Re: recruiting nonderanged bloggers for your project
Subject: Re: recruiting nonderanged bloggers for your project
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 1/23/10, 05:41
To: Thomas Wictor <twictor@earthlink.net>

Mr. Wictor-

I'm appreciative of your phrasing, particularly "cyber-execution" and "from frothing spewer to gently simmering." But the content of your message seems to be dependent on such characterizations, which of course can be made about anyone regardless of what the facts may be, and which are thus not very convincing. Of course I'm aware of what Johnson's detractors think of him; obviously I don't agree with those characterizations, or I wouldn't be collaborating with him.

As for the project as a whole, I have my reasons for going about it in the way that I am.

Regards,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY

On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 4:35 AM, Thomas Wictor <twictor@earthlink.net> wrote:
Barrett, you said without any sense of irony: 

"I suggested to him that, in contrast to that particular project, we try to recruit bloggers who aren’t completely deranged. He agreed that this might be an effective approach."

You said this to Charles Johnson, man!  Charles "Everyone who Disagrees with Me is a Fascist!" Johnson!  The guy who spends all day, every day, patrolling the Web, looking for mentions of his name which he can draw to the attention of his cult, whose soothing chants of praise calm him from frothing spewer to gently simmering sourpuss.  The guy who mercilessly culls his followers for daring to even question him.  He runs LGF like Kim Jong Il runs North Korea.  Anything but zombielike support is grounds for immediate cyber-execution.

Your project is already doomed.  You're building your castle on a foundation of writhing eels and rancid, well-dipped pudding.  And he'll turn on you like a greasy steak knife in your hand.

Run, while you still have the chance!

Best,
Tom W.