[Sdalliance] Suspension of Michael Russell

[Grant Leuning]

I wanted to chime in here so Monty's voice isn't the only one. The decision
by the Communications committee seems like a prudent one based on the email
and the very broad points of unity that this person seemed unable or
unwilling to deal with. The comparison to "enemy combatants" is unhelpful,
unconsidered, and inflammatory. This listserv is an organizational tool
meant to be used for enacting political actions, not for the posturing of
free-speech absolutists who engage in suspicious splitter behavior any time
they or their friends aren't treated with deference.

Thanks to the Communications committee for their diligent work.

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 7:51 AM Monty Kroopkin <mkroopkin at juno.com> wrote:

> Our organizations have not yet seen, let alone ratified, our alliance
> structure and decision-making process. Therefore this banning decision is a
> huge process violation. Mature adults don't freak out about bad speech.
> Accusation of threatening behavior cannot be treated the way the government
> treats accusation of "enemy combatant" status: no formal charges, no fair
> trial, etc etc.
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> If DAF asserts that it started this alliance and that until the orgs
> ratify structure and start using it, that the listserv is the property of
> DAF, and that DAF can ban whoever it pleases, then we are owed at least
> affirmation that this was actually a decision of DAF, not only a decision
> of four committee members who have received zero delegated authority from
> the alliance to ban anybody they dislike. No coalition can survive with
> that type of arbitrary power being impose upon us. There will be lots of
> other times when people get heated up about some issue. We need to learn to
> deal with it in a principled and inclusive 'coalition' manner.
>
> In Struggle,
> Monty
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> After receiving several complaints today, Communications Comm. members
> Eric, Yesi, Erin, and I decided to suspend  Michael Russell of San Diego
> Speaks from the listserv for inappropriate/harassing emails, and
> inappropriate and threatening behavior during the meeting at Bread and
> Salt.  They will not be able to receive listserv emails and any comments
> they try to send out will be flagged for moderation.  Unfortunately, this
> will not prevent this person from harassing members through personal
> emails.  We plan as a committee to develop a standardized procedure for
> such actions in the future, however, we felt that urgent action needed to
> be taken.  For the sake of transparency, we are sending this message.
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