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WHY I DID IT ! -- BY JOSEPH ANDERSON -- BANNED AT SF-IMC!
As you can see, I wear my being banned from SF-IMC as a badge of honor, given its circumstances, and will use this as a new moniker at *ALL* IMC's -- especially at Indybay -- for as long as the ban is in effect. It will be my new claim to 'fame'. One of my new political activist credentials.
From: "Joseph Anderson"
To: nessie [at] sfbg.com
Subject: Inquiry about being banned from SF-IMC
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:57:33 -0800
BCC's enclosed
CC: Jeff Perlstein,
Executive Director
Media Alliance
San Francisco
Hi nessie,
One of my friends [a grassroots political activist and regular SF-IMC poster], who you know, wants me to email you and to find out why I am banned from sf.indymedia. She said that you would respond. [She's very surprised and disappointed in you that you didn't.] I've been enjoying the break from SF-IMC, but she and several other people have been asking me to look into this, as they would like to see me posting comments, announcements, and articles again. One of the SF-IMC editors was being an ***ASSHOLE*** one night and arbitrarily deleting me; I repeatedly emailed and *called* SF-IMC to inquire why my posts were being deleted.
SF-IMC is not my only outlet for public political expression, so I hadn't been in any hurry, and if some editor was going to act *that* summarily and arbitrary, then SF-IMC is not a reliable venue for public free speech anyway (short of defamitory, racist, sexist, homophobic, etc, remarks [which *should* be deleted]). But, I thought that it was sad that, while I was being banned, my good friend Angie, from Canada, had to put up with undeleted posts by disgusting arch-Zionists joking about her dead mother and the like.
(Now, I'm normally not that abrupt or explicit [ re the "ASSHOLE" remark], but extra mean treatment sometimes calls for an extra mean response.)
I believe it was some know-nothing (Zionist?) editor with an uninformed hair-trigger about anti-Semitism, as the first post deleted (back a while) was a satirical one where I was making fun of the crazy, idiot arch-Zionists who think that the only reason that some of us are anti-Zionists and support Palestinian human rights and self-determination is "because [we] just don't like Jews"!
There was never any response by SF-IMC to any of my email and telephone inquiries.
So, now my friend (whose entire excellent article, "The Registrars Are the Enemy", by Green Party Activist, has been deleted) insists that I email you. [She seems to have some faith in some minimal integrity from you.]
(Jeff Perlstein asked me to call him a while back about this, so that he could look into this, but I what with the holidays, my schedule, the nice break, and all, I hadn't gotten around to it.)
By the way, I was also the person who used to make fun of all those crazy people who spammed SF-IMC about *you*, although I disagreed with you over animal testing. I used to defend the editors in general too, until some ***ASSHOLE*** editor (I didn't know you had any) got so rude and arrogant with me. But now, since I am sometimes interviewed on KPFA, and go to plenty of political events, I am bidding my good time for an appropriate moment to mention this on the air there.
Speaking of spamming, in repsonse to one of the editors being such an ***ASSHOLE***, I did resort to spamming SF-IMC (but it was really late at night, caused minimal disruption, and I apologized to all the other posters whom I may have inconvenienced) . But he *deserved* it for being rudely arbitrary, absolutely arrogant and completely unresponsive to my inquiries. [In other words, an *ASSHOLE*!] There are other people (not the Zionist or animal rights crazies) who've said that sometimes an editor can be an inflexible asshole.
Other than that, I am moderately well-known -- especially by many of the people that count in the Bay Area -- in East Bay progressive activist circles, by organization directors (including people like Barbara Lubin, or Medea Benjamin in S.F.), radio journalists (including people like Dennis Bernstein and Davey D), and other grassroots activists like myself (including people like my Green Party activist friend), so my reputation is sound here. I wonder how sound is the reputation of the SF-IMC editor(s) that arbitrarily and summarily banned me -- without explanation. One day, in some public setting, we might find out.
Awaiting your response...
Sincerely,
JA
P.S. As you can see, I wear my being banned from SF-IMC as a badge of honor, given its circumstances, and will use this as a new moniker at *ALL* IMC's -- especially at Indybay -- for as long as the ban is in effect. It will be my new claim to 'fame'. One of my new political activist credentials.
To: nessie [at] sfbg.com
Subject: Inquiry about being banned from SF-IMC
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:57:33 -0800
BCC's enclosed
CC: Jeff Perlstein,
Executive Director
Media Alliance
San Francisco
Hi nessie,
One of my friends [a grassroots political activist and regular SF-IMC poster], who you know, wants me to email you and to find out why I am banned from sf.indymedia. She said that you would respond. [She's very surprised and disappointed in you that you didn't.] I've been enjoying the break from SF-IMC, but she and several other people have been asking me to look into this, as they would like to see me posting comments, announcements, and articles again. One of the SF-IMC editors was being an ***ASSHOLE*** one night and arbitrarily deleting me; I repeatedly emailed and *called* SF-IMC to inquire why my posts were being deleted.
SF-IMC is not my only outlet for public political expression, so I hadn't been in any hurry, and if some editor was going to act *that* summarily and arbitrary, then SF-IMC is not a reliable venue for public free speech anyway (short of defamitory, racist, sexist, homophobic, etc, remarks [which *should* be deleted]). But, I thought that it was sad that, while I was being banned, my good friend Angie, from Canada, had to put up with undeleted posts by disgusting arch-Zionists joking about her dead mother and the like.
(Now, I'm normally not that abrupt or explicit [ re the "ASSHOLE" remark], but extra mean treatment sometimes calls for an extra mean response.)
I believe it was some know-nothing (Zionist?) editor with an uninformed hair-trigger about anti-Semitism, as the first post deleted (back a while) was a satirical one where I was making fun of the crazy, idiot arch-Zionists who think that the only reason that some of us are anti-Zionists and support Palestinian human rights and self-determination is "because [we] just don't like Jews"!
There was never any response by SF-IMC to any of my email and telephone inquiries.
So, now my friend (whose entire excellent article, "The Registrars Are the Enemy", by Green Party Activist, has been deleted) insists that I email you. [She seems to have some faith in some minimal integrity from you.]
(Jeff Perlstein asked me to call him a while back about this, so that he could look into this, but I what with the holidays, my schedule, the nice break, and all, I hadn't gotten around to it.)
By the way, I was also the person who used to make fun of all those crazy people who spammed SF-IMC about *you*, although I disagreed with you over animal testing. I used to defend the editors in general too, until some ***ASSHOLE*** editor (I didn't know you had any) got so rude and arrogant with me. But now, since I am sometimes interviewed on KPFA, and go to plenty of political events, I am bidding my good time for an appropriate moment to mention this on the air there.
Speaking of spamming, in repsonse to one of the editors being such an ***ASSHOLE***, I did resort to spamming SF-IMC (but it was really late at night, caused minimal disruption, and I apologized to all the other posters whom I may have inconvenienced) . But he *deserved* it for being rudely arbitrary, absolutely arrogant and completely unresponsive to my inquiries. [In other words, an *ASSHOLE*!] There are other people (not the Zionist or animal rights crazies) who've said that sometimes an editor can be an inflexible asshole.
Other than that, I am moderately well-known -- especially by many of the people that count in the Bay Area -- in East Bay progressive activist circles, by organization directors (including people like Barbara Lubin, or Medea Benjamin in S.F.), radio journalists (including people like Dennis Bernstein and Davey D), and other grassroots activists like myself (including people like my Green Party activist friend), so my reputation is sound here. I wonder how sound is the reputation of the SF-IMC editor(s) that arbitrarily and summarily banned me -- without explanation. One day, in some public setting, we might find out.
Awaiting your response...
Sincerely,
JA
P.S. As you can see, I wear my being banned from SF-IMC as a badge of honor, given its circumstances, and will use this as a new moniker at *ALL* IMC's -- especially at Indybay -- for as long as the ban is in effect. It will be my new claim to 'fame'. One of my new political activist credentials.
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I am from another city and would like to say that the newswire is supposed to be a newswire. The fact that some guy got moderated on another site is not news.
Take yourselves seriously.
GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU STAY EVER INTERESTED IN ME AND ARE CONTINUEING TO SEND ME YOUR LOVE!!
X-O-X !!
HA-HA-HA!!
GEHRIG: "...your sorry black ass JA"
JA: Speaks for itself.
"Yo, check my IP address dimwit. I am not Gehrig, just one of your many "admirers"!"
I love you *too* anyway. How can I not love my dear *fans*!: the *little* people, like you!
(You're either, probably, Gehrig -- I know it is really you (with your trademark style) -- or your dear friend Critical Thinkifier (your *inbred* relationship) -- my two *GREATEST* admirers! Thanks for mo' love, MO' love, 'n **MO'** LOVE!!! -- ...either way!!)
X-O-X !
HA-HA--HA-HA-HA...!!!
(OH, 'DEM ZIONISTS JES' CRACK ME UP!!!)
YO "NESSIE"!:
by JA -- BANNED AT SF-IMC! Sunday, Feb. 08, 2004 at 8:48 PM
REGARDING:
"An injury to one is an injury to all."
by nessie Saturday, Feb. 07, 2004 at 4:38 PM:
(http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/01/1667580_comment.php#1669920)
QUIT COPPING THE ILWU UNION SOLIDARITY MOTTO. YOU DON'T DESERVE TO SAY IT.
"nessie": "...There are three main theories as to who he is. Some people think he’s s rude, childish, arrogant *sshole. Other people think he’s a literary character, the creation of a psy-war op at some neo-Nazi organization, who is attempting to drive a wedge between Black and white anti-Zionists. Other people think he’s a literary character, the creation of a psy-war op at the Mossad, who is trying to make anti-Zionists look like rude, childish, arrogant *ssholes..."
I *REALLY* hope this is someone posing as you, nessie, because if it's not, then you are *SERIOUSLY* delusional and possibly pscychotic!
Now, I know that you are (at least from what I have seen) good on the issue of (anti-)Zionism -- but equally poor on animal testing -- but *YOU* can't be *THIS* looney and be an editor or have a job at the Bay Guardian, can you? Again, I *hope* that quote above is not actually from *you*, but rather, someone *posing* as you!
"nessie": "Either way, he’s a spammer and he’s banned."
Again, if this is you, then quit being some MENTAL MARTINET and *READ* what I said above in "Why I Did It".
FIRST OF ALL, I AM *NOT* BANNED AT SF-IMC!
DON'T *YOU* (WHOEVER YOU REALLY ARE) INSULT MY INTELLIGENCE -- AND MAKE A *FOOL* OF YOURSELF!:
I POST AT SF-IMC ***WHENEVER*** I *WANT* TO, USING DARINGLY THINLY-DISGUISED ALIASES (IF YOU PAID ANY ATTENTION), AND BARELY DISGUISING MY CASUAL WRITING STYLE.
IF YOU HAVE EVER SEEN MY FORMAL WRITING AT SOMEPLACE LIKE THE BLACK COMMENTATOR OR AT BAY AREA AFRICAN AMERICAN NOVELIST ISHMAEL REED'S JOURNAL "KONCH", OR MY GUEST COLUMNS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, YOU WOULD SEE THAT MY WRITING STYLE CAN VARY AS APPROPRIATE.
"nessie": "For one IMC local to permit posting by someone who has abused any local newswire, not only shows disrespect for the entire Indymedia network and every single IMC volunteer, it shows egregious contempt for the very principles upon which Indymedia is based."
SO, NOW, YOU TAKE IT UPON YOURSELF TO DECIDE THAT I SHOULDN'T BE POSTED AT *ANY* INDYMEDIA IN THE WORLD!?
WHAT (POLITICALLY "WHITE") ***ARROGANCE***!!! THE SAME KIND OF ARROGANCE I REFERRED TO IN MY "WHY I DID IT" ARTICLE.
"nessie": "Such woeful disregard for solidarity bodes ill for Indymedia’s future."
Again, if this is really you, nessie, *YOUR* disregard for "solidarity" in attacking (or ignoring -- see above, let alone my email inquiry to you at someone's behest who *knows* you) a socioculturally authentic Black male progressive bodes ill for our *COUNTRY's* future, if there are too many more like you out there -- even in "progressive", independent, grassroots media.
"nessie": "But if we fail to unite in our common defense..."
WHAT?: THE "COMMON DEFENSE" OF THOSE ARROGANT WHITE PEOPLE, LIKE *YOU* (IF IT'S REALLY YOU), WHO WORK IN INDEPENDENT MEDIA?
MAYBE, LIKE "**" (Saturday, Feb. 07, 2004 at 6:05 PM), YOU SHOULD HAVE ACTUALLY PICKED UP THE PHONE AND *TALKED* TO ME OR DIALOGUED VIA THE EMAIL INQUIRY I SENT YOU.
IN FACT, IN ADDITION TO WRITING ARTICLES AND GUEST COLUMNS, AND BEING ON OR ORGANIZING VARIOUS PROGRESSIVE PANELS, I HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED (OR CO-HOSTED) A NUMBER OF TIMES ON LOCAL TV, NATIONAL TV, *BRITISH* TV, AND KPFA-FM.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO I AM -- SINCE YOU DON'T RESPOND TO FORMAL EMAIL INQUIRIES -- THEN ASK ALMOST *ANYONE* WHO HAS STATUS (E.G., THE NAMES I MENTIONED IN MY ARTICLE) IN THE BAY AREA PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY, OR ASK ALMOST ANY NATIONAL BLACK PROGRESSIVE FIGURE -- FROM CORNELL WEST TO MICHAEL ERIC DYSON -- WHO I AM.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEND YOUR POST (AND MINE), VIA EMAIL, TO THE PERSON WHO KNOWS YOU AND SUGGESTED THAT I FORMALLY EMAIL YOU! SHE'S GOING TO BE **SORELY** DISAPPOINTED (IF IT REALLY IS YOU).
NOW, WHEN YOU'VE GOT ME AGREEING WITH *GEHRIG* IN THIS ***ONE***, ***SINGLE***, INSTANCE!:
GEHRIG: "But, after all, this _is_ a guy ["nessie"] who thinks it's a plausible theory that Joseph Anderson works for the Mossad",
...THE ***ONLY*** TIME I HAVE ***EVER*** DONE SO...
THEN YOU *KNOW* THAT *YOU* (OR ANYONE POSING AS YOU?) *ARE* ***WACK***!!!
(I'VE ALREADY, IN HINDSIGHT, SURMISED THAT *YOU* WERE THE ONE WHO ORIGINALLY DELETED ME. I WAS TRYING TO GIVE YOU A FACE-SAVING WAY OUT, BEFORE *I* 'OUTED' YOU! SO, MAYBE *YOU* WORK FOR MOSSAD!!)
*NOW*..., WHAT *YOU* GOT TA SAY!?
Let me take [borrow] a quote from a prominent Northeast Coast anti-Zionist Jew (who privately told me) when I suggested he might want to debate a particular Zionist Jew:
"I DON'T TALK [apologize] TO ZIONISTS [racists]!: I WAN'TA *SHOOT* 'EM!"
THE POSTING PATTERN *FITS* YOU!
AND YOU (AND NON-CT) *HAVE* USED ALIASES BEFORE!
(And if it *hypothetically* weren't, doesn't it make you feel *GOOD* that one of YOUR ARCH-ZIONIST BUDDIES is forging YOU!!?? --Your just desserts!)
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CROSS-POST:
HEY! ZIONOID TWINS! (GERHIG AND NON-CT): *GO* BACK TO *CORNLAND* (EVEN POSTING TO *THERE*, UCIMC, FROM ISRAEL), OKAY? *SURELY* YOUR 'JOB' ISN'T FINISHED THERE!
YEAH.... *RRRRIGHT*....
(A racist would never lie, would he.)