Reply #66: Perhaps if she hadn't tried to burn so many "at the stake"

[salin]

she wouldn't be subject to such treatment. From what I have watched over the past year and a half - she has cost several DUers a HUGE amount of money, impeded at least one in earning a living for a period of time (by tying up resources and time before turning around and directly threatening even more financial damage), and has - due to her increasingly growing soapbox - discredited some very credible researchers and actors on the issue.

WHile I knew the background to be skeptical (per past distasteful enterpreneurial endeavor) - I was supportive of the effort, even participating in some of the initial research ... dig for info threads. Then there was the blow up and ugly discrediting of the work of David Dill... and relatively minor speaking of what was to come (sorry bev supporters... internet anonymous person with no background, vs stanford researcher with technical background expertise... credibility always fell towards the latter) in terms of virulent accusations and sometimes actions that cost folks serious $$$ (more than just some donations here and there).

For all the effort you make of attacking DUers who now speak out against bev - esp those of us, out of respect for the movement who stayed silent for months and months while having serious concerns that her behavior would harm the overall movement - you seem to seriously minimize the damage she caused to some individuals not to mention the damage done to the cause. If you stop minimizing - then others, like myself, will stop speaking up to point out the seriousness of the situation which belies that there is just a knee jerk anti-bev jealousy thing going on because she is "at the top of the heap."