>Rather than spend time finding out what really happened, people are
>likely to reject both the abuser and the victim. This greatly
>strengthens the attacker and weakens the larger group. This happened
>in early 2004, when Mitchel Cohen called for Nancy Oden to be thrown
>off the CC, illegally removed from the GNC, banned from listerves
>and then Mitchel Cohen called for those who disagreed with him to be
>expelled from GPUSA.
>
>He then started carrying out the plan to get rid of those
>disagreeing with him by stealing GPUSA's Strategy listserve,
>expelling from the list those he labeled "enemies," as well as
>expelling from ACTIONGREENS and NOSPRAY listserves (which he
>controls) those who disagree with him. As this was happening, the
>Mitchel Cohen group was busily accusing GPUSA's leadership of trying
>to get rid of him.
>
>The outside observer is likely to say "I don't want anything to do
>with any of those people," rather than taking the time to find out
>that the majority repeatedly asked Mitchel Cohen to change his
>behavior, pleaded for an end to his abuse of others, and voted to
>censure rather than expel him.
Man, you people make it really hard to take the Green Parties seriously.
Doug