Amen-if we are to be a “welcoming community,”we must be open to a diverse range of opinions and passions, both on our social media platforms and at Town Meeting. These are important forums for debate. If debate is about policy, and not personal attacks, they should be open and welcoming. The more we monitor and truncate debate, we project the appearance (and perhaps reality) of not being welcoming to anything not part of the majority conversation and dominant narrative. The minority voice may make some uncomfortable, but it is important to hear.
Let us truly model being a “welcoming community” and let minority opinions be heard and respected! Namaste, Sara ------ Sara Mattes > On Mar 31, 2022, at 6:20 PM, Barbara Low <barbara_...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I, too, did not see anything objectionable about what Dennis wrote. When I > got tired of the discussion, the delete button works just fine. There are > lots of posts that don't interest me, and I delete them. But the discussion > back and forth on the housing and climate issues are of interest to much of > the population. I could understand perhaps asking the participants to take it > off line since it did go on for quite a while, but don't understand why > Dennis, alone, should be punished. > > Just my 2 cents. > > > From: Lincoln <lincoln-boun...@lincolntalk.org> on behalf of Richard Panetta > <richardpane...@gmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2022 5:52 PM > To: bigheadden...@gmail.com <bigheadden...@gmail.com> > Cc: lincoln@lincolntalk.org <lincoln@lincolntalk.org> > Subject: [LincolnTalk] Please reconsider > > Dennis, > > When I saw this email I was miffed as to why you would have been put on > moderation as your posted are always well thought out, thorough (sometimes > too thorough), always given links to your sources. I and many others have > found you comments informative. There was maybe one instance when you and > another former Selectman went back and forth similar to this yet neither of > you were put on moderation > > There were many responses stating they enjoyed the back and forth. Neither > one of you were rude or disrespectful of each other so who knows. > > It would be a shame to lose your posts on subjects and the time and care you > put into topics you comment on. I hope you take some time and decide to > comeback and offer your thoughts to important topics. > > > I too have noticed that an opposing view gets treated differently so I can > not blame you for feeling frustrated. Perhaps some management here have gone > “nose deaf” to their friends and opinions they agree with. But as you said it > is their sandbox and they may do as they wish. Hopefully you won’t mind > jumping back in said sandbox and getting a little dirty again > > Best wishes > > Rich > > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 1:20 PM Dennis Liu <bigheadden...@gmail.com > <mailto:bigheadden...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Howdy, folks – this email is going out to Lincolntalk, but also to some local > friends (and the Lincolntalk moderators: Margit, Jena and Jonathan) directly, > since I have been put into the moderation queue so I am unsure if anyone will > see this. > > With the back-and-forth with Paul Shorb regarding the proposed new laws > affecting construction in Lincoln and climate change, I seem to have violated > one or more tenets of the Lincoln Talk rules and policies > (https://www.lincolntalk.org/rules-and-policies > <https://www.lincolntalk.org/rules-and-policies>). > > I made my last post on the topic last night, only to discover that I had been > put into moderation without warning. (N.b., since I replied to Paul > directly, and he replied to the List this morning, you may have seen > indirectly my last post, since the moderators apparently only put me on > moderation and not him; if any of you is curious about how I left it, you can > read Paul’s message, or feel free to reach out to me and I will forward it > privately; Paul’s message in the archive is here: > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/2022-March/043133.html > <https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/2022-March/043133.html>) > > For the avoidance of doubt: since, of course, Lincoln Talk is a private (and > free/not-for-profit) operation kindly maintained and paid for by the > moderators, they are entirely free to decide what and who gets circulated. > That’s their call, and I respect that. I suspect that my postings have > triggered a reaction among one or more folks (or directly among one or more > of the moderators), and I have been found in breach of those rules and > policies. > > Fair enough! I know that I am in the minority (or very small) minority on a > lot of these topics in Lincoln – that’s fine, I’ve been in the minority > pretty much my entire life living in New England, so I’m used to it, lol. I > do hope, however, that my writings have not been construed as personal > attacks, and instead considered an attempt to shed light and bring a > non-conforming, contrarian view to this town. > > But since this is not the first time, I shall be refraining from making any > more posts to Lincoln Talk. I don’t wish to waste my time writing stuff up, > and I certainly do not wish to cause offense among my neighbors. I’m writing > this note just so you all will know why you wouldn’t have heard from me in > the future. > > Onwards! > > Vty, > > --Dennis > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.
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