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

[Richard Man]

I wrote up the sorry tale on my site:
http://richardmanphoto.com/web/MyEncounterWithOnlineTransphobia/index.html

and on the new hip writing site Medium.com
https://medium.com/@richardmanphoto/my-encounter-with-online-transphobia-974ad8045e25#.nd9w37mib

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 7:26 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
wrote:

> 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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