[Leica] Words and Images that got me banned on LFPF

[Richard Man]

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
>
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>
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