Re: stalkers
Subject: Re: stalkers
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 12/18/10, 17:02
To: Charles Johnson <charles@littlegreenfootballs.com>

Yeah, this isn't the e-mail I'm going to be releasing, contrary to what you've claimed. As I said - although I can't quite remember exactly how I phrased it since you deleted the comment and even your own response - that I'm going to be releasing everything I have on you that will provide a fuller picture of how you conduct yourself. I have spent a great deal of time praising you for your intellectual honesty in switching stances despite the hostility you obviously encountered from your own readers and others, and I had no idea until recently that you were in the habit of doing such things as banning commenters for pointing out that you link to Reason when it suits you but forbid others from doing so. Having finally looked at what others have been trying to tell me about the manner in which you scrub your blog of any embarrassing bits, and having seen that those who earn your favor are permitted to libel others by accusing them of ties to organized crime and engaging in crimes themselves are not banned or even reprimanded, as well as other things I have seen which frankly astonish me, I would have no credibility as a media critic were I to refrain from admitting that I was partially wrong in my praise of you - not entirely wrong, because I respect some of what you've done - but definitely wrong enough that I must at least make a note of it for the record. If I determine that any of our past communications provide anything that will further clarify the nature in which you operate, then I will release them to those who are interested. This is obviously not something I am in the habit of doing, but I'm not going to have someone allowing nonsense to be publicly written about me without responding with the truth about you. As I said, this is not a game to me. These are serious times and I am engaged in serious efforts to improve what I can about the world as it is. Keep in mind that I have never worried about anything that anyone has written about me as long as I am able to respond in such a way that those who see the criticism will also see my defense; you cannot say the same, Charles. Anyone who deletes evidence of his own wrongdoing is not only an easy target but a legitimate target.

I am sorry that it has come to this, but here we are.

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Charles Johnson <charles@littlegreenfootballs.com> wrote:
Yeah -- the guy who commented at OG, ChenZhen (real name: Bret Elert), is one of the main people behind that site. The other main guy is a psycho Floridian dimwit who goes by 'Rodan' (real name: Rick Martinez). After being banned from LGF for various offenses (Martinez was advocating wiping out every last Muslim, for example), they've dedicated huge amounts of their time to stalking and harassing me everywhere on the Internet. They've tried to register at least 50 LGF accounts between the two of them.

I actually haven't been to that site in months - made a rule not to look at it.

CJ

On Dec 13, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Barrett Brown wrote:

Just came across this fucked-up stalker blog which I think I've seen before as people there were discussing my hair at great length (no pun intended) a while back. 


Israel Matazav was one of your commenters, too? Jesus Christ, how do you deal with these people? We've got one guy over at The League who's made it his mission to denounce me and with the assistance of Anon, I've found that he's posting from the Alabama state government's office and found his real name, occupation, etc. I'm not going to do anything with it but I'm considering adopting your policy on stalkers pretty soon if this kind of thing continues.

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Regards,

Barrett Brown
512-560-2302




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Regards,

Barrett Brown
512-560-2302