Hi Nicole,
Thanks so much for fishing out the article that started it all, LOL. I’ve written two responses to Ms. Viera’s petty personal attacks on me: one is called An Open Letter To Bene Viera, or words to that effect, and the followup was called Do You Want More. In total, I’ve written less than five pices dedicated to her, out of nearly three hundred posts to date.

Moreover, the bone of contention was that I had posted a picture of her which was posted on another website, a publicly accessible one. The picture wasn’t lewd in anyway, just a standard straghtahead headshot portrait kind of thing. Anyway, the guy who owns the site evidently likes Ms. Viera (could even be her Man? *shrugs*) and the pic accompanies a post about her showing up on a nationally syndicated radio show to discuss the very article that’s at the heart of the controversey.

Here’s what Ms. Viera hasd to say about my article above:

“It’s really sad that you are so unoriginal that you have to use my name to gain Google hits to your blog. I didn’t read your post because I have no desire to. However, I do think it’s pathetic that every time I write an article for the various publications I contribute to, you attempt to contact me on Twitter to inform me you’re going to write a rebuttal. I’ve ignored you a number of times until I finally had to block you. How about coming up with your own content? Why write a response to every single piece I write? That’s creepy and kind of whack. But good luck with using my name to get traffic to your site.”

As you can see from my open letters in the weeks that would follow, Ms. Viera was quite indeed vexed that such a lowly Brotha could give her such rhetorical agita. I’m deeply thinking through how I’m gonna respond to all this, among them being, definitely, me getting my own full-on website. This gal’s messing with a sleeping giant…

Thanks so much again for all your support!

O.