respects and honor.

baba, what you say is 100% truth. my problem is that too many times, selassielive has tried to edify my thoughts. Too many times, selassielive has agreed with and concurred with criticism against EVERYONE but himself. The case and point is when he had the audacity to state that insightful posters no longer post. Yet everyone of the insightful posters that I can recall ALL had squabbles with him.

The point is that too long has ones coddled and appeased him instead of discouraging him when he steps out of line or should be looking in the mirror.

Too many times has he attacked me citing "I am so worried about writing a long post" and comments of that sort. Basically, I have come to the conclusion that his input poisons and clouds and distracts my seekings. Now I know of course that this is a public international forum, but trolling is just flat out obsessive and childish.

When I want to learn something from someone, I ask (just like I have asked for your sights/wisdom)...instead of posing a challenge.

What I will no longer tolerate is neutralized or pacified "both you two stop it" kind of speak.

All I ask is that anyone address what they feel are my shortcomings to me AND address someone else's shortcomings to them as well. THAT is the reason why there is still animosity, because everyone is so worried about peace in lieu of truth reconciliation which does NOT result in peace...pacification is NOT peace.

So me just shutting up and allowing this character to continue trying to act like someone he is not, is pacification in my mind.

I am NOT the first to call him a distractor
I am NOT the first to call him a distorter
I am NOT the first to question his "honesty in reasoning"
I am not the first to have serious bickering and squabbles with him

And I am sure that I will not be the last.

THERE IS A PROBLEM HERE...and the common denominator is selassielive.

Where are all of the Admins and Moderators such as Ayinde, Bantu-Kelani, Leslie, Ayanna, etc and Afrikan truthseekers such as Eja, ALL of whom have had squabbles with him...and it is surprising that here someone else is having a tiff. Are our memories that bad or have we selectively forgotten and are denying what this person has been about???

In all due respect, I sense that your closeness/friendship with him may bias your approach to the situation. And that goes for many on this forum. Ones have put emotion and social ranking (friendship) over Truth. I am not here to gain friendships and companionship or popularity. I am here to express and share and grasp more Truth. I am here to dare and explore deeper suspected notions of my relative truths to see if they connect to my otherselves. I am NOT here to play it safe and appease my ego and comfort levels. I am here to liberate my OWN blackness/self from the shackles of indoctrinated and religious and suppressive limitations. All I ask is for ones to join me...help me...guide me...follow me...encourage me...strengthen me so that it can be reciprocated and we share the ladder higher and higher towards common/absolute truth.

If this is about being buddies, I can just go chitchat with pals over some cold brews or go yak it up at the corner barbershop. But I seek more...I seek a communion of heart and mind from my Diasporan and Continental relatives.

So let me know Baba if I am out of place and this is NOT about truth reasoning but about romanticizing and philosophising and I will act accordingly.

If I have to give you more support for my views, I will definitely search the archives to show you why I want this character to stop distracting me.

Do I really have to pull up archives???

just for this cat to say I am slandering him...SLANDERING HIM?!?! with his own words?!?!

just for this liar to say that "we all have made mistakes and have grown from them"...BS...he has NOT grown from them. That is the problem. It is repetitive.

I have no problem with his "reasonings" with others. You and Rosalind and Ras Heru have shown great affection for him...and that is wonderful to see. But it does not apply to me. And I feel that because his "pals" have not confronted him, he has no motivation to stop his antics.

I asked for natural proof on hierarchies, and I get chickens that peck each other before eating...OH PLEASE!!!

Why not tell me that steam is of higher rank than ice because steam rises, for petes sake.

Am I not allowed to ASK to be left alone or must I just tolerate unwanted input?

For far too long, selassielive has been a traffic cop (a stop sign) in my journey...a crab in the bucket...just because HE cannot and will not venture off of his own comfort levels.