Eagle Organizing Criticism
Eagle Organizing Criticism
Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:09 PM
From: “Laura Gentle Guerry”
To: “Todd Vierling” , “Xanna Dont”
Todd and Xanna,
I received the below e-mail today. I ask that you please read it and respond to my comments to both of you below.
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From: Anonymous Remailer (austria)
Date: Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Subject: The Eagle
To: dictatorlaura@gmail.com
Dear Laura,
You don’t know me, but I now know of you. I’ve heard you are manipulating innocent people in the community, abusing the trust of the Eagle owners, and victimizing people in the gay and lesbian community who do not know better to see through your actions. People like you are vile and destructive. You are a fraud and your actions by organizing this last protest, refusing to include the rightful community organizers who are so critical of you, demonstrate this. To suddenly jump on board for a cause clearly shows your intentions for the future will be to tarnish and destroy the respectable gay and lesbian image Midtown citizens have spent years building.
You need to stop before you do any further damage to our community. I agree with the good citizens who criticize your actions and I will stand by them in demanding you step away from the Eagle and the Midtown community. No on has ever heard of you before this, and no one will hear of you again if you don’t cease your detrimental, offensive and hate-filled agenda.
*My Full Address & Apartment #
Do you want people knowing where you live.
*My cell #
Or calling you endlessly.
*My work name, job and job title
Or showing up at your job, waiting for you.
*The Marta station I use for transportation (I do not own a car so I use Marta often)
Or waiting for you to get off work.
Anonymous (but watching.)
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This is hopefully a very misguided attempt to shake me up, and it has considering it contained personal information that is not all easily available knowledge for the general public. I’m writing to the both of you because the very harsh criticism you have both been making public on forums and Facebook. You have every right to criticize my actions and involvement, given I am involved in organizing that has put my name out there. I am deeply concerned about the misinformation that I am being criticized for, and the overtly hostile image it has created for me on this online sites. Much of the criticism you’ve both made and truly misunderstandings, and I could very easily sit down with you both and address specifics.
To the random community member who reads these constant and very harsh criticisms, it would appear I’m a character that I can assure you I am not. I am honest in my intentions of simply trying to help & the majority of people involved in this movement seem to recognize that. I can only be true to my heart and let my actions for justice (for everyone in our community) speak for me. The most productive thing we can do is encourage people to put Eagle Atlanta staff and patrons back in the focus and cease putting energy into fostering counter-productive divisions.
I am asking both of you, since you are both at the helm of much of this criticism, to please meet with me and discuss these concerns and to cease voicing your criticism so openly and harshly on these online forums where context is lost, and confusion about what’s really going on is high. I mean this in all sincerity. Please let me know your thoughts.
Peace,
Laura