{"id":4964,"date":"2004-08-18T17:43:53","date_gmt":"2004-08-18T17:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multiracial.com\/?p=4964"},"modified":"2017-02-26T08:53:39","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T08:53:39","slug":"submitted-for-your-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/2004\/08\/18\/submitted-for-your-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Submitted For Your Approval"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apparently, I am about to be censured in print. Or on the web. Or somewhere. Someone calling themself “J. Scott” or “J.P. Scott” (jpscott@post.com<\/a>) has been demaning that I answer a series of questions and disassociate myself from a long-time friend or else he\/she\/it will skewer me in print, publish blatant lies and proclaim me unethical, sad and egotistical. I don’t know who this person’s publisher is, but they will be hearing from me and the truth about J. Scott’s conduct will be revealed.<\/p>\n

Well, I’ve been on the receiving end of hate mail and threats from apologists for Bob Jones University<\/a>, “white” supremacists, anti-miscegenationist hotheads, rabid one-drop rule enforcers and Farrakhan devotees many times since founding The Multiracial Activist<\/a> in 1997. I can take whatever this person is threatening to dish out. That said, a word to the wise, free speech is one thing, fabrications and lies are quite another. It would behoove my self-appointed censor to mind every single word, comma and inflection. I will<\/u> deal with falsehoods in an expeditious and expensive manner.<\/p>\n

This disgruntled former commenter to A Mixed Blog<\/a>, who posted there with multiple fake email addresses until kicked off for a completely uncalled for attack on my parenting abilities, has further demanded that I:<\/p>\n

— answer a string of unsolicited questions via email<\/p>\n

— kick one of the regular bloggers off the website<\/p>\n

— and hurry up about it<\/p>\n

First off, can anyone tell me where one person gets to claim dominion over me and my time? Perhaps I missed something, but last time I checked, I wasn’t anyone’s property. Questioning my fatherhood and making demands isn’t the way to get my positive attentions. Demanding that I submit to their will or be skewered in public is called blackmail.<\/p>\n

Apparently, if I don’t submit to these demands then I am also “egotistical” and “sad.” That’s fascinating. I’m the one being told what to do as if I am mere property, yet that makes me egotistical.<\/p>\n

I feel like I’m in the Twilight Zone. I certainly hope this episode ends soon.<\/p>\n

This entry also posted at Taking The Gloves Off<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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