Only a midwit idiot would think that remark was racist, particularly one who brought racism into the conversation in the first place.
I thought it was funny, and that's all that matters. If you don't like it, I suggest you touch grass. I'm going to start blocking you idiots. On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 9:38 AM craig mcgee < craig.mc...@guilt-management.org.uk> wrote: > I have to admit I was confused by the statement Ian made. Joke or not, it > wasn't funny. > but this is as far as I will go on the matter as I don't wish to get > involved in the freenet dispute. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Russell Glenn <rusgl...@swismail.com> > *To:* devl@freenetproject.org > *Sent:* Sunday, January 22, 2023 3:33 PM > *Subject:* Racist statement of Ian Clarke on this list > > Mr. Ian Clarke, > > when discussing your acquisition of a secondary domain, > "freenet.org", for your highly controversial unilateral decision > to rewrite the Freenet Project which has always been hosted > on "freenetproject.org", you said the following: > > > Yeah, all of the provocatively racist domain names were taken anyway. > > Notice that this is a VERBATIM quote, and the email of yours did > not contain ANY other content, nothing to reduce the gravity of > this statement; the gravity of which cannot be reduced anyway. > Proof: https://www.mail-archive.com/devl@freenetproject.org/msg55336.html > > As a black person, but not only as such, I inform you that racism > is NOT tolerable by any means whatsoever on this planet and will > NEVER be. > > And before you attempt to dismiss this as a joke: > Millions of people died due to racism. > You, especially as a white person, are not entitled to joke about that. > Nobody is. > > And this piles onto the provable falsehoods and other insults you have > produced on this list in the previous days. > > Therefore, it is my duty to join the ranks of people who request > you to: > * immediately step down as leader of the Freenet Project and > * leave its board and > * transfer ownership of the domains to the Freenet developer team and > * transfer ownership of all other related accounts and > * cease to use the name "Freenet" for any of your new projects. > > Racists, or those who joke about racism, do not belong into positions > where power is wielded. > > As you have failed to prove that the board of the project is still > constructed of active members of the community, > and not of those who have been inactive for decades as Mr. Daigniere > stated, > I join those who request leadership is transferred to the > leading developer. > To my knowledge, this is Mr. Babenhauserheide. > > Should he not accept the position, I would vouch for the previous lead > developer Mr. Dougherty, or anyone of the choice of the two. > > Finally, I urgently implore anyone who reads this email to state > their support. We must stand united against racism. > > - Russell Glenn > > -- Ian Clarke Founder, The Freenet Project Email: i...@freenet.org <i...@freenetproject.org>
