29-08-2013, 06:38 PM
I should note that I understand and support without reservation the manner in which DPF co-owners have acted unanimously to ban from our pages individuals to whom we have affixed the label(s) agent provocateur, lone nut proponent, and/or source of debilitating disruption. Please do not interpret my previous post -- wherever and whenever it appears -- as a charge that my partners do not recognize the fact that we are under attack.
Rather, I'm attempting to make the following points:
1. We are erring -- drastically -- on the side of caution when we attempt to challenge with less than all means at our disposal those DPF posters who walk and quack and swim like a disinformation duck. Each challenge will warrant a unique combination of those means; some may be subtle, others not so much.
2. We are at war with the killers of JFK. And we can fight and win that war -- but only if we acknowledge its existence -- with the weapon of non-violence -- but only if we choose to wield it.
For those of you who care about such things, know that the internal disagreements at DPF that have led to my being placed on moderation are related to the differing opinions noted in this and my previous post. Disagreements have escalated into verbal hostilities. We are trying to sort things out.
But make no mistake, this conflict has been inflamed not only by my pigheadedness and other traits -- positive and negative -- but also by some of the very individuals who have come to DPF with evil intent and who have posted here free from the a priori restraints of moderation.
I seek not to shift to others blame that rightfully falls on me. Nor do I believe that currently debilitating differences among DPF co-owners are irreconcilable.
But all within the sight of my e-voice had best summon the wisdom to understand that a state of war exists between us and the killers of JFK -- and the courage to take up non-violent arms against our common enemy.
Rather, I'm attempting to make the following points:
1. We are erring -- drastically -- on the side of caution when we attempt to challenge with less than all means at our disposal those DPF posters who walk and quack and swim like a disinformation duck. Each challenge will warrant a unique combination of those means; some may be subtle, others not so much.
2. We are at war with the killers of JFK. And we can fight and win that war -- but only if we acknowledge its existence -- with the weapon of non-violence -- but only if we choose to wield it.
For those of you who care about such things, know that the internal disagreements at DPF that have led to my being placed on moderation are related to the differing opinions noted in this and my previous post. Disagreements have escalated into verbal hostilities. We are trying to sort things out.
But make no mistake, this conflict has been inflamed not only by my pigheadedness and other traits -- positive and negative -- but also by some of the very individuals who have come to DPF with evil intent and who have posted here free from the a priori restraints of moderation.
I seek not to shift to others blame that rightfully falls on me. Nor do I believe that currently debilitating differences among DPF co-owners are irreconcilable.
But all within the sight of my e-voice had best summon the wisdom to understand that a state of war exists between us and the killers of JFK -- and the courage to take up non-violent arms against our common enemy.