RE: My Virginia Pilot Interview
June 10, 2011 at 5:20 pm
(This post was last modified: June 10, 2011 at 5:45 pm by reverendjeremiah.)
(June 9, 2011 at 1:46 am)Aerzia Saerules Arktuos Wrote: You live in Virginia? You poor soul...
I never heard about this until nowDoes that make me underinformed?
No, it doesnt. You must not have been on the few threads I have mentioned it on.
(June 9, 2011 at 5:09 am)tackattack Wrote: You're uninformed. I read that paper (not at all regularly). I dind't know you were that close to me Rev. I'm in Hampton. Are you on the usermap? We're planning an even this weekend and one of the beaches. I might have to get up with those VA atheists communities the article lists and plan a visit.
I grew up in South Norfolk. I currently live near Moyock in NC. I do my work in Va. in Norfolk at the Staff college (NATO) near the NOB. As far as the group, it mostly disbanded when a new moderator was elected. She eventually convinced the owner of the group to put her in charge. She then started pushing her Veganism, she started banning people who would make crude jokes (the kind I like), and UNmoderated me and Matt (the other guy in the article) so that she could consolidate the new members we gained after the news article.
What pisses me off the most, is during the interview, she insisted that she remain anonymous, but also insisted that her words be printed. Near the end of me and Matt's stay in the group, we sent her a mutual message to the tune of: "We spent hundreds of hours bulding, advertising, and running this group. I have personally invested money to have guest speakers (Yes, we paid Ellery Schempp to fly over here, paid for advertising space, etc.. to Va and give a Public forum: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellery_Schempp He absolutely LOVED Jesus Christ Arcade) We have personally put our heads on the public cutting block to advertise this group and get the message of atheism on the front page, something you refused to have the courage to do, and even now we are receiving death threats for doing so.. and now since you have the benefits of our labor you seek to push us out and mold the group to your personal ideals and tastes. This WAS a freethought group, that is, before you were put in charge. ME and Matt personally consider you to be a pompous bitch, and we will be leaving to join another group"
When we left. 2/3 of the group left with us. We are all now on Facebook, and we no longer have a group title we meet under.
