To CARMA Members:
You might have seen the letter from the JCC Democratic
Chairperson in last Wednesday’s Virginia Gazette.
That letter is just filled with errors and issues.
A couple weeks ago a friend forwarded to me the current
email being circulated by the JCC Dems claiming that the local Republican
Men’s Club is racist for an article that appeared on their BLOG. While the basis for this claim is absurd
considering it was an open BLOG to which anyone could post or comment, and considering
the article in question was removed immediately after it was posted by me, the
webmaster, and considering the person
who posted it was identified by the Google BLOGSPOT application as “unknown,” and,
that it was traced back by Google from the IP address as having been posted at
one of the public work stations at the
public library on Scotland Street.
And some more details:
This all occurred on June 4th and 5th. The article was never mentioned by the JCC
Democrats until about 2 weeks ago when they started to circulate it on their
website, saying that CARMA was racist for posting it, and the Republican candidates
should return the donations CARMA gave them because CARMA is racist. So far one BIG mistake, they are assuming someone
from CARMA posted it, when in fact the BLOG was an OPEN BLOG and anyone could
have posted it. Even one of the dems
could have done the posting, in preparing for this scurrilous campaign claim, and
remember it was done over three & 1/2 months ago and all had been silent
until just recently.
I believe the person who posted it did so for political
reasons. This is considering the posting
occurred three months before it was discussed, was never mentioned or commented
upon by the dems until about 2 weeks ago, and is now being used as the
basis for a political smear campaign.
All just seems too coincidental and too convenient.
So, if this is such a terrible article, why did the dems
wait three months? Answer, they waited
until they could use the finance reports from the candidates to claim they were
accepting donations from a racist organization.
The article wasn’t going to be used for anything except linking CARMA to
the candidates and claiming CARMA was racist for posting it AND switching
discussion away from the James City County issues and onto something they could
try to make sound really terrible. The article was removed due to its content and is unacceptable by CARMA guidelines.
In the age of internet technology, trying to hold a group
responsible for everything on its open BLOG, is like trying to hold The
Virginia Gazette responsible for every opinion in the Last Word; or better,
holding New Town Cinemas responsible for the content of every movie, or cable
TV for the content of every show. How
about all the Facebook postings which seem to be rampant? Is Facebook responsible for all the pictures
too?
An open BLOG is just that, open. I believe CARMA took the responsible action and removed the item ASAP. That is the reason the dems must continue to publish this article on their website for people to see.
An open BLOG is just that, open. I believe CARMA took the responsible action and removed the item ASAP. That is the reason the dems must continue to publish this article on their website for people to see.
It is a sad state of affairs that the dem campaign
has come to this, but it has. An open BLOG is just that OPEN. While CARMA restricts the nature of what can
be posted by follow up editing, I would encourage everyone to realize that
CARMA is not racist. Check the association's records for speakers and members, or their website to see the myriad of authors and opinions.
By necessity, the BLOG has been made a "subscription user
only" for commenting and posting. I
encourage the dems to remove the article from their website ASAP.
Ed.
The CARMA Webmaster
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