Woke virtue signaling noted. I don't care whether you find it funny. I'm not seeking your approval.
On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 11:12 AM craig mcgee < craig.mc...@guilt-management.org.uk> wrote: > Ian, > I didn't say your statement was racist, just that I didnt find it funny, > that's all. I gathered it was made as a joke, but just wanted to state my > opposition to racism, as russel requested, and leave it at that. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Ian Clarke <i...@freenet.org> > *To:* devl@freenetproject.org > *Sent:* Sunday, January 22, 2023 5:07 PM > *Subject:* Re: Racist statement of Ian Clarke on this list > > Only a midwit idiot would think that remark was racist, particularly one > who brought racism into the conversation in the first place. > > I thought it was funny, and that's all that matters. If you don't like it, > I suggest you touch grass. > > I'm going to start blocking you idiots. > > On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 9:38 AM craig mcgee < > craig.mc...@guilt-management.org.uk> wrote: > >> I have to admit I was confused by the statement Ian made. Joke or not, it >> wasn't funny. >> but this is as far as I will go on the matter as I don't wish to get >> involved in the freenet dispute. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Russell Glenn <rusgl...@swismail.com> >> *To:* devl@freenetproject.org >> *Sent:* Sunday, January 22, 2023 3:33 PM >> *Subject:* Racist statement of Ian Clarke on this list >> >> Mr. Ian Clarke, >> >> when discussing your acquisition of a secondary domain, >> "freenet.org", for your highly controversial unilateral decision >> to rewrite the Freenet Project which has always been hosted >> on "freenetproject.org", you said the following: >> >> > Yeah, all of the provocatively racist domain names were taken anyway. >> >> Notice that this is a VERBATIM quote, and the email of yours did >> not contain ANY other content, nothing to reduce the gravity of >> this statement; the gravity of which cannot be reduced anyway. >> Proof: https://www.mail-archive.com/devl@freenetproject.org/msg55336.html >> >> As a black person, but not only as such, I inform you that racism >> is NOT tolerable by any means whatsoever on this planet and will >> NEVER be. >> >> And before you attempt to dismiss this as a joke: >> Millions of people died due to racism. >> You, especially as a white person, are not entitled to joke about that. >> Nobody is. >> >> And this piles onto the provable falsehoods and other insults you have >> produced on this list in the previous days. >> >> Therefore, it is my duty to join the ranks of people who request >> you to: >> * immediately step down as leader of the Freenet Project and >> * leave its board and >> * transfer ownership of the domains to the Freenet developer team and >> * transfer ownership of all other related accounts and >> * cease to use the name "Freenet" for any of your new projects. >> >> Racists, or those who joke about racism, do not belong into positions >> where power is wielded. >> >> As you have failed to prove that the board of the project is still >> constructed of active members of the community, >> and not of those who have been inactive for decades as Mr. Daigniere >> stated, >> I join those who request leadership is transferred to the >> leading developer. >> To my knowledge, this is Mr. Babenhauserheide. >> >> Should he not accept the position, I would vouch for the previous lead >> developer Mr. Dougherty, or anyone of the choice of the two. >> >> Finally, I urgently implore anyone who reads this email to state >> their support. We must stand united against racism. >> >> - Russell Glenn >> >> > > -- > Ian Clarke > Founder, The Freenet Project > Email: i...@freenet.org <i...@freenetproject.org> > > -- Ian Clarke Founder, The Freenet Project Email: i...@freenet.org <i...@freenetproject.org>
