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

[Richard Man]

Dear Peter and others

Yes, I am planning to other places. Tina made some great suggestion.

There is a singular fact that I know that those moderators do not know
though. I am hoping that it will pan out.

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 7:06 PM, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Richard:  I guess you can post photographs of rocks and ferns.  Just don't
> mention that the ferns are endangered or that the rock is shale oil...
>  :-)
>
> I saw your post, and the thread reacting to the moderators' decisions.  I
> don't think the moderators are themselves bigots. They just "don't want no
> trouble" in "their" sandbox. In their minds, all red-flag issues are
> equally troublesome, and anyone who creates controversy is a problem.  Like
> the "no excuses" teacher, they punish the kid who was bullied, while the
> real bully gets off with a reprimand. And then, when
> their authority and/or fairness is questioned, *that* becomes the real
> issue for them. It ain't fair, but it's how some people operate.
>
> Wise moderators make use of cooling-off periods rather than than banning
> people. That doesn't seem to be the case there.
>
> My advice:  Go elsewhere.  Your interest seems to be part artistic, part
> documentary and part consciousness-raising. The latter two don't seem to
> fit that forum. Their loss. There are more congenial places.
>
> --Peter
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 6:15 PM, George Lottermoser <
> george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:
>
> > Sounds like you've got a good start for the "Open Minded Large Format
> > Photography" Group.
> >
> > a note off the iPad, George
> >
> > On Aug 25, 2016, at 7:57 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Ha ha, no less than six people have been banned now in questioning the
> > > moderators!
> >
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