There are some crimes that are so heinous that the moment
somebody is accused of them, regardless of the circumstances, most other people
will bolt from them as if they've been diagnosed with the plague. Few will even
suggest the possibility that the accused might be innocent, even if the
evidence says that they are, because they are afraid of being contaminated by
the scourge of the accusation. The worst of these crimes is probably paedophilia,
which is why Miles Johnston's detractors chose it, see:
https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2018/03/bases-open-lines-march-2018.html.
Just one notch up from that is racism and its associated bigotry. This has been
used to smear me before, see the background links; but never so badly as it has
this week. Somebody posting from an account called "Jay Deavin" wrote
anti-Semitic and homophobic abuse against Peter Robbins on the Facebook post
for my article
Peter Robbins on The
Fenton Files:
https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2018/10/peter-robbins-on-fenton-files.html.
It was more than two days before I knew the comment was there. I was not online
much because I was busy with other things and by the time I got to log in, it
had scrolled over the horizon of my Facebook feed, like so much inevitably does
for almost all Facebook users. A few people saw it and did not alert me because
they wanted it to be there for as long as possible for the purpose of their
attack against me. I know this because somebody who wrote to me after it went
public and let it slip that they had screen-captured the comment soon after it
had been made. Why didn't they warn me then? When somebody else did tell me,
naturally I deleted the comment and blocked the account immediately. I posted
the above tableau on Facebook and in all the comments boxes of the post. I
don't know what the trolls are saying about me because I have them all blocked
of course; but my best guess, based on people's responses, is that they are
trying to convince as many people as possible that I wrote that comment
myself. A number of people have
unfriended or blocked me. I don't know exactly how many. Four at least that I'm
aware of and probably others I have not noticed yet. These people have disowned
me without a second thought. They have immediately believed the word of the
trolls as Gospel and not asked to hear my side of the story. I'm terrified by
the prospect that these people could actually be called up for jury service! It's
a sad fact, but the trolls know that they swim in a sea in which weakness and
indifference are a bottomless trench, and they are diving deep to suck up every
drop they can. I'm pleased to say that at the same time, many other people posted
comments and sent me messages of support. I'm extremely grateful for that. This
is without a doubt the worst troll attack I've heard of since the troll crisis
began two and a half years ago.
Peter Robbins himself refers to the incident in this radio
show:
https://paranormalukradio.podbean.com/e/inside-the-outer-limits-ufologist-peter-robbins/.
Somebody wrote to me and suggested I apologize to Peter personally. Actually Peter is Jewish, but he has not seen the comment
himself; he can't have because I've blocked him too. My timeline visibility is
strictly friends-only. This was not something I wanted to do. I was originally
having a rational and civilized private debate with him on Skype about Larry
Warren, but then I saw he had unfriended me. I wrote to him and asked why, and
he didn't reply. I always block people who do that. My statements against Peter
have always been ones based on evidence and logic, for example see:
http://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-larry-warren-controversy-part-16.html.
Despite our differences, I would never initiate a personal attack against Peter
Robbins, especially with such a low punch as anti-Semitism. Like most people, I
have thousands of accounts on my friends list and most of them are people I
have never met or spoken to face-to-face. It's inevitable that some of those
accounts will be bots, sock-puppets, clones or spies for the trolls. I can
always delete every account I'm not sure of, but that will mean casting off
thousands of innocent people as collateral damage. That's not fair. "Jay
Deavin" was one of these. I have been contacted by two people who have had
dealings with this account and, based on what they've told me, I am about fifty
percent sure that this account is a front for the anti-Larry Warren trolls, and
I think I can guess which member. I can't prove this, but there's an even
chance I'd say. This would make the anti-Semitic and homophobic assault on
Peter Robbins a false-flag operation, a mini-9/11. Do you really think they
wouldn't stoop to that level? Also, as somebody with the average number of
Facebook friends, I cannot police all their activity unless I give up work and
sleep to monitor my feed twenty-four-seven. This situation means that I cannot
guarantee that this will not happen again. All I can do is what I have just done;
delete and block as soon as possible. If that's not enough for some people,
then there's nothing more I can do except say goodbye.
