You’re in my house now.

And your point is what? That this is the land where ignorance reigns so I should leave before some of it rubs off on me?

Funny, you don’t seem to be doing very well at ignoring him. You’re still talking about him.

Lets get the facts straight.

1. You brought my name up, I did not bring up yours or Obsidians in this thread.
3. You made multiple incorrect statements about me but instead of having some class and enough decency to just say that you were wrong you insist on trying to give excuses for being in error.
4. If you didn not want me to address you or to bring up Obsidians name you SHOULD NOT HAVE ASKED ME TO ADDRESS YOU CONCERNING OBSIDIAN AND HIS WP BLOG ERASURE.

Don’t put my name in stuff and then pretend to play stupid when I address you about it.

…and yet, here you are.

Don’t worry. I get tired of addressing ignorant people soon enough. Ask Obsidian about that. You’re about to reach the same point.

“Personally, I didn’t care about the cyber-lynching squad.”

…and yet, you cheered them.

Reading is truly fundamental Nicole. Truly. I have not cheered on any cyber-lynching squad–another bit of info that you created out of thin air. I’ll give you credit though: your imagination is very vivid.

Why don’t you link to ANY post ANYWHERE on the web where I have cheered on any cyber-lyching squad? Go on, I’ll wait.

Personally, I’m still wondering who the cyber-lynching squad is, since the only people who ever might have been considered to have ‘lynched’ Obsidian are those whose attention he attempted to garner by making inflammatory posts designed to-gasp!-garner their attention.

I believe it was Maya Angelou who said that when we ask for something we should be prepared to receive it.

The same could be applied to the provokation by stupid women who run around promoting White men as an escape from the requirements of womanhood.

Exactly who are these women? What requirements of womanhood? Who came up with said requirements of womanhood? Are they the same people who came up with the ‘itty-bitty-titty’ committee? I’m just dying to meet them!

That’s basically what Obsidian and Chuck and a few others have been trying to say.

You can barely speak truthfully about me and what you THINK I may have or may not have said or did. I wouldn’t touch/trust your observations of other people with a ten foot pole.

You, of all people, a supposed race realist, ought to be able to get behind that.

*sigh* More claptrap. When I have I ever referred to myself as being a race realist?

“I have no obligation to distinguish myself from people you claim to be haters of Obsidian.”

My point is that I don’t either.

Great! Then extend that same curtesy to other people and don’t bring my name up unless you intend to speak truthfully.

If you graze with a particular herd, you can’t be too hard on people who get you mixed up.

When I offer someone the truth and they choose to continue spouting lies…well, I led you to the water, I can’t make you drink.

You are guilty of boosting people who are underhanded, dishonorable, and stupid.

A claim you still have not been able to provide any proof of, because you can’t. I think that makes you underhanded, dishonorable, and stupid. Besides being a hater.

So anybody who doesn’t agree with you that Obsidian deserved to get cyber-lynched on the pretense of it being for doing something the vast majority of bloggers do day in and day out, is a hater?

No, anybody who makes claims that are then either proven to be false or, that they can’t find any evidence to substantiate, yet they continue to repeat said claims anyway, as if the truth is a virus they don’t want to catch is indeed a hater.

I get it. Whatever Jamila wants is perfectly good and rational, and if someone else’s rights or needs get in the way of what Jamila wants, then they’re a hater, a nutbar, whatever.

No you don’t get it, but hopefully someday you will.

Underhanded, dishonest people who get caught being underhanded and dishonest lose the privilege of being trusted and taken at face value.

Pot, met kettle. Where did Pro get caught being underhanded and dishonest? It didn’t happen.

I don’t think this was about copyright, as if it were, they’d have gone after Google.

You should stick to hairbraiding as your knowledge of copyright law can’t even be considered at the infantile stage. Copyrighted material can indeed be placed on the internet, if it is being used within the bounds of copyright law.

This would be much more lucrative and actually make more sense if someone was indeed worried about their photos proliferating around the internet.

Earth to Nicole. Ms. Viera and Pro WERE worried about that photo proliferating on the internet in association with Obsidian’s derogatory writings. Sometimes it’s not about the money, its about the principle, something you would know if you had any.

Actually, if I were a Google mod and reading about any of this, nobody would be able to find Bene Viera’s anything on the internet without a direct link from a manually updated website, or her paying for it.

And you are not a google mod. I’m sure they have high qualifications regarding impartiality for a job like that.

You apparently don’t know how the internet works either. If someone is uptight about their images being used for reference, and starts going after people for it, they disappear.

You’re ignorance at this point is offensive. The internet is FILLED with copyrighted material; with people logging on and downloading material across millions of sites you cannot possible track all copyrighted material everywhere on the internet. When someone finds their material on the internet and they have not given permission for it to be used in a certain manner then they can go about getting it removed from that site or sue the person who is improperly using their material. Due to the nature of the internet (there are just too many people and too much material to monitor) most of the copyrighted stuff stays up unless it gets brought to the attention of someone who wants it taken down.

WP took down the picture and informed Obsidian of the problem. The case could have been closed right then and there. No one would have even known why it had been taken down. Instead Obsidian chose to try his luck with WP and put the pic back up again. He tried his luck and he lost. This is what Obsidian said and this is what Pro said.

Nobody will want to deal with them because they are a kook. Pro might as well have announced to the world that he doesn’t want anybody to know who he or Bene Viera is.

Let me school you a bit on public relations. A writer or any other artist who is trying to get as famous as possible must practice image control–who you are seen with and what you are seen doing can cost you thousands if not millions of dollars if you are not seen in the best light. I highly doubt that having her picture on Obsidian’s site would have helped Viera’s image. If if would have then they wouldn’t have asked WP to take it down.

…and you’re the idiot cheering the idiot just because the idiocy happened to harm someone who said things that were inconvenient to your ego.

And now I’m the idiot who is talking to the idiot who is trying to defend the other idiot. Having to explain this much to you is making my head hurt.

In the same way that anyone who says things inconvenient to certain people’s egos who allows them to have any power over them, brings the wrath of idiots onto themselves.

If you are stupid enough to say things that are inconvenient to people who have power over you then you deserve exactly what you get. If you can’t take the heat stay out of the kitchen.

This is why I roll my own.

I was always told that girls who don’t have girl friends normally have mental issues or a major personality defect.

So yes, you’ve taught him a lesson…that a White man can post that a woman being Black is a tell for being a slut..

Are you talking about Roissy’s? Where you are a frequent commentator who has been known to hate on skinny chicks like Anoukange?

…but if a Black man writes that Black women should be careful of White men because some of them believe that, and has one photo posted for reference, then his blog needs to die.

You’re so dramatic. Did the same black man write that black women should also be careful of black men because the vast majority of black women that are raped are raped by black men? Oh no, he probably forgot that stat in his rush to post.

And once again, I NEVER told Obsidian or you, or anybody else, that his blog deserved to die. Get a grip woman!

I think your grip on reality is tenous and your grasp of the truth is completely absent. You were right: you are a waste of my time as far as this particular issue is concerned.

If you have anything further to say about this issue you can shoot me a private email. Otherwise, until you stop lying about me saying I said and did things that I did not say and do then this conversation is done.