Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ric: just an aside, the proper term nowadays that they prefer is "transgender" Hi George, the mods are definitely a piece of work. On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 2:54 PM, George Lottermoser < george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: > > > On Aug 25, 2016, at 4:43 PM, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote: > > > > i thought it telling that ?moderator? assigns transexuals and speaking > of them to the same group as Nazi, KKK, and ISIS > > > > a peculiar twit for sure > > > > ric > > > > > >> On Aug 25, 2016, at 4:29 PM, Richard Man <richard at > >> richardmanphoto.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Yup, I am now banned, where a long time user who sent a PM to another > user > >> calling him a "fag" and is still active and a moderator made the > following > >> comment and neither he nor other moderators apologize for it: > >> http://richardmanphoto.com/web/ralph_barker.JPG > >> > >> So what is so dangerous? Words, words and stories from people like Eli. > >> BTW, Eli is local to my community. > >> > >> Eli will be entering college in a few days. Even when he was growing > up, he > >> had always been uncomfortable about not being able to do "boy sports" > and > >> other "boy things". He was enrolled at a local all-girl Middle/High > School > >> in 6th grade, but finally understood at 13 that he was actually a boy. > It > >> was a difficult realization - not because of other people's reactions, > but > >> because of the internal processing of the things he knew he would have > to > >> face. Fortunately, both his parents, his friends, and the school were > very > >> supportive of his decision. The "coming out" process took a while, but > he > >> has been feeling much happier now that he can finally be who he is. > >> > >> http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20160813-Scanned-1673.jpg > >> > >> *** > >> If Eli has the courage to be part of the project, then I need to step up > >> and stand up to censorship. > > +1 > > That ?group? would probably ?ban? Walker Evans for his ?political? work. > > Anyone who says, ?photography isn?t political? > hasn?t thought much about the history of photography. > And I would welcome being banned from such a ?group? > as a badge of honor. > > If their only interest is ?big film? > that?s about as boring as can be > and I?ve shot and processed every format up to 12x20. > > You can proudly walk away from that stale crowd. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- "Some People Drive, We Are Driven" // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> richardmanphoto on Facebook and Instagram <https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto>