I'm a long time follower, having been a fan of Tracy's and getting to know your writing at UncoverDC. I would have been a paying supporter if you hadn't restricted me for no reason.
I was one of your first Telegram channel members. I rarely comment but when I do I follow your guidelines, never posting an emoji or less than 4 words, and always being respectful. Though I don't agree with everything you write, I've never commented on something I disagree with, as it's YOUR channel and content. After one of your rants on Saul, followed by an endorsement of his brother, I asked [something like] "how can you continue to endorse the brother?" I got a reply from someone [similar to] "they're different people" and I wrote [something like] "but he told us himself that he once trusted Saul, and it took this long for him to realize his mistake, so how do we know his judgement of the brother is better?"
You posted as you were converting your books to ebooks and making the mistake of selling PDFs. As a 30+ year owner of a publishing company, I wanted to give you some shortcuts on that and advise against what you learned soon after the hard way, but .... I had lost the right to comment. Seemed heavy handed but, it's your channel, so ok.
Then, a few days later, I lost the right to view ANY comments on your channel at all. The only content I'm permitted to even SEE is your Lordship's. This is an interesting decision on your part, as I would most definitely have been a paying subscriber here on Substack, as well as other places. I would have continued to refer you and increase awareness of your writing as I had done up to that point. But ... I can't even see comments on your book sales and subscription promotion posts. So ok, I won't buy them either.
And I know that you won't care that I've taken the time to subscribe here and share this with you. I've many times seen you insult your followers and call them all idiots because some small number said crazy JFK stuff or argued with you about Ashli Babbitt, even though the thousands receiving the scolding were NOT the crazy JFK posters. I guess you've figured out how to cut off the people who actually like and promote you and would have paid for your content and still make a great living.
You realize you're talking to somebody who worked with and promoted Saul for almost 3 years before realizing he'd been had? But your criticism of me is that I must not have checked out his brother before endorsing him. Well I did. I told you that. He was the one who pointed to me most of the documentary evidence that Saul's stories about his past are not true. I will ask someone to drop a subject. If they don't, I end the conversation. Permanently. I do not apologize for that.
I never criticized you. I asked a question. I never implied that you didn't check out his brother before endorsing him. You never asked me to drop a subject; you never engaged with me. One person responded and when I asked for clarification I was blocked. I know you don't apologize, I've followed you for quite some time.
... and you're really really really missing the point. I was a pretty big fan. I was always respectful. I never argued. I would have been a paying supporter but you blocked me for asking one question.
As someone in their 60’s who has owned and operated two successful businesses, I have a complete understanding of your comments. Your comments come from a place of knowledge (having also been in business). It would serve those that are just starting out in business world to pay attention to those that have been successful. There are right ways and wrong ways of going about doing things. Smart people listen and learn. They don’t block.
Great work Brian
Keep up the great work, Brian! Looking forward to the new Epoch Times column...
Brain:
I'm a long time follower, having been a fan of Tracy's and getting to know your writing at UncoverDC. I would have been a paying supporter if you hadn't restricted me for no reason.
I was one of your first Telegram channel members. I rarely comment but when I do I follow your guidelines, never posting an emoji or less than 4 words, and always being respectful. Though I don't agree with everything you write, I've never commented on something I disagree with, as it's YOUR channel and content. After one of your rants on Saul, followed by an endorsement of his brother, I asked [something like] "how can you continue to endorse the brother?" I got a reply from someone [similar to] "they're different people" and I wrote [something like] "but he told us himself that he once trusted Saul, and it took this long for him to realize his mistake, so how do we know his judgement of the brother is better?"
You posted as you were converting your books to ebooks and making the mistake of selling PDFs. As a 30+ year owner of a publishing company, I wanted to give you some shortcuts on that and advise against what you learned soon after the hard way, but .... I had lost the right to comment. Seemed heavy handed but, it's your channel, so ok.
Then, a few days later, I lost the right to view ANY comments on your channel at all. The only content I'm permitted to even SEE is your Lordship's. This is an interesting decision on your part, as I would most definitely have been a paying subscriber here on Substack, as well as other places. I would have continued to refer you and increase awareness of your writing as I had done up to that point. But ... I can't even see comments on your book sales and subscription promotion posts. So ok, I won't buy them either.
And I know that you won't care that I've taken the time to subscribe here and share this with you. I've many times seen you insult your followers and call them all idiots because some small number said crazy JFK stuff or argued with you about Ashli Babbitt, even though the thousands receiving the scolding were NOT the crazy JFK posters. I guess you've figured out how to cut off the people who actually like and promote you and would have paid for your content and still make a great living.
Can't wait to learn more about that.
You realize you're talking to somebody who worked with and promoted Saul for almost 3 years before realizing he'd been had? But your criticism of me is that I must not have checked out his brother before endorsing him. Well I did. I told you that. He was the one who pointed to me most of the documentary evidence that Saul's stories about his past are not true. I will ask someone to drop a subject. If they don't, I end the conversation. Permanently. I do not apologize for that.
I never criticized you. I asked a question. I never implied that you didn't check out his brother before endorsing him. You never asked me to drop a subject; you never engaged with me. One person responded and when I asked for clarification I was blocked. I know you don't apologize, I've followed you for quite some time.
... and you're really really really missing the point. I was a pretty big fan. I was always respectful. I never argued. I would have been a paying supporter but you blocked me for asking one question.
As someone in their 60’s who has owned and operated two successful businesses, I have a complete understanding of your comments. Your comments come from a place of knowledge (having also been in business). It would serve those that are just starting out in business world to pay attention to those that have been successful. There are right ways and wrong ways of going about doing things. Smart people listen and learn. They don’t block.