[Peace-discuss] [OccupyCU] My Resignation From the Occupy CU Listserv

["E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森"]

One really cannot fault Stuart in this matter or his efforts to maintain 
the group.

But really what I was getting at is the fact that if one wants to make a 
difference,
you are going to have to be able to stand up to some wind and rain, 
criticism,
opposition, and less than desirable outcomes at times.  Ya just can't 
let that
stuff bother you too much if you have your eyes on some goal.

All of this whining about "Oh my, I am So offended by your words
and your lack of sensitivity.  I am so going to get off this listserv.
It is soooo over."

"Oh, I am such a victim..."

Some one else wants to point out another way in which the mass of us may 
have been victimized
and he is blasted as a anti-semitic fascist bigot, or maybe just an 
idiot with a weak mind.

Seriously, folks.
All this moaning and staling doesnt cut any ice at all with
the problems at hand.

One could make the observation that some backbone is needed.
Not every one understands feminist rhetoric and its special vocabularies.

"I feel so triggered.  Oh my you have ruined my day for me."

"Oooooh.  How could you be sooooo obnoxious."

Olivia, bring me my barf bag.

It's so easy to say "oh, i cant stand this. I am going to quit."

Try this one:  "Quit you as men."

Hint:  It's not at all "sexist".






On 11/17/12 1:44, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> Stuart--
>
> I think it's a mistake to give in to Identity Politics' taste for censorship.
>
> It's a mark of the (self-imposed) weakness of liberalism over the last generation, that it's given up real attempts to stop wrong things from being done - and instead turned to furious attempts to make sure wrong things aren't said. (Cf. Hedges' 'Death of the Liberal Class.')
>
> The local Occupy group has seemed to me particularly susceptible to this error (and it's hardly alone).
>
> I do trust however you won't remove Wayne from the peace lists, whatever his sins against decorum.
>
> Stopping taunting (if that's what it is) in a political group is no substitute for stopping murder by a president. The morning headlines show us again how much needs to be done there.
>
> Regards, Carl
>
>
> On Nov 15, 2012, at 11:41 PM, Stuart Levy<stuartnlevy at gmail.com>  wrote:
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>    
>> Wayne,
>>
>> Look.  You can do better than this.   You're too often acting in this forum like a childish bully, taunting some of the best activists I know.   Why?
>>
>> Maybe you're testing the system.   If so, you win.  I've snapped. I am cutting you off the OccupyCU list as of now.   I trust you will find better words to say, but you can say them to other people.
>>
>>     Stuart Levy
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