Re: Are you blogging at Ordinary Gentlemen and Why?

On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

It's at the League:

http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2010/12/r-s-mccain-accuses-me-of-being-a-violent-militant/

On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Donald Douglas <americanpowerblog@gmail.com> wrote:

I don't see how he's libeling you, but where is your response? I'll take a look at it and advise.

Donald

On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Just to keep you updated, you may have seen that I'm having my lawyer get in touch with McCain. I have never taken legal action against another writer before and am only doing so in this case because McCain has refused to even link to my response to his factually erroneous account of my relationship with Michael Hastings, in particular. I am simply trying to get him to do what he is now demanding that Tim Rogers of D Magazine do - run my response to his damaging and knowingly malicious attacks. McCain has claimed that my belief that Hastings is my "colleague" is evidence of a break with reality. He has claimed this despite the fact that Hastings provided the cover blurb for my upcoming book and despite the fact that Hastings has been involved in Project PM from the very beginning, as is once again explained in the response to which he refuses to link and from which has excerpted a dozen words in order to give the impression that what is said in those words is the full extent of our relationship; he will not even reproduce the entire sentence because it would demonstrate that he has lied about me, and the fact that he has chosen to take this tact may not hurt him in the eyes of his readership, since they are not even aware of it and would not care anyway since I am the "enemy," but it strengthens my case against him by further demonstrating his malicious and willful intent. I'm sure you two are friends, which is fine, but I just wanted to draw attention to what it is that he has done. I have always given McCain a chance to respond to everything I've said about him, even in advance in the case of my book, and have never failed to link to and even reproduce those responses. The fact that he is reluctant to do so in this case should tell you something about his character and about the nature of this particular situation.

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Donald Douglas <americanpowerblog@gmail.com> wrote:

Well, it's no secret really, but I wouldn't get you in any trouble over there.

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

You didn't hear it from me.

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Donald Douglas <americanpowerblog@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the info. I love it!

Donald

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

He said they have a rule never to link to you. We could have an exchange on another venue.

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Donald Douglas <americanpowerblog@gmail.com> wrote:

Have you been told not to engage me at that blog, so that we couldn't have another exchange like we used to

Donald

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

I wanted to hang with some small government conservatives for once so I can actually say things like maybe "health care" is not actually, you know, a "human right." Plus I'm fond of Erik Kain, who's joined Project PM. Apparently they're not fond of you and won't link to you, but I don't see why. I actually just told Kain about how we're friendly now, but I guess you guys have a history. I'm also guessing you saw McCain's piece on how I'm probably going to launch a violent attack on some government facility because I own guns and am apparently going nowhere in my career; I just responded to him at The League. Meanwhile, I can assure you and everyone else that I am not actually planning on killing anyone until such point as I can raise enough money to do it properly and in a widespread fashion. How's everything with you?

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Donald Douglas <americanpowerblog@gmail.com> wrote:

Say it ain't so, Barret ...

Donald

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