[sudo-discuss] johnny ban / process?

hol at gaskill.com hol at gaskill.com
Wed Jul 20 15:56:52 PDT 2016


Thank you Jake!  Everyone please channel comms on this topic his way and 
not onto this public list.

On 2016-07-20 15:55, Jake wrote:
> I volunteer to mediate this conflict.
> 
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2016, hol at gaskill.com wrote:
> 
>> Worth taking another look at the referenced section where we enumerate
>> rights and possibly some discussion.  Mediation / Stewarding takes 
>> alot
>> of time and energy and with the number of projects going on top of
>> subsistence level tasks, I don't believe anyone is entitled to the
>> efforts of already very thin-spread volunteers.
>> 
>> I've done mediation twice for sudo and it's certainly not something 
>> I'd
>> do for someone who shows zero respect for the space - no one should 
>> have
>> the expectation that because sudo room is a thing that exists, they 
>> are
>> owed something by it or its members before or even after demonstrating
>> any kind of goodwill.
>> 
>> I don't know any of the facts behind this other conflict that is being
>> brought into sudo room but part of the reason we have a conflict
>> resolution track is so these topics don't take over the communications
>> fora or meeting time.  Since Marina has recused herself from this 
>> topic,
>> any volunteers here or has the bridge been burned down to the 
>> waterline?
>> On 2016-07-20 14:32, Scott Edmonds wrote:
>> 
>>> How does a housing conflict supersede use of a shared space? There 
>>> are two sides to this story, please remember this in any decisions 
>>> made.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> 
>>> Scott R. Edmonds
>>> Mobile: 1-510-928-3469
>>> 
>>> On Jul 20, 2016, at 4:18 PM, Johnny <mostmodernist at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> LOL So in addition to being pre-judged and convicted by a kangaroo 
>>> court of 4 sudoers at last week's meeting, I must also watch what 
>>> words I used to express myself in defense of public accusations?  
>>> Well, then, add patriarchal to fascist and supremacist tendencies, ye 
>>> saviors of the oppressed!
>>> 
>>> let's take it step by step:
>>> * 4 sudoers banned me without process or quorum, using superseding 
>>> powers, just like fascists do
>>> * my privacy with regard to claims made has been violated
>>> * sudo room's own process has been hijacked, which was supposed to 
>>> provide me with presumption of innocence and a few "rights", and the 
>>> pretense of good will; and an actual process of resolution via 
>>> mediation
>>> * I can't speak freely without repudiation and judgement
>>> 
>>> But you can't take some words?  Have a middle finger then!
>>> 
>>> Thanks to your protocol, I have to absorb a continuation of a year's 
>>> worth of harassment and abuse from lesley, now in public spectacle 
>>> form, with accusations to supposed peers.  Same shit, different 
>>> levers.  I'm being called all kinds of things here in this thread 
>>> still, but I can't state I think some people's behavior is fascist 
>>> and still expect fairness?  Okay then!
>>> 
>>> Ya'll know zero facts, and aren't even listening to one who has had 
>>> firsthand experience with this conflict.  There was zero evidence of 
>>> unsafe behavior, or danger, to anybody.  The information disparity 
>>> you are acting on is beyond reproach, and is causing acute lunacy.  
>>> Has anybody from last week's meeting even spoke up yet?  Where you 
>>> at, lil fascists?
>>> 
>>> Btw, ya'lls high-winded "support of the oppressed" would not pass 
>>> muster for many other oppressed people and communities, no matter how 
>>> much you claim to protect them;  it would look and smell like the 
>>> systems used by people of privilege to enact continued systemic 
>>> oppression, even while being oblivious to it.
>>> 
>>> I do not have any desire to take part in mediation where I am 
>>> straight jacketed while "the process" is manipulated by the accuser 
>>> and a small faction of members.  Sudo room done gave up sudo 
>>> privileges when it acquiesced to the OMNI.  As was noted above by 
>>> another member, fairness cannot possibly be expected by oneself such 
>>> as me.
>>> 
>>> Ya'll can keep that rat in your trap.
>>> 
>>> FYI:  I had to formally evict kick Lesley out of our house on account 
>>> of many other people she harassed and abused with these same tactics. 
>>>  In fact, more than one person here would accuse her of sexual 
>>> harassment.  I guess we should have taken it up with the high court 
>>> of OMNI/sudo!
>>> 
>>> I am her target now, because I am the only one who had authority to 
>>> remove her from our house, and I did so, finally, despite our 
>>> friendship, only after patiently attempting many, many times get 
>>> mediation between her and others (she refused most attempts), and 
>>> begging that she leave on her own, for the good of all.  I did this 
>>> with nothing but words and oaths and sadness, even as she began 
>>> turning the accusations and harassment on me.
>>> 
>>> And It was this same manipulative behavior to the landlord that 
>>> precipitated my current eviction, which has sent several people in my 
>>> community, all of them as vulnerable as lesley, running for cover 
>>> elsewhere.
>>> 
>>> If ya'll want some testimony from other of lesley's victims who got 
>>> it worse than I am even now, and who can definitely not be mistaken 
>>> for an able cis white male, i'll be glad to get it to you so you know 
>>> what you're defending with your so-called process.
>>> 
>>> Perhaps then yall dummies will understand why the omni and sudo have 
>>> begun looking like a private club of privilege masquerading as the 
>>> white knight for all oppressed people everywhere.  Pick one please, 
>>> and stop trying to fool the good people of Oakland.
>>> 
>>> Meanwhile you're now safe-spacing an admitted and actual racist, 
>>> supremacist, and misanthrope.
>>> 
>>> And you refuse to react with reason, and haste, to this ironic and 
>>> tainted breach of process, privacy, dignity, and cooperative spirit.  
>>> Gotta get back to hacking the system!
>>> 
>>> Yes, fascist is the right word.  It's just right.  You don't like?  
>>> Eat it!
>>> 
>>> You will be judged by the society you choose to keep, not your 
>>> righteous self-identifications, proclamations, and fungible policies, 
>>> despite your best intentions.  Ya'll too comfortable.
>>> 
>>> I'm not "taking this seriously", cuz that would make me ill, but I 
>>> ain't joking either.  Ya'll be breathing too much of your own 
>>> righteous gas to think your notions of propriety and process are 
>>> worth the trouble.  Thanks for the solder.
>>> 
>>> It's on ya'll to come correct, not me.  Middle finger to your 
>>> "process".  I don't need lesley's  harassment magnified on me by your 
>>> social club's bugged protocol. I was happy as a clam to be rid of her 
>>> at last.
>>> 
>>> I'll give up all omni to be rid of one Lesley Bell.  With hope that 
>>> it prevents her doing oppressed people on the outside more harm, may 
>>> the OMNI become the ONLY space she feels safe.
>>> 
>>> peace signed,
>>> johnny
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Marc Juul <juul at labitat.dk> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Wednesday, July 20, 2016, Lesley Bell <zvezdalune at gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Marina,
>>> 
>>> I appreciate your offer, and your past willingness to mediate. 
>>> However, due to the results of the past mediation, I am not 
>>> comfortable having you mediate at this time.
>>> 
>>> Just to clarify: In this thread Marina was offering to act as 
>>> Conflict Steward, not mediator.
>>> 
>>> Your repeated suggestion that Johnny might just be joking and I 
>>> should reframe his insults/harassment as humor did not prove to be 
>>> helpful, as evidenced by his subsequent criminal breaking and 
>>> entering and physical assault. I also did not feel that his words in 
>>> your presence were sincere, as he repeated some of his inappropriate 
>>> behavior very soon afterward.
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016, 10:56 AM Marc Juul <juul at labitat.dk> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Wednesday, July 20, 2016, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso at gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> aside from any other issues, i sincerely doubt that this is a game to 
>>> johnny given that he wants to participate in the space..
>>> 
>>> let's focus on "restorative" instead of "retributive" - johnny seems 
>>> (to me) to want to follow the process in a good faith way. for anyone 
>>> who is more familiar with the omni and sudo remediation process than 
>>> i am, any ideas on how to move forward from here?
>>> 
>>> Accusations are one thing but the way people choose to respond to 
>>> accusations is usually a very good predictor of whether they end up 
>>> with a resolved conflict and regaining access to the space.
>>> 
>>> After Johnny's comments in this thread I predict that he will not be 
>>> allowed back any time soon.
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 7:24 AM, robb <sf99er at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> #swish?
>>> 
>>> really, this is all just a game to you johnny?
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 3:46 AM, Patrik D'haeseleer 
>>> <patrikd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Johnny,
>>> 
>>> Is it true that Lesley's has a temporary restraining order against 
>>> you? That seems to rise above mere "gossip and accusations", and 
>>> seems like it would be substantial enough to trigger at least a 
>>> temporary ban.
>>> 
>>> Also, it's the nature of interpersonal conflicts that there may not 
>>> be any more than "accusations" available to make a decision on. So if 
>>> someone states that they feel unsafe around another person, it may be 
>>> justified to remove that other person from the space at least 
>>> temporarily, until a better informed decision can be reached.
>>> 
>>> Patrik
>>> 
>>> On Jul 20, 2016 2:16 AM, "Johnny" <mostmodernist at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> that link says if "someone's safety is at risk, a temporary ban may 
>>> be placed".  it says nothing about how, and obviously is meant to 
>>> deal with clear present safety issues, not gossip and accusations.
>>> 
>>> abusing that vague apparatus of the super-system to ban people on 
>>> mere claims is totally fascist and supremacist behavior.
>>> 
>>> defending it is also fascist.
>>> 
>>> calling out for the record that Marc, Matt, Cere, Sigma, Jeremy are 
>>> fascists for consent to abuse system and unjustly override process 
>>> without sudo quorum; ya'll better not step on any cracks!
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 12:53 AM, Marc Juul <juul at labitat.dk> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 12:43 AM, Johnny <mostmodernist at gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Marc,
>>> 
>>> No quorum you say?  Sub-Section 3.2.2 "Maintaining Safe Space During 
>>> Conflict Resolution" states that my ban would have had to been 
>>> ratified online without quorum.
>>> 
>>> The sudo room space, being part of Omni, is also subject to all Omni 
>>> rules, including the Omni safer space policy which I linked 
>>> previously.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> marc/juul
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