Lynn Mershon Calvin Kicks *The* Rev. Dr. Tracey Robinson-Harris In The Balls With A Little Bit Of Help From Teresa Nielsen Hayden. . .
In the following comment posted to the rather questionable 'The View Of Berkeley From Here Is Downhill' post of ever so "Christian" U*U minister Rev. Scott Wells' 'Boy In The Bands' blog -
11. Lynn wrote:
I’ll add in to the analysis – (I was one of the group that worked through the process of the life ban from UUA lists and I was on his list for a very long time.)
Teresa Nielsen Hayden has a long analysis about moderation here:
http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008856.html
One of the things Teresa says is “What I can do is refuse to respect bloggers and other site administrators who let it flourish on their own sites, or who provide cover for the anonymous vandals who post it.”
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So Lynn Mershon Calvin aka Lynn Calvin just how much respect do you suppose that Teresa Nielsen Hayden, or indeed the dreaded Emerson Avenger. . . might have for "resigned" UUA Director of Congregational Services Rev. Dr. Tracey Robinson-Harris and the "laid off" Ministerial *Fellowship* Committee Executive Secretary Rev. Beth Miller who *both* effectively ruled that "less than polite" aka "graceless and rude" Unitarian*Universalist ministers can insult and defame people to their corpse-cold Unitarian hearts' content as long as they do so under the cowardly cover of internet anonymity?
If you guessed "not bloody much" you are right on the money AFA*I*AC. . .
11. Lynn wrote:
I’ll add in to the analysis – (I was one of the group that worked through the process of the life ban from UUA lists and I was on his list for a very long time.)
Teresa Nielsen Hayden has a long analysis about moderation here:
http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008856.html
One of the things Teresa says is “What I can do is refuse to respect bloggers and other site administrators who let it flourish on their own sites, or who provide cover for the anonymous vandals who post it.”
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So Lynn Mershon Calvin aka Lynn Calvin just how much respect do you suppose that Teresa Nielsen Hayden, or indeed the dreaded Emerson Avenger. . . might have for "resigned" UUA Director of Congregational Services Rev. Dr. Tracey Robinson-Harris and the "laid off" Ministerial *Fellowship* Committee Executive Secretary Rev. Beth Miller who *both* effectively ruled that "less than polite" aka "graceless and rude" Unitarian*Universalist ministers can insult and defame people to their corpse-cold Unitarian hearts' content as long as they do so under the cowardly cover of internet anonymity?
If you guessed "not bloody much" you are right on the money AFA*I*AC. . .
Comments
Read this string of "electronic communications" between your's truly and former UUA Congregational Services Director Rev. Dr. Tracey Robinson-Harris and weep. . .
The key sentence says -
It is the case that in this situation the minister’s blog is anonymous ( though you were able to identify the individual) and that she is free to express her opinions and to do so outside of her professional role as a minister serving a congregation.
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This idiotic ruling effectively means that any and all U*U ministers can "flame people hairless" as you so aptly put it, with complete impunity, zero accountability whatsoever, not so much as a reprimand. . . as long as these verbally and psychologically abusive U*U ministers do so anonymously. . .