Thank god for that.. thank you !! Eamonn / D1-Dublin
> On 29 Jun 2020, at 01:36, kent williams <chaircrus...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If someone still communicates with Denise, tell her she's being unsubscribed > and blocked from this E-Mail list. > > She's blocked me so I can't do it myself. I can't see her Tweets or Facebook > posts either because I'm blocked, but I've had tweets forwarded to me > complaining that it's a list where old white people tell you what you can > listen to, and attacking me specifically. > > I have always given list members broad latitude as to what they can post, I > am not the tone police, as Denise has accused me of being. I've asked her > not to make ad hominem attacks. Turns out she's not read any of my private > e-mails, so sending them was a waste of my time. > > I think that reading the e-mails from the admin is a minimum requirement for > being a member of the list. If you don't like how things are run, you can > unsubscribe. You can curse me, debate me, whatever, but you do have to pay > attention to me. I promise to contact people privately rarely. > > I have always treated Denise with what I thought was a respectful attitude. > I've always credited her for doing a lot of good work in scholarship and > community activism for the Detroit music scene. But that wasn't enough, > apparently. > > I wish her well in all her future endeavors, but those endeavors will no > longer include the 313 mailing list. > > Going forward, I'm thinking a better way to handle people causing trouble on > the list is to 86 them early and often. Many people who I think were equally > as valuable - or more valuable - to the 313 techno music scene have > unsubscribed because of her. > > I'm no longer willing to allow people to hijack this list for whatever > reason. And that doesn't mean I'm going to censor anyone. It does mean you > have to play nice.
