[Imc-tech] Re: [IMC-Process] RE: the urbana-champagne IMC

[anarch3m]

 We don't agree on what constitutes extremism.  It is going case by case.  there SHOULD be expectations, per the missions and goals statements and there should be a place for local collective trust to trump open acces by skinheads like the N.A.

Safeguards?????.....

Yes, its just as real

We need a process/resolution IRC asap

walt
seattle collective
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On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 14:40:35  
 safe dropbox wrote:
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>Regarding the "extremist ideology" and the IMC ethos -- when does prejudice and racism become intolerable within the IMC volunteer community? Should there be an expectation that "extremism" would preclude an "extremists" participation in the Indymedia project? 
>To use a neutral example, would a self-declared white supremacist be allowed to participate in the local IMC if said individual agreed to abide by the "rules of conduct"? Furthermore, would said individual be allowed to "troll" the boards and post opinions as an IMC volunteer without restriction? 
>Finally, are their any safeguards in place to prevent deceptive individuals from "tainting" local IMCs with alternative agendas? I ask because the intense concern expressed by many regarding the possible negative influence of a FF grant -- isn't the threat of subversive influence by deliberately disingenuous volunteers just as real? 
>-anon 
>


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