Love is winning all over

Back when Michelle Shocked wasn't suspended from Twitter for trolling, spamming, threatening, and verbally abusing others, she'd sometimes end an especially nasty tweet with the hashtag #lovewins. I saw it as ironic. I vowed I'd retake the hashtag and use #lovewins anytime a victory was scored for the home team... the good guys and gals... the people Michelle often bullied.

Today, February 26th, 2014, has been a good day for love. AZ Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a sinister bill designed to prevent people from suing if they are openly discriminated against. Elsewhere, a judge struck down a Texas law that banned same-sex marriage. More than that, staunch conservatives came out in support of the veto in Arizona. While some argue their opposition to the bill was based more on economics than a desire to reverse the state's anti-gay stance, that's how changes like this occur.

In 1957 one of the top rated shows in the history of television was cancelled because the network was unable to secure a sponsor. The reason: The host was African-American. In those days, it was financially unwise to align a product or service with a black man, even one as talented, successful, and adored as Nat King Cole. Advertisers refused to sponsor his program despite having millions of viewers across America. There was no money in supporting diversity. Times change. Thank God for that.

This week the first openly gay NBA player took to the court. The NFL is likely to draft its first ever openly gay player into the league. And as the NFL joined in the opposition to the Arizona bill, that they did so for economic reasons... is still a win for love. It is a win because we now live in an era when it makes economic sense to support human rights for all. This week might one day be remembered as a turning point in mankind's social\cultural evolution.

We are judging people by the content of their character. We don't judge them based on who they love -- we judge them on their capacity to love and be loved. It now makes good business sense to open your doors to the world, and civilization becomes more civil when we reject those who want to deny freedoms and liberties.

Just as there is fiscal economics, there is also social economics, and today we had a run on both markets. We invested in the future, and we guaranteed continued growth and change. It is now officially profitable to be kind and loving to all.

#LoveWins

The evils of Twitter

A fair complaint has been waged that this blog requires a certain context to fully understand it, that without the context it can be confusing. I direct your attention to the authors listed down the right-hand column of this blog for some of the backstory involving Michelle Shocked. But part of the reason this blog lacks context is precisely why this blog was created.

Michelle and her cyberbullies delete their hate speech shortly after posting it to avoid account suspension. It doesn't work, as evidenced by Michelle's multiple account suspensions, as well as scores of suspensions of her smattering of thugs. I began this blog to parse the divide between the public record and what has been deleted from the internet. This blog is the context for what you may see elsewhere, not the other way around. Nevertheless, here is some context for the context:

I started using Twitter shortly after Michelle Shocked's anti-gay outburst at Yoshi's. A friend told me she was continuing to speak out and interact on Twitter, and as a disappointed fan I wanted answers... an apology... something that would make me continue to like her. I was in for more disappointment.

Those of us who tried to be critical of what Michelle said were verbally attacked by a small, militant group of defenders. They were who you'd expect to rise to the defense of gaybashing: Right-wing extremists, homophobes, conspiracy theorists, and a few sad sacks who just wanted attention from a minor celebrity.

In the first few weeks and months following her Yoshi's gig, most people reacted by begging Michelle to get psychiatric help, assuming she'd had (and was continuing to experience) some sort of breakdown. Michelle and her thugs were relentless, however, and they threatened and insulted anyone and everyone who didn't bask in Michelle's glow.

I have an aggressive nature and when someone pushes me I push back. Another fair complaint has been waged that sometimes I push too far. I don't believe in a proportional response. If you are going to post repeated attacks against myself and others, you should not expect a timid reply from me. Nor should you expect me to allow you to continue to bully and harass others until they have to either make their account private or delete them altogether out of fear. All this began when people spoke out against Michelle's verbal attacks and condemnations of the gay community. Gay and straight people rallied to ensure her hate speech could find no home on a stage in front of a paid audience. In the aftermath, I exist to combat the insults and the bullying.

But that's only the beginning of the story. Nearly a year since Yoshi's, Michelle (along with Quad, Perrin, Jaimito, and Jeff) continue to openly target people, many private figures who have moved on with their lives. And lately Michelle and her gang of tools tried exactly what many of us suspected, to create a false version of events to whitewash what she said and why she said it.

Twitter's terms of use is fine with brazen lies. Accounts can't be suspended or deleted because users refuse to tell the truth, and absent someone vocally representing the truth, those lies could start to be believed. That's where this blog comes into play. I had tried maintaining a Twitter feed that did nothing other than repost exact quotes from Michelle Shocked. Ironically, it was suspended long before Michelle's actual account, because apparently she could abuse others, but I couldn't maintain a Twitter record of that abuse. Google\Blogger is more understanding.

I encourage new readers of this blog to go back to the first post containing the exact words spoken at Yoshi's that caused such offense, then work your way back to this post. If you do, the context becomes clearer, as does the reason for my very vocal opposition of Michelle Shocked. I surprised myself by finding many good people on Twitter who I've grown to like and respect, but that doesn't mean the evils of Twitter don't exist. Someone else recently pointed out that in the ever-changing world of social media, Facebook and Twitter are starting to look like fossils. They are hemorrhaging users. In order to keep their stock prices as high as possible, they have to keep as many active accounts as they can. Twitter needs every user it can get, even the ones who make threats and post hate speech. That leaves it up to the rest of us to keep those bullies in check.

My approach and my choice of words are not pretty. I am definitely NSFW. But I fail to see the point in treading lightly in the face of evil. Not only do I work to get bullies off Twitter, but I recently claimed one of the bully's suspended accounts and made it my own. Perrin Blackman openly threatened me using her @FreestateKansas Twitter account, but now it is mine, the spoils of victory against cyberbullying. Because bullies shouldn't lose a little bit... they need to lose it all. It is the only way to stop them. Evil has to lose. Love has to win.

What do you want Michelle?

You and your gang of thugs threaten others.
You and your gang of thugs crave attention.
You and your gang of thugs insult others.
You and your gang of thugs try to steal the spotlight from others.
You and your gang of thugs engage in cyberbullying and IRL stalking.
You and your gang of thugs spread hate.
You and your gang of thugs make no apologies for the hurt you have caused.
You and your gang of thugs make no apologies for the pain you have caused.
You and your gang of thugs make no apologies for the misery you've caused.

You lie.

You deceive.

You hate.

Why?

What do you want Michelle?

It isn't a microphone. If what you really wanted was to perform again, you could be focusing your energy to that goal instead of trying to ruin other people's lives. It isn't to be left alone, either, since you go out of your way to provoke and offend others. You don't champion human rights. You don't champion religious freedom. Your only cause is your own ego, so what would satiate your ego? What would it take to put an end to your bullying?

Answer the fucking question you sociopathic bitch. Because I'm sick of your bullshit.

"Laugh riot" of the day

Reading the latest conspiratorial rantings found on Perrin Blackman and Michelle Shocked's blog - this time centered around me - all I can do is laugh in the face of their mania.

I'd like to say to whomever is supposedly paying me, you're ten months late. And considering Michelle Shocked's attack dogs have repeatedly threatened to rape me, I'm going to want a raise.

Of course, the real reason Michelle Shocked launched another online attack\tirade is because yet another of her proposed tours has been canceled. Since the United States has rejected her as a nation, she tried to locate remote clubs in the UK who either hadn't heard of her or hadn't heard of the controversy she surrounded herself in last year. Michelle hoped they'd be desperate enough to book what they assumed was a known act from across the pond. Though a few clubs bought into her lies, once they saw through her bullshit they eventually all backed out.

Michelle lost her entire US tour in March after what transpired at Yoshi's, and her European tour was lost shortly thereafter (Michelle concocted a series of elaborate lies on Twitter at the time, pretending she was overseas when she was really posting from her home... it was one of the most pathetic things I've ever witnessed on Twitter). She's now lost a third tour, this time in the United Kingdom. I can only assume she plans to visit Russia next.

I can forgive Michelle's petulant words and antics towards me. Internally, she desperately needs to blame others for her own failings. I'm just one of a long line of individuals. When she runs out of other people to blame, maybe she will finally see who is really at fault in her life. Until then, love continues to triumph over hate, and that is reason to celebrate.

Since according to Michelle Shocked I am your leader and you all do my bidding, here are my instructions for you: Try to find a reason to laugh today. Laugh in the face of a bigot. Laugh in the face of a homophobe. They are small-minded dolts who don't deserve to be taken seriously. Mock their ignorance and stupidity. They are on the losing side of history, as has been proven time and time again in recent years. We have laughed "the world's greatest homophobe" off the stage, literally. We exposed her bullying tactics and laughed at her tantrums and childish insults. So keep laughing, keep refusing to let bigots have a seat at the adult's table. Send a message to them that if they want to be taken seriously, they need to grow up.

Michelle Shocked's self diagnosis

Here are a few posts Michelle puked out a day or so before her account was suspended again. It is common knowledge she doesn't listen to what others say, so obviously she's in no position to be critical of anybody's behavior, not even those of a lunatic she helped to create. What I saw as she posted was an uncanny description of Michelle's own behavior over the last 10 months. If you aren't familiar with how Twitter works, these posts are intended to be read from the bottom to the top.

 

 

 

It would seem Twitter has finally dealt Michelle a permanent suspension. Though that means I'll have fewer opportunities to prove just how whacked out and full of hate she has become, it is the best thing that could have happened to her. Every time she opens her mouth or posts on Twitter, it adds fuel to the fire that ended her career. I won't claim to know what it would take to heal her personal problems, but her chances of rebuilding a career are better if she can avoid making public statements. In the meantime, these posts serve as an excellent summary of who she has become and how far she has to go.

If Michelle Shocked is right and the entire rest of the world is wrong...

... what would it mean?

To begin with, it would mean there is a powerful and massive conspiracy among the engineers and founders of Google, the LGBT community, and mainstream media. However, this vast conspiracy isn't designed to rule Metropolis, collapse world economies, or kill James Bond. This conspiracy exists solely to destroy the career and personal life of Michelle Shocked.

For Michelle to be right, the following needed to take place prior to her concert at Yoshi's:

• Google engineers had to work tirelessly to delete any recent evidence on the internet of pro-gay statements made by Michelle
• The gay community had to raise money to buy tickets and recruit an audience to attend (and eventually storm out of) Michelle Shocked's concert
• Journalists from San Francisco to London had to be standing by to write about a concert given by an obscure folks singer whose last hit record was in a different century

Of course, all of this hinged on Michelle Shocked saying or doing something fundamentally flawed on stage. I mean, had Michelle Shocked only sung songs, there'd have been no hate speech to bootleg. In other words, had she done the job she had been paid to do, no conspiracy could have worked against her. Michelle has a theory about that, too. Michelle, you see, somehow knew about this conspiracy ahead of time. And Michelle hatched her own plan. She decided the best way to entrap those conspiring against her was to do exactly what they all wanted her to do.

Yes, the success of the conspiracy depended on Michelle Shocked walking onto a stage in a gay friendly club in a gay friendly city and openly attacking gays. Michelle Shocked would have to plan, in advance, a series of dogmatically based insults against LGBT. Then, in what Sarah Palin would describe as her "gotcha" moment, Michelle would unleash those hateful words. But if Michelle is right, that isn't the most clever part of Michelle Shocked's ruse.

The clever part is when the world's attention turned to her Twitter feed, she would not immediately reveal the conspiracy. Nor did she bother to mention it when she had multiple opportunities to be interviewed by journalists in and out of the mainstream. No, the clever bit - the bit nobody saw coming - was that she would keep insulting people on Twitter. Michelle verbally abused fans of hers who supported her for 25 years. And when she revealed the conspiracy to her remaining Twitter followers (the ones who hadn't unfollowed or blocked her, the ones she hadn't blocked, the ones who hadn't moved on to other things) she then cleverly continued insulting gays, blacks, Jews, and small sick children dressed as Batman.

Even though she did all of this to show the truth to the world, she deleted more than 6,000 posts on Twitter, making it impossible for any fans or journalists to see what she wanted them to see. She compared herself to Lenny Bruce, but I don't recall Lenny Bruce burning his own records so nobody could hear what he had to say. But if Michelle is right, then she's Lenny Bruce. I guess.
The conspiracy changed as the months dragged on. Suddenly, the conspiracy included YouTube and a woman who posted a video of Michelle speaking between songs at a concert a few years prior to Yoshi's. And just as suddenly the conspiracy was about the stolen intellectual property of all musicians everywhere. Spotify was now named as a coconspirator alongside all bloggers and Margaret Cho and club owners across the United States and Europe. Naturally her former manager had to have been in on the conspiracy as well, as were several of her IRL friends.

If Michelle is right, then the only people who see her rightness are a tutor in Kansas, a wannabe rapist in New Jersey, a homophobe in Hollywood, and two cowards who lack the courage of their convictions to add their real names to their real threats. Everyone else who heard her Yoshi's outbursts thought they were mean-spirited, anti-gay, born-again rhetoric. If Michelle is right, telling her audience to Tweet that God hates f*ggots is a kind thing to say. Telling them that gay marriage will usher in the rapture was sweet.

 

If Michelle is right, hate speech such as the n-word can be reclassified as art.

 

If Michelle is right, phrases like "f*ck f*gs" would have to be considered a punchline instead of an insult.

But if Michelle is right, why issue not one but two printed apologies?

And if Michelle is right, why apologize a third time on Piers Morgan's show?

If Michelle is right, why did she state the backlash against her (for something she has stated she planned specifically to cause a backlash and attract attention) is unwarranted?

If Michelle was right, why would she advocate NOT trusting Christians (something she claims to be)?

If Michelle was right, why does she regret wasting the last nine months of her life?

If Michelle was right, why hasn't she proven a single word of what she's claimed? None of her IRL gay or black friends have risen to defend her character. Her church won't publicly stand with her. Interviews she conducted years ago cite her calling herself "the world's greatest homophobe" and include her making anti-gay remark about homosexuality being a sin. Her long-term boyfriend left her a few months ago, but when he was with her he didn't speak out in support of her. Her brother has a Twitter account, but he hasn't come to her defense. If Michelle Shocked is right, wouldn't somebody who knows her come to her aid? In other words, if Michelle is right, her friends, her church, her lover, and her family must also be part of the conspiracy against her.

 

If you stand by Michelle Shocked, you have to believe all of the above is true and you must have answers for all of the above questions. If you do, please comment below and tell me. Unlike Perrin Blackman's farcical blog of lies, I encourage those who disagree to speak up and offer evidence that supports any of Michelle Shocked's righteousness. Because if Michelle is right, there must be somebody out there who can prove it.

Suspended Terror

In June, Michelle Shocked thought it would be funny to post the personal contact info of a reporter on Twitter. When he asked her to remove the Tweets, she refused. In June, Michelle Shocked was suspended from Twitter. That is, her primary and verified Twitter account ( @MShocked ) was suspended. She maintains multiple accounts, a violation of Twitter's rules and regulations. Almost as soon as she was suspended, she began using @IndelibleWoman, continuing to troll and harass others on Twitter.

Michelle's primary account was restored after a few days, but gone was the little blue checkmark awarded to verified profiles. She spent the next several months blaming others for her own mean-spirited words.

Michelle was acting like a spoiled child, desperate for attention. And when spoiled children don't get their way, they storm off to their rooms, slamming the door behind them. The online variation of slamming the door is to deactivate your own account, which is what Michelle did.

When nobody knocked on her metaphorical door to check on her... when the party continued in her absence, she emerged again, still wanting to be noticed. Still tugging at everybody's clothing, still spilling everybody's drinks, and still being the spoiled little brat she is. Eventually, everybody grew sick of her bullshit. On Christmas Eve she spammed apx. 60 people with the words "Marry Christmas" and a link to Perrin Blackman's blog of revisionist nonsense. Enough people reported her, and she was suspended a second time.

Like a bad penny, Michelle does not vanish easily. After a couple days, her account was restored again. But though a spoiled child can eventually learn to stop seeking negative attention, Michelle's ignorance and ego are limitless. This time, not only was she spamming dozens of people, but she mounted another of her conspiracy theories, blindly (and blandly) accusing random people of being behind Twitter accounts that have opposed her hate speech.

In the mind of Michelle, there isn't a multitude of individuals who disagree with her. Her grandest conspiracy theory of all is that we are all one person. She thinks I am Anile and Anile is Liz and Liz is Kat and Kat is Rhonda and Rhonda is the eggman and the walrus (koo koo ka choo!). Ad infinitum, ad absurdum. Again her accusations and attacks against innocent people backfired, and her account has been suspended a third time.

Will Michelle Shocked return to her primary account? Will she create a new account? Will Perrin Blackman reactivate her account to continue threatening innocent people? Will Jeff Bruce Cohn emerge after more than 50 suspended accounts to threaten more rape and more violence in the name of Michelle Shocked? It is anybody's guess.

 

In an age when reality TV stars can emerge victorious after equating homosexuality to terrorism, the importance of holding Michelle Shocked accountable for her hate speech has never been more clear. Forgiveness and absolution are available to those who seek it, but not for those who flaunt hatreds and prejudices in the faces of others. The line must be drawn.

Bullies shouldn't smile

Earlier this week, the smug, self-satisfied smirks of three cyber-bullies really pissed me off.

There they were, Michelle Shocked and two of her stooges, Perrin Blackman and Jaimito. For nine months these people have insulted, threatened, and harassed countless individuals. They have belittled the LGBT community, they have targeted African-Americans, and they trolled the Internet looking for information they could use against Michelle's critics. Michelle espoused one crackpot conspiracy theory after another while Perrin and Jaimito enabled her. Anyone who disagreed become a target.

Why? Michelle Shocked would have you believe her persistent racist remarks and gaybashing were part of her online "art project," that her victims were merely her canvas.

But that was just one of many of Michelle's rationalizations. Another was that she was trying to prove an elaborate internet conspiracy by Google, YouTube, and gay men and women all over the world.

Bottom line was that if you wished to be a fan of Michelle Shocked's you were never allowed to disagree with her. You were never allowed to question her. You were never allowed to speak to the wrong people or say the wrong thing or be civil to those with differing points of view.

Over the last nine months I've interacted with scores of individuals who joined in opposing Michelle's hate speech. Every single one of them, without question, was once a fan of Michelle Shocked. They'd bought her CDs. They'd paid money to hear her live. Some had met her and a few even knew her personally. Most eagerly anticipated the 25th anniversary of "Short Sharp Shocked." The people who have been so vocal against Michelle Shocked all wanted to support her. They all wanted her to seek help if she was mentally ill. They all wanted her to make amends for the hurtful things she said. Apparently, those desires were too much to ask for.

Michelle attacked her fans. She attacked her critics. She attacked the media and new media outlets that served as outlets where her fans and critics could gather. She attacked sites that archived her hate speech. For nine months she pushed away friends and fans and strangers alike, treating everyone with scorn.

Liz, an IRL friend, was cast aside after she tried to help Michelle pick up the pieces and resurrect her career. Cheryl, a fellow Occupy protester, who posted plea after plea for Michelle to seek help. Doc, a fan from Europe, who volunteered to help promote her UK tour if she'd focus on making music instead of spreading hate. Nicole, a broadcaster, who tried to offer an outlet for Michelle to publicly set the record straight. Chris, who wanted to believe Michelle was simply misunderstood, and hoped (and possibly still hopes) Michelle would stop the Twitter attacks and get back to singing. Anile, who assumed (as most of us did), that Michelle would offer up a mea culpa to the people of San Francisco, after which the healing could begin. Miranda, who reluctantly cancelled an appearance at her Seattle venue by Michelle Shocked, but still met with her and hoped for best, only to have Michelle frighten her children in their own home.

If you haven't followed the saga since March, you might not recognize those names. But those are just a few of many. Most have gone underground. Many either deleted their Twitter accounts or Michelle worked to get them suspended. Others simply resigned themselves to the new Michelle Shocked and blocked her madness, unwilling to witness the wasted talent and potential.

The ones who stuck around have been bullied, insulted, threatened, and maligned by Michelle and her sycophants. Michelle's M.O. is to hit and run -- Launch a verbal assault on someone, but then cowardly delete her own words before Twitter can suspend her for them. Jaimito followed his mistress's cue and deleted most of his threats, doing so despite hiding behind a locked account. Perrin Blackman (aka @FreestateKansas) lost her Twitter account after she made repeated threats to me and others.

Not pictured in the above group shot are Michelle's three other allies, Ed the Homophobe, Quad the Coward, and Jeff the Wannabe Rapist. Had they been there, their Cheshire grins would have been equally abhorrent to me.

Bullies shouldn't smile. They shouldn't have any opportunity to gloat or boast or brag. They ought to live every day in misery, empty and alone, until they choose to renounce their hatreds and prejudices.

 

Michelle Shocked deactivated her Twitter account yesterday, and a weary Internet rejoiced. 

Sadly, she reactivated it today. And she won't change. She will continue to lie and attack. She will continue to play the victim.

She fought to suspend a critic from Twitter, despite him being probably the only remaining music critic who would welcome her comeback. As usual, she overestimated herself. She lost the battle, lied and bitched about it, and went away to lick her wounds.

 

 

But for those who she hurt already and those whom she might hurt in the future, we all need to remain vigilant. We all need to work to ensure fewer victories for these smiling thugs. We need to prevent hatred from gaining access to a stage or a microphone. At the risk of injecting a cliché, Edmund Burke once opined, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." If you are silent, you are complicit. Michelle Shocked is proud of her new persona. She regrets nothing. Until that changes, until the bully slinks away feeling the shame she deserves, I ask everyone to keep going.

Targeting Hate

Imagine this:

You are a fan of a musician. You buy a ticket to hear that musician perform her music live at a local venue. You go to the show and hear music. Then, suddenly, with no warning, the musician preaches condemnation and hate. She speaks about homosexuality leading to the end times. She verbally attacks members of the audience with gaybashing.

What do you do?

One brave woman cried out. Correction, more than one brave woman cried out, but Anile was the first. It is her voice you can hear in the bootleg audio, questioning Michelle Shocked, demanding answers, and holding Michelle accountable for her own words. On Twitter, Anile continued to confront Michelle Shocked. As Shocked hid behind lie after lie, insult after insult, Anile kept fighting for her fellow offended fans. She fought for the LGBT community. She fought for the other minorities Michelle Shocked targeted online. She fought for strangers.

And now this brave woman is afraid. Why? Because Jeff Bruce Cohn, a man who has repeatedly threatened to rape women who oppose Michelle Shocked, now knows her name and where she works.

Because Michelle Shocked, who has endorsed violence by Jeff Bruce Cohn in the past, now knows her name and where she works.

Because a coward known only as Jaimito, who tried to locate my contact information to give to Jeff Bruce Cohn so he could rape me, now knows her name and where she works.

 

 

 

One of those sick sociopaths called Anile's workplace today and made a threat. One of those psycho fucks told lies to her employer. One of those sad wastes of oxygen continues to spread lies to her employer via Twitter. But regardless of who is specifically doing what, Michelle Shocked is guilty of it all. She hides behind the evil actions of others, but she endorses them on Twitter.

She continues to spread lies and hate speech while Twitter gives her a free pass, which is ironic considering Michelle Shocked claims to despise social media.

But I do not despair. Because since March of 2013, Michelle Shocked has not received money to sing. She appeared at a nursery for free (where she frightened innocent children), and the nursery owner said she regretted it. She leapt onto a stage without the permission of a venue owner a few months ago, and the venue owner publicly stated she was not to do so again. Every venue that booked Michelle subsequent to her Yoshi's rant has rescinded their booking. That is the legacy of Anile, the first woman to take a stand against Michelle Shocked. Michelle's hate speech doesn't move beyond her smattering of sycophants, because scores of people work independently towards the same goal: Preventing Michelle Shocked from hurting anyone else.

Michelle Shocked is gloating today about having intentionally targeted and frightened an innocent woman whose only crime was buying a ticket to hear Michelle Shocked sing. To Michelle, it is all a game and her former fans are cannon fodder. And as Michelle Shocked continues targeting innocents, she seems oblivious that the person most injured by her hatred is herself.

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