TDFU: Bitch Ass Man Of The Day

By jen

I would like everyone to take a look at the new copyright thingie policy on the sidebar.  It seems that I was not specific enough before.  I said, “Take what you want but link back, please.”  Easy enough, no?  At what point does that mean steal my shit completely to post to your insignificant little blog along with shit you probably ripped off from someone else?  Where does it say create a fucking category that says, “Rants by Jen” like I fucking work for you?  It doesn’t and shouldn’t be inferred but apparently it can be and has been by Mr Whitman who took my shit wholesale and posted it as my gracious contribution to his blog.  More about that in a second.  First I want the new policy clearly defined just to avoid these little misunderstandings.  Consider this like putting a label on that fucking resin pack in a shoe box that says “Do not eat” because there are people fucking stupid enough to think every pair of shoes comes with a snack.

“All this shit is mine. You want to take something, go ahead, but link back, please and do not take the whole fucking article and my fucking picture and create a fucking category called “Rants by Jen”, ok? I am all about fair use and sharing my wisdom, but shamelessly ripping my shit off wholesale and then acting like you are doing me a favor is a bitch ass move. Copyright Demurejen © 2008 until the end of fucking time, bitches”

I think that is pretty fucking clear now.  Any questions?  If so please post them in comments and let me know so I can clarify further as needed.  Now, on to Mr. Whitman.

This all started a few days ago in comments.  A trackback and then a comment asking to repost my shit.  Link here… Problem?  Mr. Whitman said I “graciously” agreed and re-published my shit before he actually ASKED me if he could.  That was bad enough.  I have asked him to remove my picture from the blog and have had no response.  He did abbreviate the post and link back to me after our first interaction but the picture still remains.  What still remains  is presented as though I write FOR HIM.  I write for me!  I write only here at Demure Thoughts unless I am asked to guestblog somewhere else and I haven’t done that in years.

To further make this an issue apparently he is removing the comment I posted about the way the article is representing me as doing this for his blog AND he is taking editorial liberties with the comments of folks who have called him on it.  He turned Alice_H’s comment into something hideous and well, he is a bitch.   Best part?  He is trying to make this seem like he is doing it all in a altruistic effort to promote my blog?  Fuck you.  The only thing saving his ass from an all out assault right now is that he doesn’t have any ads on this blog and doesn’t stand to make a cent off my work.

Stupid thing is, Mr. Whitman, I really didn’t mind you posting a large chunk of my shit on your blog.   What I mind is the disingenuous way you have represented me and my fucking intellectual property.   You aren’t funny, you aren’t smart, you probably aren’t even this Hog Whitman person you claim to be, what you are is a bitch and the biggest bitch move of all was the fucking editing of folks comments and the outright removal  of mine mentioning concerns that I was being represented as writing for your blog.

Thing is, Firefox is a pesky little bitch and once it has a session it just doesn’t want to let it go, so I have the goddamn comments and then I have the “edited” version your readers see… well actually MY READERS since you have a big whopping three posts and a third of those are MINE.  In fact the only fucking comments on your blog are comments on MY UNWILLING contribution.

Why oh why must people be bitches?  I was nice, because I am fucking nice!  I didn’t email right off and say, FUCK YOU TAKE IT DOWN YOU BASTARD!  I said, you could have waited for a “yes” before you fucking posted it.  To which his comment was an “oops my bad” and an edit to the intro followed by a “well your policy said i could take it” and you took my fucking picture!  I have asked you repeatedly to take that down.  You are representing to anyone landing on that site that I write the content.

See, this is why it doesn’t pay to be nice with people.  This is why bloggers get totally fucking territorial with their shit.  It is bad enough we have to deal with people fucking linking our shit to sites who’s soul purpose is google ads and keyword bullshit but to have to deal with this is just fucking absurd.

Mr. Whitman, if my sort of humor is what you were really trying to aggregate as you explain in your comments and email then you have totally fucked that up.   It is also not an original idea in the first place.  There are a few folks out there doing their Around the Moronosphere posts that do much of the same thing.  Round up the funnies with the serious and share with respect.  What you did was a bitch ass move and then to whine and run at the fucking mouth after you are caught with snark that it is MY FAULT you stole make me think you voted for Obama.  Funny you chose to lift a post which ends with me asked, “Where are all the fucking adults?” because stealing is amateur then pointing the finger at someone else when you are caught is the realm of five year olds.

Note:  I have no issue with people moderating comments and removing offensive comments.  I have done it myself as I am sure many other bloggers have.  That said, I do not edit comments made on my blog without leaving the original content in strike out and frankly I think I have done that once or twice.  I do not selectively edit comments to tell a story, fucker.  I will however turn comment moderation on if I need to in case you decide to make another bitch ass move and start slamming my site like a troll.