[sudo-discuss] Timon

[Matthew Senate]

I have been afraid. I don't often feel fear, or let myself get carried by
that fear, but in this circumstance it has taken over me periodically for
months now.

I was afraid of Timon. I was afraid of his physical and psychological
intimidation. I have been targeted, among others, by him, and this has made
sudo room an unsafe space whenever he is present.

But I'm no longer afraid. I no longer will allow this abuse to continue.

Timon *asked *that I send a written message, so I sent an email to him and
our landlords that indeed, Timon has no right (legal or otherwise) to sudo
room, the public school, or the common space of 2141 Broadway. This is
unequivocally true.

However, the more important matter is that I sent this message because I,
among others, have been habitually harassed and targeted by Timon.

This harassment ends now. We provide a space that is safe for everyone to
be fully expressed, where safe space and mutual respect is prioritized far
over ideology. There is no argument to be had; your fellow members are
begging for help, to hold fast and expect the most minimal of standards for
behavior for anyone who enters our space.

Please help end this abuser's targeting of myself and other sudoers.

I know I will be present on Wednesday in full confidence and unencumbered
by my previous fear. I have overcome this fear through support of the
friends and community that truly makes sudo room an amazing place. Please
join me if you have shed this fear too.

Together we will resist this and future patterns of abuse.

// Matt
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