Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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! >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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> > -- "Some People Drive, We Are Driven" // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> richardmanphoto on Facebook and Instagram <https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto>