Lee Stranahan, the weaklink in a chain of awfulness

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Matt Osborne <osborneink@gmail.com> wrote:
Matt Osborne osborneink@gmail.com
Sep 11

to Imani
Imani,

When we were friends, you used to say the word "ratfucker" freely. Then I found an actual rat fuck. I have been in hot pursuit of rat fucks ever since, and always with uncanny pushback from your quarter. What gives?

There's been a weird rhythm to this Summer. I would start prepping a post about the National Bloggers Club or The Trenches.us or Jason Taylor or Brandon Darby or Lee Stranahan or what not, and Matt would call me out of the blue to report that you were trying to figure out what I was writing and stop me from doing it. For a while, I thought this was about Heather.

On July 23 I told you that Heather Chase was not a person of interest to me. Insofar as I am still curious about her, it is to know why she (1) completely ignored specific and simple instructions for a quick surveillance of the Otterbury Drive address (2) compounded the error by making direct contact with the residents, which she was not supposed to do (3) failed to find basic information about Taylor that I found in minutes.

Is it just that I was the only person taking the threat seriously?

When Taylor finally realized he was frozen out of #stoprush, Matt thought he was gone forever. So did Milt. So did everyone else except me. When he reemerged in The Trenches, I was the only one prepared to deal with it. You...well, I may never understand why you threw him under the bus. Was it just a convenient one, or was that the specific bus you wanted him under? I am curious, because I was under there with him. So were a lot of people.

Having fought back, and seeking to advance upon the enemy, I found old friends unfollowing me. I paid no mind to anyone's drama, I just focused on what I was doing. When Jessica decided to make public accusations, they somehow wound up hitting me. I thought it would die down, but in the last week as I've been (1) working with some other bloggers to break a big story on the National Bloggers Club (2) pressuring Lee Stranahan, the weaklink in a chain of awfulness, this shitstorm has rained harder than ever.

And it's raining on me. It always does. I would like it to just disappear from my timeline so I can go back to work, please.


imani gandy
Sep 11 (7 days ago)

to me
I swear to God that I don't care about this conspiracy nonsense. I don't care and I don't have time for it.  You are wasting your time and your talent on bullshit and it's really depressing to watch.