[Noisebridge-discuss] [drama] Fwd: Re: anti-anonymity proposals

davidfine d at vidfine.com
Tue Nov 19 21:02:53 UTC 2013


Just adding the [drama] tag back.
--D

On 11/19/13, 10:44 AM, rachel lyra hospodar wrote:
>
> Perhaps you will also agree to stop sending me private emails. I do
> not want you in my inbox.
>
> I will take silence as assent.
>
> On Nov 19, 2013 10:37 AM, "jim" <jim at well.com <mailto:jim at well.com>>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>     Certainly. I agree.
>
>
>     On Tue, 2013-11-19 at 09:54 -0800, rachel lyra hospodar wrote:
>     > I'd rather that anyone who is going to be dismissive of my concerns
>     > call me The Rachel Who Shall Not Be Named, TRWSNBN for short, rather
>     > than a cozy little insider nickname. I am not part of your
>     Noisebridge
>     > anymore, jim, and so it does not make sense for you to number me
>     > within its system.
>     >
>     > On Nov 18, 2013 3:29 PM, "jim" <jim at well.com
>     <mailto:jim at well.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     >             My recollection is that Rachel Hospodar
>     >         has referred to herself as Rachel 2.0. If
>     >         I'm mistaken, I apologize if that's what
>     >         she wants.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >         On Mon, 2013-11-18 at 15:05 -0800, Rachel McConnell wrote:
>     >         > <headdesk/>
>     >         >
>     >         > Jim, just because I call myself Rachel1.0, does NOT MEAN
>     >         Rachel Hospodar
>     >         > is Rachel 2.0!  She gets to decide herself what she
>     wants to
>     >         be called.
>     >         >   Jeez.
>     >         >
>     >         > On 11/18/13 1:26 PM, jim wrote:
>     >         > >
>     >         > >      Rachel 2.0 is correct. I have dismissed her.
>     >         > > I stand by my claim that she seems to have no
>     >         > > idea what I've said, and because of my feeling
>     >         > > I believe there is no point for me to engage
>     >         > > discussion. It seems to me she is not open to
>     >         > > my wrong thoughts or my right ones.
>     >         > >
>     >         > >     As to that I replied to her privately, I
>     >         > > prefaced my reply explaining that I did not
>     >         > > want to burden the list: my wish to terminate
>     >         > > discussion with her had no bearing on the
>     >         > > other discussions in the thread.
>     >         > >
>     >         > >
>     >         > >
>     >         > > On Mon, 2013-11-18 at 12:56 -0800, rachel lyra hospodar
>     >         wrote:
>     >         > >> Here is an example of jim being dismissive on this
>     >         thread. He sent it
>     >         > >> to me privately and I was ignoring it. Full email incl
>     >         below.
>     >         > >>
>     >         > >>> It seems to me that you have no idea what I've said.
>     >         This is my last
>     >         > >> reply to you.
>     >         > >>
>     >         > >> I have done my best to read his emails and
>     articulate why
>     >         my ideas are
>     >         > >> so different than his, why his very words were so
>     wildly
>     >         > >> inappropriate. Given that Jim has previously hired
>     me for
>     >         work,
>     >         > >> invited me to his house, and subsequently been a
>     >         reluctant part of a
>     >         > >> public discussion with me about Bad Touch And
>     Respecting
>     >         Boundaries, I
>     >         > >> was perhaps expecting my viewpoint to be relevant.
>     >         > >>
>     >         > >> The problem i see is that jim believes he is being
>     >         misunderstood, when
>     >         > >> in fact he is often being understood very well. I think
>     >         he is
>     >         > >> conflating his intention with his language and with his
>     >         impact. They
>     >         > >> are three very separate things. I repeatedly see him
>     >         writing that he
>     >         > >> is being misunderstood, and repeatedly read in his
>     >         writing that he
>     >         > >> believes others are overreacting and ignoring what
>     he is
>     >         writing.
>     >         > >>
>     >         > >> I think that many people have a cognitive block around
>     >         accepting that
>     >         > >> the impact of their words or actions was very different
>     >         than intended,
>     >         > >> or that their stated intention is often directly
>     >         contravened by their
>     >         > >> words and actions.
>     >         > >>
>     >         > >> Without the willingness to admit one's own need to
>     >         change, there is no
>     >         > >> real way to engage with people who have a problem with
>     >         your behavior.
>     >         > >>
>     >         > >> R.
>     >         > >>
>     >         > >>
>     >         > >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     >         > >> From: "jim" <jim at systemateka.com
>     <mailto:jim at systemateka.com>>
>     >         > >> Date: Nov 16, 2013 3:48 PM
>     >         > >> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] anti-anonymity
>     >         proposals
>     >         > >> To: "rachel lyra hospodar" <rachelyra at gmail.com
>     <mailto:rachelyra at gmail.com>>
>     >         > >> Cc:
>     >         > >>
>     >         > >>>
>     >         > >>>
>     >         > >>> (replying personally so's not to burden
>     >         > >>> the list)
>     >         > >>>
>     >         > >>> It seems to me that you have no idea of what
>     >         > >>> I've said. This is my last reply to you.
>     >         > >>>
>     >         > >>>
>     >         > >>>
>     >         > >>> On Sat, 2013-11-16 at 14:42 -0800, rachel lyra
>     hospodar
>     >         wrote:
>     >         > >>>> Responses Inline. God save us all.
>     >         > >>>>
>     >         > >>>> On Nov 15, 2013 8:36 PM, "jim"
>     <jim at systemateka.com <mailto:jim at systemateka.com>>
>     >         wrote:
>     >         > >>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>
>     >         > >>>>> There are so many problems with what you
>     >         > >>>>>> have written that I honestly believe you need
>     to hire
>     >         someone
>     >         > >> to
>     >         > >>>> help
>     >         > >>>>>> you grok what the fuck.
>     >         > >>>>
>     >         > >>>> I continue to believe you would benefit from seeking
>     >         professional
>     >         > >> help
>     >         > >>>> on this matter.
>     >         > >>>>
>     >         > >>>>> strong community. My view is that people have run
>     >         > >>>>> to the community prematurely, to their own
>     detriment.
>     >         > >>>>
>     >         > >>>> Have you thought to try, instead of defending your
>     >         opinions, to
>     >         > >> query
>     >         > >>>> & seek to understand why people have felt that it is
>     >         best to act
>     >         > >> this
>     >         > >>>> way?
>     >         > >>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>> I came to Noisebridge and found a huge community of
>     >         > >> technically
>     >         > >>>>>> engaged wonderful hacker friends who bent over
>     >         backwards to
>     >         > >> teach
>     >         > >>>> me
>     >         > >>>>>> how to work in hardware, with zero social
>     >         expectations or
>     >         > >>>> assholery.
>     >         > >>>>> JS: me, too.
>     >         > >>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>> That place is gone.
>     >         > >>>>> JS: I'm not sure, there are lots of very fine
>     >         > >>>>> people still at noisebridge.
>     >         > >>>>>
>     >         > >>>>
>     >         > >>>> I AM quite sure, thankyouverymuch, because the
>     >         experiences I have
>     >         > >> had
>     >         > >>>> at Noisebridge over the last 2 years are so wildly
>     >         different than
>     >         > >> the
>     >         > >>>> previous two. Perhaps if instead of dismissing this
>     >         point of view
>     >         > >> you
>     >         > >>>> were to examine it and seek to understand why someone
>     >         might hold
>     >         > >> it,
>     >         > >>>> you would be able to become less confused about why
>     >         people are
>     >         > >>>> FREAKING THE FUCK OUT about things like BEING GRABBED
>     >         OR
>     >         > >> ASSAULTED.
>     >         > >>>>
>     >         > >>>>>> Perhaps 2169 will continue but a community
>     where the
>     >         old hands
>     >         > >>>> present
>     >         > >>>>>> think assault should be dealt with in isolation,
>     >         > >>>>> JS: assault should not be dealt with in isolation.
>     >         > >>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>> and the old hands absent feel entitled to weigh in
>     >         against
>     >         > >> reform
>     >         > >>>>>> measures aimed at REDUCING INCIDENCES OF ASSAULT
>     >         without
>     >         > >>>> constructive
>     >         > >>>>>> input, is no place I want to support.
>     >         > >>>>> JS: I'm against formality in general; I'm for
>     >         > >>>>> collaboration, affection, acceptance, mutual
>     >         > >>>>> support; I think having policies is a dangerous
>     >         > >>>>> practice, partly because the fact of the policy
>     >         > >>>>> substitutes for understanding and action
>     >         > >>>>> appropriate to situations, partly because the
>     >         > >>>>> policy may, unfortunately, be seen as a
>     >         > >>>>> substitute for one's own action and one's own
>     >         > >>>>> sense of self-worth.
>     >         > >>>>
>     >         > >>>> Instead of undermining the efforts of people
>     seeking to
>     >         SECURE
>     >         > >> THEIR
>     >         > >>>> PERSONAL SAFETY you could try to work towards
>     building
>     >         the kind of
>     >         > >>>> understanding you say should be used instead of
>     >         policies... then
>     >         > >>>> perhaps there wouldn't be so many people seeking to
>     >         establish
>     >         > >>>> policies.
>     >         > >>>>
>     >         > >>>> R.
>     >         > >>>>
>     >         > >>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>> R.
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>> On Nov 15, 2013 2:29 PM, "Snail"
>     >         <snailtsunami at gmail.com <mailto:snailtsunami at gmail.com>>
>     >         > >> wrote:
>     >         > >>>>>>          On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:13 AM, jim
>     >         > >>>> <jim at systemateka.com <mailto:jim at systemateka.com>>
>     >         > >>>>>>          wrote:
>     >         > >>>>>>                      As to females being harassed,
>     >         for cases of
>     >         > >>>>>>                  crude coppings of feels, I dislike
>     >         taht female
>     >         > >>>>>>                  turning to the community for
>     >         support; I would
>     >         > >>>>>>                  eagerly defend any female who
>     hauled
>     >         off and
>     >         > >>>>>>                  slugged whoever copped a feel
>     or to
>     >         go get
>     >         > >> some
>     >         > >>>>>>                  friends and return to verbally
>     >         educate the
>     >         > >>>>>>                  offender: it's dis-empowering to
>     >         perceive
>     >         > >> one's
>     >         > >>>>>>                  self as a victim and turn to a
>     >         community for
>     >         > >>>>>>                  support for what is an individual
>     >         incident.
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>          Whoa - whoa whoa whoa - whoaaaaa...
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>          Time out - did you really just say that
>     >         women who get
>     >         > >>>> groped
>     >         > >>>>>>          ("cases of crude coppings of feels")
>     should
>     >         not ask
>     >         > >> the
>     >         > >>>>>>          community to help them out? And you
>     believe
>     >         that it's
>     >         > >>>>>>          disempowering somehow??
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>          And that people should just punch
>     people or
>     >         deal with
>     >         > >> it
>     >         > >>>> on
>     >         > >>>>>>          their own? Is this really what you're
>     >         suggesting?
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>                      There will be no way fully to
>     >         suppress
>     >         > >> such
>     >         > >>>>>>                  actions taken by horney and
>     >         inconsiderate
>     >         > >>>>>>                  personages, policies and rules and
>     >         committee
>     >         > >>>>>>                  resolutions aside (far, far
>     aside, I
>     >         hope).
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>          I can't even. Here's a good way to
>     suppress
>     >         the
>     >         > >> actions of
>     >         > >>>>>>          "horney" or inconsiderate people:
>     never let
>     >         them back
>     >         > >> in
>     >         > >>>>>>          Noisebridge because that's a terrible
>     excuse
>     >         for their
>     >         > >>>>>>          actions!
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>                      Please ask yourself if you are
>     >         prone to
>     >         > >>>>>>                  express yourself when you believe
>     >         you have the
>     >         > >>>>>>                  "high ground" and can properly
>     scold
>     >         others.
>     >         > >> I.e.,
>     >         > >>>>>>                  are you living too much with
>     anger?
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>          With the rage of a thousand burning stars.
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>          TO EVERYONE ELSE READING THIS - There are
>     >         lots of
>     >         > >> people
>     >         > >>>> in
>     >         > >>>>>>          the community at large who will help
>     you out
>     >         if
>     >         > >> someone is
>     >         > >>>>>>          creeping on you or worse, whether you are
>     >         "taht
>     >         > >> females"
>     >         > >>>> or
>     >         > >>>>>>          just a plain ol' human being! Don't
>     let what
>     >         Jim says
>     >         > >>>> dissuade
>     >         > >>>>>>          you from reporting harassment or
>     assault or
>     >         pointing
>     >         > >> out
>     >         > >>>>>>          creepers! This is not an opinion everyone
>     >         here
>     >         > >> carries.
>     >         > >>>> Please
>     >         > >>>>>>          don't ever feel like it's your fault
>     or that
>     >         you're
>     >         > >>>> required
>     >         > >>>>>>          to punch people - it's a valid and
>     rational
>     >         response
>     >         > >> to
>     >         > >>>> remove
>     >         > >>>>>>          yourself from a dangerous situation
>     and try
>     >         to sort
>     >         > >> things
>     >         > >>>> out
>     >         > >>>>>>          later from a safe place rather than
>     confront
>     >         your
>     >         > >>>>>>          harasser/assaulter. If someone is creeping
>     >         on you,
>     >         > >> they
>     >         > >>>> are
>     >         > >>>>>>          pretty much always creeping on OTHERS,
>     too,
>     >         so you are
>     >         > >> not
>     >         > >>>>>>          alone or stuck in some isolated personal
>     >         incident! And
>     >         > >> as
>     >         > >>>> a
>     >         > >>>>>>          community we can try to make Noisebridge a
>     >         safer place
>     >         > >> for
>     >         > >>>>>>          everyone.
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>          Also, women really appreciate being called
>     >         women and
>     >         > >> not
>     >         > >>>>>>          "females". Do you go around saying "the
>     >         males" when
>     >         > >>>> referring
>     >         > >>>>>>          to men? Probably not.
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>          Angry forever,
>     >         > >>>>>>          Snail
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>          --
>     >         > >>>>>>        
>      -Snailssnailssnailssnailssnailssnailssnails
>     >         > >>>>>>          ............. _ at y
>     >         > >>>>>>        
>      http://obamaischeckingyouremail.tumblr.com/
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>
>     >         > >>>>>>
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