29:14 AM EST
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Re: A Confession (none / 0)

I read this before:

What I have to say here goes for you and for ALL blog "owners" who are now running all over the place whining and screaming about how they've been so maligned and mistreated, demanding apologies, and other wise stamping your petulant little feet like pissed off gradechoolers.
YOU ALL CHOSE to set yourself up as the sovereign leaders of a communnity blogs. If you were too stupid to understand that everyone who places themselves in visible leadership positions AUTOMATICALLY become walking targets, and do not possess the kills to handle this inevitability, you are not qualified to "lead" anyone anywhere, except down whatever crapper YOU fall unto yourself.

I'm a walking target to you.

by BooMan on Thu Jun 28th, 2007 at 11:36:26 AM EST
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A Confession | 51 comments (51 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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