Community Disruption- The Enemy's Work, Done for Free

I mentioned, not too long ago, that I would look upon further initiation of personal attacks as a deliberate attempt at the disruption of the community.  It has happened. 

During the course of the past several days, I have endeavored to facilitate the resolution of an interpersonal conflict within the community through an email circulated openly within a small group of people in the community.  This communication involved the ongoing Vanderboegh/Kerodin issue.

Parts of said email has now been published on Mike Vanderboegh’s website in an egregious (but now clearly standard) ploy to air private discussions out in the interests of serving ego and making a point. 

Mike has betrayed the confidence of all those involved, and has -once again- used what was meant as a private communication as a tool to “prove himself right” in a public manner. 

I provided a balanced audience of email recipients from the community to witness and judge the interactions.  Some are partial to Mike.  Some to Kerodin.  Some were impartial, and likely would rather not have been included.  I did this for a reason.

Every one of you in that email stream saw exactly what happened.  Every one of you needs to call this out. 

Right now.

This is community policing, "tough love", so to speak, and it needs done.

As a result, I am forced to come to the conclusion that the man most responsible for launching the “III” movement is untrustworthy, and more interested in being perceived as “right” –publicly at least- than in any other objective, to include that of advancing liberty and cohesion in the community.

Where is your honor, Mike? 

Where is your integrity, Mike?

You claim to be a leader, Mike.  I'm calling you on it.  Start acting like one.

I note the lack of intellectual honesty -and context- present in the sections of the out-of-context emails Mike decided to publish.  I also note the lack of objective evidence –all around- for any of these divisive and spurious claims of one party or another being a “rat”, "informant", "snitch", or whatever.

It’s utter childish nonsense, and this 90’s militia “HE'S A SNITCH!!!" mentality has got to stop.  Now.

As a result, for what it is worth, I will say that it is crystal clear that Mike Vanderboegh is promoting divisiveness, and has betrayed the trust of all involved in the private conversation for no reason other than his public self-advancement.  Divisiveness for truth and principle is one thing.  That is not what this is about.  This is about trying to show the world that "I'm right", and betraying nine people, nine community members, including myself, in the process.

I will not visit Sipsey Street Irregulars again, and I encourage my readers to do the same until there is a retraction and a mea culpa.

Email addresses are easy to find on my site, Mike’s, and Kerodin’s.

I highly encourage the community to weigh in, and perform a virtual “sock party” to correct this situation, through email or comments.

Just be advised, if you email, that there is a high probability of Mr. Vanderboegh publishing your emails.

You decide, folks.  We either stand together to end this once and for all or we let it continue to fester.

Regardless of Mike's many contributions, he his dead wrong on this.  He needs to be told that, and not just by me.

I am just one person.  You are many.

Resist.