Curtis, ask Alex, anonymity is garanteed here: one solution to this is, that you use a different screen name, than your professional name, and then INSIST, that nobody here who knows it, could address you with your real/artists name (which could be everybody). This will be then enforced by the moderators. You could possibly have all mentions of your artists name, which are denigatory, removed.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@...> wrote: > > Scanning over the posts this morning was a little wake-up call. Imagine my > surprise (second time use I know, so lamo but I'm just getting started here > and I'm not warmed up creatively) to see this in the headers: > > "but Steve not being a pervert like Curtis who used his power in a cult to > prey on innocent women" > > I gotta say for the first time in all the years posting here, I considered > unlisting. Not because someone said something inflammatory and untrue about > me, but this is a special case of Internet tolling. I have become a > repetitive negative focus for someone and I really can't win here. The > amount of energy such an individual can expend on such a malicious project is > endless (within the 50 posts mercifully) So first thanks and props to Steve > who gets that this could have an impact on me professionally, due to the > amount of material being generated here. It makes me look like someone with > a controversial past which is untrue. No matter how many times I post a > rebuttal this will just stoke the enthusiasm for more posting. Flooding a > forum like this will a lie repetitively is a power tactic for slander > rewarded by search engines for anyone checking me out here. Being associated > with a term like "pervert" is malicious. > > There is no way to reconcile my view in support of Internet freedom and > particularly the freedom we enjoy here with limiting Ravi's right to make > such repetitive posts. It could hurt me although to chances of that seem > small at this point. He attempted to get on my Facebook page, which would > have escalated the malicious stalking, but I can control that so it seems > that if he wants to continue this campaign here, I am relatively safe. And I > believe that at this point unsubscribing would not be an answer because of > the repetitive nature of his tourettes like assaults, there is no guarantee > that they would cease, I would just be cutting myself off from being able to > defend myself. So in the manor used for credit report where someone > malicious has decided to assume your identity and F up your credit, I will be > adding a statement regularly for anyone who is checking up on me here so that > my position is clear concerning these charges. It will also serve as a > record of my own clear denials and counter-charges of malicious intent. Due > to the way these posts get viewed online I will give it its own heading in > the following post. > > This challenge was an interesting one. It really made me think. What is the > cost of freedom? Freedom is not free. I will happily pay the price and will > not "go gentle into that good night". I'm fighting back for my own rights > and searchable reputation. >
