[IMC-bristol] 'Tooth kicker' Gosling

[Ecovillage Network UK]

Am I missing something?
My fate is to be decided without me present?
Who is the bully here?

T



At 05:52 PM 3/4/04 +0000, you wrote:

>I'm going to lay out my position here once only.
>
>As an individual I'm not prepared to engage or work with Gosling anymore 
>as I think he's a vindictive bully.  Any future correspondence from him 
>will be met with a cursory 'fuck off'.  and yes i did shamefully loose my 
>temper with him on the phone b4 xmas and threatened to punch him out after 
>he ffwded private correspondence on to the Bristol list after I expressly 
>asked him not to  - bad e-mail etiquette is just one of Goslings perennial 
>missives and has been the source of another complaint against him.
>
>So is he a racist?  I don't think so although I do think that he is very 
>naive by putting up dodgy links on his website.  He now has a reputation 
>for being so although I've never seen any hard evidence of this apart from 
>his web presence.  However he has in the past stupidly linked/promoted to 
>people like David Irving,  David Icke, the American Free Press 
>(ex-spotlight magazine) and stupidly used to promote the idea that the 
>'protocols of the elders of zion' was an 'interesting document' that 
>should be digested by all amongst other things.  Unfortunately its stuff 
>like this that's got him this dodgy reputation and mud 
>sticks.   Subsequently when you join up the dots with his messianic 
>judeo-christian beliefs and paranoid conspiracy theories you can see why 
>some people get the wrong end of the stick.  I think its fair to say that 
>the ZOG conspiracy nuts like Alex Jones see Gosling as one of their own, 
>which is why some people, rightly or wrongly, think that he's part of the 
>problem rather than part of the solution.
>
>Being involved in i-contact, naturally we've discussed these allegations 
>on several occasions,  and I've previously defended his rep on more than 
>one occasion which is something I'm not prepared to do any 
>longer.   Personally I feel that he hasn't done enough to distance himself 
>from these kinds of people and am very disappointed with this.
>
>BIMC needs to understand that many people now within the wider indymedia 
>network who do not want to work with him, or engage him, or be associated 
>in a project with him because of these perceived leanings. It seems as if 
>there are anti racist organisations who are aware of Gosling and are 
>monitoring his work.   I was totally disgusted to see Shefield IMC refused 
>help from an anti racist group solely because of Gosling being active with 
>in indymedia.   One well used anarchist e-mail list A-infos already 
>refuses to carry Goslings communiques because of these allegations.   I 
>was disgusted with his behavior when I found out that one of the Scotland 
>IMC people Anarchobabe was bombarded with bullying e-mails and taunts from 
>Gosling when she expressed her concern about his politics on one of the UK 
>lists,  when she asked him to desist he still carried on - it seems as if 
>other people now are experiencing his unwanted email bullying 
>tactics,  myself included.
>
>This now has become a real problem.  I don't wish to see BIMC ostracized 
>from the global network because of one individuals indiscretions.  After 
>all this is of his own creation and nobody elses.  Surely the onus should 
>be with him to justify why he should remain with in indymedia?   He knows 
>very well what these allegations are...
>
>On a local level I've found him to be argumentative to the point of 
>distraction,  who regularly employs intimidation,  taunts and bullying to 
>get his own way and seems to enjoy wallowing in this controversy.  Whilst 
>claiming on many occasions that he would take a more proactive role in the 
>sites moderation he has in fact done little/nothing and abused his 
>moderator position by promoting his own postings.
>
>Is there a place now in indymedia for Gosling?  If his presence is going 
>to cause this much strife within the wider network than I don't see how he 
>can represent indymedia at all.  However I don't have a problem with him 
>submitting stories as occasionally he will do something worthwhile but if 
>thats the sacrifice we have to make then so be it.  This is not a decision 
>I make lightly as I used to count him as a trusted friend.
>
>Again I'd ask him respectfully to stay away from the local meeting on the 
>15th to allow the Bristol collective to discuss this without it descending 
>into a destructive argument.  We can then set up a separate meeting at a 
>later date to deal with this (as suggested by Kyra).  I think that its 
>probably best that I don't participate in that particular discussion with 
>Gosling as I'm concerned that I may loose my temper with him...which is 
>why I'm spelling out my position here and now.   This is really all I have 
>to say on this matter and I won't bore people any more.
>
>
>best
>ian
>
>
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