Edg, I was not in Barry's crosshairs and you were. I never viewed you through his eyes. You and I became friends on our own as we sized each other up as good people. So I am not judging you for your opinion of him nor him for his opinion of you. That is between you two guys and is none of my business. I always deal one on one and make up my own mind on people here.
If I was Barry's target I would probably feel as you do. But I would just tune him out like I did others who went after me or find a way to interact that suited my writing interests. And I might write as you have dancing on his grave a bit. I get the appeal and I always enjoy reading you whatever the topic. But the bigger issue for me isn't Barry, it is an environment I have valued for a place to exercise free thought. It has been hijacked by someone who not only does not value free expression, he has acted against it. I know you felt the chill when he went after that Lynch comment as an actionable offense. If we want to understand what freedom of speech is all about, defend it for someone whose views we disagree with. I used to argue against banning Ravi for raving here until he crossed over a clear line of personal harm. I thought he deserved to be able to post because I didn't want anyone making that kind of content judgement calls on anyone here. ---In [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote : I would be willing to give Turq an offer to post ONCE more.....cuz it'd be great to see how hard he'd cram everything into it. Hilarious, right? I tried hard as hell to like Turq, because: Curtis. I'd do numbers on my head about "Turq's a good writer, posts some newsy stuff, gives some headsup on films" like that like that, because Curtis is smarter than any two of us here and he was okay with Turq, so I had to re-think this issue many times, but every single time I posted something -- even if it was neutral-ish and not turq-ish related and not even true-believer-ish -- BAM this dick would go out of his way to somehow find something with which to, once again as he did for so many here, deride me, the person, instead of trying to uplift with countering and educating debate points. Turq was a hunting sniper here -- shooting to crush anyone's spirit and ruin their fucking day with a major self-esteem wound. Psychic fucking vampire slavering to lick up any spilled blood. Sick. Sociopath almost certainly. Willfully anti-sanity. Living inside a bullet proof bubble. Not blinkered, blind. I tried. He shot poisoned arrows. I am not the most lovable person, hee fucking hee, but Turq attacked almost everyone in this manner, so I'm felling pretty okay about being targeted "for no reason." Yeah, I post some crap here and should be wrist slapped maybe sorta but shit, gimme a break. Not that Turq couldn't have had great insights in the psychological and spiritual dissonances some of us experience regularly, but that he NEVER wanted to help anyone towards clarity -- he was only here to rape your mind in public and then walk away like he'd slain a dragon for all our benefits. Talk about your terror-minded, teeny brained, tawdry life intents! I know you're reading, Turq. Ha ha ha ha ha.......payback's a bitch....and get this: just like you NEVER gave anyone a break, I'm smackin' the fuckin' shit outta ya when YOU'RE DOWN, because IT'S PERFECT KARMA. And, it takes a thorn to remove a thorn -- thank you Rick for giving us Doug! Yes, I said it! Ha ha! ---In [email protected], <mjackson74@...> wrote : I second the motion! And for the record I like Barry and Duveyoung too, who doesn't like Barry. From: "curtisdeltablues@... [FairfieldLife]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 5:08 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Time to come clean Doug OK I've done my homework Doug. You have not been dealing straight with us and it is time for you to man up and explain why YOU decided on your own to ban Barry and what the reason was. Seriously dude, you have been naughty and you owe us an explanation. I get it that many people who post here didn't like Barry and they are happy he is gone so they may not all as a group stand up together and call you out for being dishonest and devious with us. They might think that the end justified the means. This is shortsighted thinking when it comes to abuse of power. I don't appreciate being lied to here and I am calling you out for abusing your powers in exactly the way Rick explicitly warned you against. You are throwing his trust back in his face by your actions as well as disrespecting everyone who builds discussions here. Stop dodging the legitimate questions you have been asked even by Alex. On what specific basis have you banished Barry? What rule did he violate? Let's put out those flaming pants with a a little truth now that you have been busted.
