News For Regular Readers

Regular readers of this blog will be glad (or incensed, I suppose, depending on your politics) that omnipresent commenter Jadegold has been banned. Casual readers will probably not know what I’m talking about and could just as well skip the rest of this post.
You can see the straw that broke the camel’s back here.
In short, he has threatened to contact the state regulator board for my profession and file a complaint against me for violating the confidentiality of my clients. I have no doubt that any such complaint would be investigated fully by a panel of my peers and judged to be the desperate maneuver of an immature political hack who has been backed into a corner, but since Jadegold has decided to pursue this attack on my livelihood I no longer feel the need to provide a forum for his inane blather.
As for Jadegold accusations, I talked in generalities when I wrote about my profession. I changed locations and never mentioned names. My stories were/are entertaining ones culled from my professional life and told to my blog audience in a manner meant to entertain them while protecting the confidentiality of my clients. Take that for what you will.
Jadegold’s blustering because he feels embarrassed. He was caught in several lies in the linked post. Threatening my professional life is his way of changing the subject.
I’m an optimistic person, in general, and I honestly thought that I’d never see the day when somebody would use their knowledge of my identity against me in such a callous manner. Attacking somebody’s personal or professional reputation because you disagree with them politically is a pathetic thing to do.
I will, of course, keep you all updated as to the status and outcome of any complaint filed by Jadegold. He/she, no doubt, thinks that simply accusing me of wrong-doing is enough to damage my professional reputation. Like most liberals, it is not the facts of the situation that matter to Jadegold, but rather the seriousness of the charge he has concocted.
With that, I now return you to our normal posting schedule.
Update:
For those of you not in the know, Jadegold is something of a famous troll on the internet and has been banned from untold numbers of sites before this one. I’m a bit more lenient when it comes to banning people than most, but there’s only so much even I can take.
Update:
After reading at the above link it has come to my attention, from reading at the link in the above update, that Jadegold has also gone by the name Mac Diva, a troll that has harrassed me since my days posting at Blog Critics.
She has, on occassion, claimed to be a lawyer, a teacher, a college professor, a soldier and pretty much anything else that is convenient to whatever argument he or she is making at the time.
At one point she even made a big stink about Say Anything guest poster Seth Yantiss being a racist (a totally unfounded allegation) here on this blog under the name Mac Diva.
In short, this person is one of the most dishonest (and truly deranged) people I’ve ever come across.

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  • http://sayanythingblog.com/ likwidshoe

    It doesn’t take you long to prove my point richard.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/ likwidshoe

    I do understand the JG issue but where does it stop likwad is an ass to everybody that has a differing opinion.

    Completely. Over. Your head.

    Maybe I’m just an ass to asses. ;-)

  • richard

    Typical likwad response.

  • http://king-of-fools.com/ King of Fools

    I don’t think the site is losing much. Jade was best known for knowing everything, and whenever he/she was called on the carpet (like today), the immediate response was personal attacks unrelated to the initial argument.

  • Joshua

    I was torn about previous banishments, but this one clearly crossed the line. No doubt I will miss hearing a dissenting voice, but there in no way you can let this forum have a potentially drastic effect on your entire career, even if what you said was very, very vague and pretty much void of details. Better safe than sorry.

    The identity of Jadegold seems to be a fascination to many, myself included. Make sure to keep us up to date Rob.

    We should have a Hall of Fame of banished posters. Jadegold would be a first balloter in my book.

  • h0mi

    you know, I’ve seen people banned from forums for spamming links to tubgirl, but I’ve never seen anyone booted over rebounding idle threats of litigation. Purdy dorky guys.

    I would take it very seriously if someone figured out who my employer was and threatened to contact them based upon disagreements we’ve had in various blogs. I’ve seen this back when USENET wasn’t a desolate wasteland (just simply a flame fest) and it isn’t pretty and such behavior should not be condoned. The threat of such behavior shouldn’t be met with a roll of the eyes; that is a scummy thing to do.

  • http://www.officesmileman.com/ Joe Brooks

    Does this mean I can post here again?

  • Carl B.

    you know, I’ve seen people banned from forums for spamming links to tubgirl, but I’ve never seen anyone booted over rebounding idle threats of litigation. Purdy dorky guys.

  • http://conservativeprincess.blogspot.com/ E.M.Zanotti

    Oh, good. That means that I can post here again. Whew.

    Hey, as for the allegations, if you actually do need a lawyer, you know who to call…

    And you may not have a case for libel, but defamation, maybe.

  • Aaron

    I’ll repeat my comment:

    Half of me screams “YES!!!!”

    The other half “NO!!!!”

  • http://blog.xtremeramblings.us/ Brandon

    Jadegold was the one who decided to attack me professionally.

    Quite the dick move on Jade’s part. And I also echo Aaron’s sentiments as well.

    He offered little by way of substance. But it was fun to push his/her buttons to see what kind of delusional reaction I could get.

  • richard

    That is two now…..

    Up front I would like to say that I am patently against banning period however, I do understand the JG issue but where does it stop likwad is an ass to everybody that has a differing opinion. Rob if banning is going to be used on your blog I would like to suggest some guidelines up front that explain why you would ban somebody.

  • LoadTheMule

    Gee, 12 responses and none of them from Jadegold. How do you spell relief?

    Actually, like Aaron, I’ve mixed feelings about this. However, it’s Rob’s blog and he does have a point about not supporting (with bandwitdth) someone who attacks him professionally.

    I’ll miss pimping JG, but there’re always new trolls to play with.

    Regards…

  • http://slarrow.blogspot.com/ slarrow

    Pardon me for wanting to sing, “ding dong, the witch is dead….”

    Good for you, Rob. First, there are a number of rules of netiquette JG long ignored that you let slide. But, to paraphrase the Vegas tourist commission, what happens on the Web stays on the Web. I’m wary enough about people breaking this rule (which is why I go by “slarrow”); heck, I even disagree with Jeff Johnson on the etiquette of pressing a libel case, even as I enjoy the smackdown he administered to JadeGold. But threatening to crusade against your livelihood because of a spurious claim of breach of confidentiality (in which he has no standing, being neither a client nor a subject of your profession) seems to me an automatic ejection.

    I’ve long wondered how you had the patience to let JadeGold hang around so long. JG’s presence tended to distort your threads; instead of the comments being about the topics, sooner or later they all became about him against all the ignorant/stupid/dishonest people (i.e., everyone else.) It’s a bit of a shame because JG apparently has a decent mind. But decent minds abound on the Web without having to descend into personal viciousness every single time. Now that he’s gone, perhaps I can comment more with no fear of getting railroaded by a troll.

    There’s always that loudmouthed guy at the bar who knows everything about everything and won’t stop until everyone acknowledges that they are stupid and dishonest and that his package is bigger than theirs. It’s always a relief when the guy gets tossed out of the joint. Thanks, Rob!

  • LoadTheMule

    A final word, Rob.

    One reason I visit (and often post) here daily is I find your choice of articles to be broad-based and varied enough to pique my interest. I also like the mix of political opinions among the regulars who post comments.

    The one good thing about JG’s passing is people will be able to stay more on subject now. That’s a plus and I looked forward to more spirited (yet courteous) debate of the issues.

    Thanks for your blog.

    Regards…

  • http://www.officesmileman.com/ Joe Brooks

    Since we are sharing the reasons we come to SayAnythingBlog.com I would like to point out the specific friday-themed posts.

    *grin*

  • http://king-of-fools.com/ King of Fools

    Yea, I see it too. (A mini Billy Idol wanna be with an 80′s spike cut with frosted ends, and the first is wearing a biking glove sans fingers.)

    Downright embarassing!

  • http://cannonballrants.blogspot.com/ Mr. Bowen

    Y’know, part of me is sad to see that lunatic out of here. Jadetroll was almost as much of an argument for Conservatism as Rob, Likwid, or Aaron.

    On the other hand, deep down inside me, there’s a little kid doing a happy dance whilst pumping his fist in the air.

  • Seth Williams

    Damn, that was really a lousy thing for JG to do.

    On the upside I get to picture Mr. Bowen doing his Billy Idol impression. The man has no shame! ;)

  • Aaron

    On the other hand, deep down inside me, there’s a little kid doing a happy dance whilst pumping his fist in the air.

    Hehehehe… funny mental image developing…

  • Carrick

    Rob: All I can say is it’s about time. JG has added little to this blog from the get-go, and had to resort to threatening other peoples livilhoods when backed into a corner.

    JG was so over the top, she even made the other trolls look good.

    Carl “WHOOSH” B: you really need to think a bit before you post. All your snide little comments demonstrate is that you have no grasp of the facts or what was even being discussed, as in “WHOOSH” over your head.

  • Marty

    Long. Time. Coming.

    Flame-wars are great for traffic, but after watching a dozen or so (and joining in a couple myself), JG’s tired old schtick wore thin. It became obvious that he/she didn’t have any real convictions and was purely contrarian for its own sake.

    Good riddance.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    Well, if you go back and read the comments of the above linked post, Carl, you’ll see that I never threatened anybody with litigation. I offered to provide Jeff Johnson with Jadegold’s email and IP information should he wish to pursue libel proceedings, but I explicity offered no opinion as to whether or not such proceedings had merit.

    Jadegold was the one who decided to attack me professionally.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    I won’t need a laywer. I’m not going to pursue anything like that. But thanks for the offer.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    Hey, thanks guys.

    I try.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    Hmm…I do have a link to a commenting policy that certainly encompassed this situation, but I see now that it must have gotten deleted during some database problems I had a while back. I’m going to have to update that.

    There have only ever been two bans here, Richard. And I certainly don’t ban people based on whether or not they’re mean to people. My first ban, Gary Gunnels/Hus, was done because his comment frequency was drowning everybody else out. On some posts he would comment seven, eight…even nine times in a row. Plus he was tedious, going on and on about stupid things and wasting everybody’s time. I’ll grant you that his ban is debatable, but you can’t accuse me of banning people based on their beliefs. There are plenty of people here who still disagree with my point of view.

    As for Jadegold, I think everyone understands that threatening somebody’s professional career is way, way over the line.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    I have mixed feelings about it too. I don’t like banning people, but this was over the line.

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