[sudo-discuss] [omni-discuss] Rannette attacked someone physically for the second time

Fri Jun 26 15:11:06 PDT 2015

Please actually read the emails.

She has been asked to leave without attempts at reconciliation at this time.

However, please acknowledge that this isn't about tokenization. You are a
button pusher and aggressive. You are constantly inserting yourself where
it isn't appropriate, pushing boundaries, and making demands on others
without thinking about the consequences for them in these actions. I'm not
saying that she isn't rude or transphobic. What others are saying is that
you escalate. You push people and push people.

Honestly, I think you should be asked to leave. Not about this. About a
pattern of shitty and even threatening behavior against multiple people
when you don't agree with them or aren't getting what you want. If you
*were* a member of sudo room, you would likely no longer be a member in
good standing.

Fuck, you intentionally pushed my buttons when I didn't immediately turn my
music off when you asked me to turn it down. You are manipulative. And I
feel that you intentionally choose behaviors that are deniable, which is so
fucking abusive, even if you aren't aware of it.

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 12:22 PM, WIld Cat <wildcatofthewoods at gmail.com>
wrote:

> And she attacked me in the street I think she should be banned if not it
> ain't a safer space. Also she has attacked two other people. Don't try to
> make this about race Niki. This is I give her shade because she is
> aggressive, messy, rude, violent, and transphobic
>
>
> On Friday, June 26, 2015, WIld Cat <wildcatofthewoods at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Niki honestly I think you are tokenizing Rannette if anyone else was
>> being as problematic and aggressive as she has been to many people in the
>> space people would call it put. It ain't micro aggressions she has always
>> acted rude and transphobic to me from day one. But I guess you can tokenize
>> her and say just because she is black it is pk to be transphobic. I know
>> plenty of black trans women and black trans allies that would not put up
>> with her.
>>
>> On Thursday, June 25, 2015, niki <niki.shelley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't believe we have an explicit policy re: cops but we should
>>> probably articulate one.
>>>
>>> Regarding this particular conflict, I just went and met with Ranette.
>>>
>>> First of all, I want it to be 100% clear that this email is not meant to
>>> condone Ranette's behavior or the ways in which she handles confrontation
>>> or engages in transphobic attacks.
>>>
>>> That said, oftentimes the most insidious and persistent forms of abuse
>>> and oppression are not as obvious as a violent outburst. These are the
>>> forms of abuse and oppression most instrumentalized by dominant culture and
>>> they are consistently employed in order to control oppressed populations.
>>>
>>> You, Morgan, need to accept accountability for continuing to engage in
>>> provocative micro-aggressions and gaslighting - particularly with those who
>>> are different from you and who may not possess the best coping mechanisms /
>>> most radical politics. I really believe that you intentionally push people
>>> you don't like and who you know will react badly in an attempt to get them
>>> banned from the space.
>>>
>>> I'd like to also ask that you think about the ways in which you
>>> repeatedly police people in the space in ways such as inserting yourself
>>> into private phone conversations.
>>>
>>> We don't need cops, we need people who are compassionate towards one
>>> another's differences and who are willing to work through those differences
>>> to arrive at some kind of common ground.
>>>
>>> I don't personally know that reconciliation is possible either at this
>>> time, given our limited capacities and the level of aggression with which
>>> Ranette has responded however, I believe your behavior to be a major part
>>> of the problem.
>>>
>>> Another issue is the fact that the Omni is pretty maxed out with regards
>>> to our capacity for conflict mediation / resolution at the moment. Both
>>> Morgan and Ranette told me that they'd asked for mediation from several
>>> people including the mediation mailing list and no one ever followed up
>>> with either of them. I don't really know what to do about this but it
>>> should be made clear to members of our community that they cannot rely on
>>> us at the time for mediation / resolution.
>>>
>>> I told Ranette I would inquire about mediation. Obviously others
>>> involved in this conflict must be willing to participate, a well if there's
>>> to be any kind of resolution, which, I understand, some might not be
>>> interested in pursing.
>>>
>>> N
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 10:08 PM, max cadji <max at phatbeetsproduce.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does omni have a no police policy?
>>>>
>>>> max
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 4:38 PM, Julio Rios <julio.rios at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I urge we don't involve the police though.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Just a quick point of clarification -- I wasn't urging Sudo or Omni to
>>>>> do so, but any *individual* who feels threatened. (And actually, just
>>>>> urging them to consider it as a viable option...I'm not confident to
>>>>> recommend anything specific, as my info is limited.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Pete
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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