I have not heard anyone say they fear Yojsouth. What people are saying is why does this person have to hide their true identity? I don't fear hate and ignorance, I pity it.
Anita
> Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 10:27:55 -0400
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> To quote our thirty-second President of the United States,
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> "So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
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> What is it that makes people "fear" Yojsouth? (Yes, I use the word "fear," without definition, letting the reader surmise from it what they will.)
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> Is it that occasionally he puts into print what others think, but will not speak?
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> Is it that, at times, he can be refreshingly humorous?
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> Is it that he takes no sides and will challenge anyone with one-liners?
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> Is it that he doesn't flaunt his pedigree to give himself some kind of perceived social standing?
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> Is it that being wrong doesn't seem faze to him?
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> Is it that he moves forward offering no regret?
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> He has been called a "bully" -- a person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people; a hired ruffian; a thug; a pimp -- and "coward" -- a person who lacks courage; one who shows ignoble fear in the face of danger or pain. Is he either a "bully" or a "coward?"
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> I read that, in one persons opinion, Yojsouth "has caused a injury serious to this list," and has "gone beyond the limits of professional conduct and should be removed from this list." He was compared to a "robber." He was said to actively limit the "collective exchange of information." WOW! Pretty impressive, huh? The power that Yojsouth yields for some people simply amazes me. Am I the only one that has noticed that a good number of responses to Yojsouth's posts contain a wealth of information? Am I the only one that has learned from these responses?
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> I wonder if Yojsouth really does make a contribution and a difference on this list? In his way, perhaps he is making a significant contribution and a significant difference on this list; maybe not.
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> It amazes me even more how people that do not read or respond to anything that Yojsouth has written are able to post about what he has written. Go figure.
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> I'm simply Tom -- not distinguished, not an editor, not a president, not a doctor, not a publisher, not a coordinator, not a historian, not a professor, not an archivist, not a director. I may have been one, some, or all of these at one time or another, but now I'm retired and that's good enough for me.
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