I'm currently being inundated by lies, largely from Brandon Farley of Optics Media (@FarleyFilms), who claims to report the truth. Also provides material for Andy Ngo. I have a lot of shit to deal with right now, but I'm going to address what I can because I want this on record.
@FarleyFilms First, misconceptions about "Antifa" and me: I describe myself as a leftist, antifascist. I'm not part of, was never "recruited" by any organized group—not what these folks think of as "Antifa," not by the DNC, not by anyone. I live in Portland. I think this is important. I care.
@FarleyFilms That's not me denouncing antifascists. I want to push back on this narrative that paints antifascists as a "domestic terror group" of "thugs" who cover their faces to commit crimes—funded by George Soros, of course, who pays us to go to protests. I've still never gotten my check.
@FarleyFilms I showed up at the protest on 6/29 because I saw it being discussed online and was interested. I thought I'd try filming. I did.
I knew no one there. I look back through my footage and see many faces I'm now familiar with.
That day and on 8/17, I wasn't assumed to be "Antifa."
I knew no one there. I look back through my footage and see many faces I'm now familiar with.
That day and on 8/17, I wasn't assumed to be "Antifa."
@FarleyFilms On 6/29 and 8/17, I was in jeans and a plain tank top, no mask, no patches, nothing signaling any affiliation. I saw many covering their faces. I purchased a sport "neck gaiter" to keep with me. Since it was black but didn't have a Punisher skull, well...
@FarleyFilms The way certain videographers went about filming made me uncomfortable. I covered my face in public while filming three times because of their behavior—not to hide my identity but out of a lack of desire to offer myself up as "CONTENT" for their streams. I've seen the comments.
@FarleyFilms As soon as I was seen with a thin piece of black cloth covering the lower part of my face, I was pegged as an "Antifa member." I'm a leftist, antifascist. I'm not a "member" of anything. I don't get memos. I don't make hit lists. I don't have info I'm not giving to the police.
@FarleyFilms I'm not a liberal. I don't like Ted Wheeler or Hillary Clinton. I didn't assault Andy Ngo. I've never assaulted any of these people. I've never even threatened them.
Watching the assumptions that the "anti-antifascist" crowd makes has been fascinating, albeit frustrating.
Watching the assumptions that the "anti-antifascist" crowd makes has been fascinating, albeit frustrating.
@FarleyFilms Now I'm being bombarded with messages about me being a stalker and harasser of women, telling me I target women and intimidate them. Funny thing: it's been the "anti-antifascist" women who've come up and talked to me the most, who've threatened me in person. I see a pattern.
@FarleyFilms The idea I harassed CK Ferrache is just laughable. I made a single joking tweet about her and said she's "not my type." She isn't. I'm not interested in you personally. Same goes for Jean, Katy, Holly Missell, etc.
@FarleyFilms The idea I harassed/stalked a group of women on 11/29, when I went out to film the fare strike and encountered this group instead, is also laughable. Their group included Jean, Katy, Holly, Bob, Brandon Farley, Skylor Jernigan, and David Willis.
But I'm the intimidating one.
But I'm the intimidating one.
@FarleyFilms Katy Weisberg says I'm 2' tall and 100 lbs soaking wet. So why do they claim to be so intimidated by me?
I asked questions. Katy advocated for violence, made specific threats against me and another individual, offered to show me what assault looked like.
I asked questions. Katy advocated for violence, made specific threats against me and another individual, offered to show me what assault looked like.
@FarleyFilms I'm about 5'4". I don't have a scale. Soaking wet, I think I'm a bit over 100lbs.
Here's me looking very threatening, very "Antifa member." These are my everyday clothes. The night at the Melody Center was the last time I covered my face. I was glad I did (see: "Portland Andy").
Here's me looking very threatening, very "Antifa member." These are my everyday clothes. The night at the Melody Center was the last time I covered my face. I was glad I did (see: "Portland Andy").
@FarleyFilms The first time Katy Weisberg saw me she made sure to note how small I am, which is a fact. I'm not bothered by this. They've brought it up many times.
Small, weak, disabled, mentally ill, "retarded," etc., but also a threatening, intimidating criminal, terrorist, stalker, etc.
Small, weak, disabled, mentally ill, "retarded," etc., but also a threatening, intimidating criminal, terrorist, stalker, etc.
They sure seem intimidated by me. I definitely come off as the threatening one.
I didn't call the cops. Jean did, telling them a number of lies about me. Of course I didn't run from the scene, letting her tell them her side without countering those lies.
I didn't call the cops. Jean did, telling them a number of lies about me. Of course I didn't run from the scene, letting her tell them her side without countering those lies.
I haven't filed ANY police reports. The cops who showed up (lots of them to handle this 2' 100lb "twink") took Jean aside, took me aside, asked us what happened. I haven't yet reviewed footage of what she told them. I told and showed them what happened (i.e., the truth).
Yes, I gave the cops their names. No, me knowing their names doesn't constitute "stalking." They've clearly been looking over my Twitter, so I'm not sure why they're so bothered at not knowing my name when it's right in my profile. I'm not hiding. I haven't done anything wrong.
As I've stated many times by now, I'm not a professional anything. I wasn't trained in any of this. I'm learning as I go. On 11/29, I was too persistent in my questioning, but I didn't engage in stalking or harassment. I didn't once respond to their threats or insults in kind.
I'm not interested in these people's personal lives. I AM interested in what I saw spawn from the 6/29 protest: a narrative, quickly picked up and repeated by right-wing pundits and media outlets, about Andy Ngo being nearly killed by milkshakes that contained cement/concrete.
I'm interested in the fact that the only evidence for the presence of anything sinister mixed into these milkshakes appears to be Lt. Rick Stainbrook's statement, based largely on a report he received from an unidentified female who left the scene.
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I did take notice of Jean, though. I documented what she was saying on Twitter and in person (she lies). I didn't even look up her home address, let alone drive by her house in my non-existent car. That's not relevant.
If she gave the report to Lt. Stainbrook, IMO, it's suspect.
If she gave the report to Lt. Stainbrook, IMO, it's suspect.
I took notice of the fact that Jean proclaimed familiarity with "Quikrete"—specifically Quikrete, which is what the unidentified female reported to Lt. Stainbrook on 6/29.
I took notice of the fact that Jean had claimed to be a victim of an "Antifa" attack before. She faked it.
I took notice of the fact that Jean had claimed to be a victim of an "Antifa" attack before. She faked it.
Jean still denies this incident of her bringing white powder and throwing it, then claiming she was attacked by "Antifa," is on video. It is.
She even denies that JPlorable is her other account, aside from LeftRUglyLiars, despite the fact that she's engaged with me on both.
She even denies that JPlorable is her other account, aside from LeftRUglyLiars, despite the fact that she's engaged with me on both.
Calling someone a "documented liar" when you've documented them repeatedly lying isn't an insult. It isn't defamation. If she plans to go to court on Monday, as I'm told, and file charges against me, I can't stop her. I'm not sure why she thinks this is a good idea, though.
I reached out to a source that could have potentially confirmed info on the 6/29 "Quikrete" incident. Didn't hear back. Haven't had the time to file any sort of records requests. Didn't anticipate I'd encounter Jean again so soon. Promised myself when I did, I'd ask my question.
As far as I can tell, there's no ongoing case involving Jean and the 6/29 "Quikrete" incident, so I'm not engaging in any sort of "witness intimidation" by asking her about it. I didn't make any attempt to interfere with her alleged report/case. That's not my intent at all.
I'm not going to avoid pursuing info I think is both important and newsworthy because some of the people involved are women. As I stated to their group on 11/29, the 6/29 Portland protest and the "Quikrete/cement/concrete milkshake" narrative became international news. I care.
I don't buy the idea that they find me personally threatening/intimidating. I've never made any moves to indicate I'd be violent toward them. I've never made any threats. I've never followed them in areas that weren't public. I've conducted myself far more respectfully than them.
While the "anti-antifascists" I've encountered while filming have harassed me endlessly for my appearance, for being trans, for being "mentally ill" and "retarded," etc., told me I deserve death because they've decided I'm a "communist," I haven't responded in kind.
They've repeatedly attempted to stop me from filming them while they were filming me. I have so many clips of hands and clothing covering my camera. I've only done that to any of them once: to Jean, when I put my palm against her phone as she stuck it in my face to photograph me.
On 11/29, Jean told me many times I wasn't allowed to question her, told others not to give me any info on what I was asking about (6/29, "Quikrete," Lt. Rick Stainbrook). She didn't have to answer, but even the cops she called said I was free to film and ask. So I did.
Joey Gibson, leader of Patriot Prayer, has recently been discussing a strategy of packing the courts with frivolous lawsuits against "leftists," including journalists, in retaliation after he was sued by Cider Riot. See thread:
Jean told me she's taking me to court. Brandon Farley says she's going to court on Monday to file for a restraining order against me as a "stalker." Brandons Brown and Farley are characterizing me as such.
If you want to pursue this, I'm ready. I know I'm not in the wrong here.
If you want to pursue this, I'm ready. I know I'm not in the wrong here.
I'm taking this seriously, but it's also hilarious, absurd. The hypocrisy is incredible: people who venerate cops filing/defend filing false police reports, people who decry "lies" and "violence" from "the left" lie and and threaten/endorse violence, etc.
Wish I was surprised.
Wish I was surprised.
Farley says "now that there's a legitimate police report" (?) Jean "can go to the Multnomah Courthouse on Monday; file for a Stalking/Restraining order." Says I've "been stalking her relentlessly for months" and "she obviously felt unsafe enough to warrant police intervention."
The first tweet I can find of mine about Jean was from October 24:
I made a thread about her on November 7, not for the purpose of "stalking":
The first time I interacted with Jean in person was on October 20 at a Patriot Prayer rally. She claimed me following their march and filming it was "stalking."
I ran into her at the Multnomah County Courthouse on October 25. I had no idea she'd be there.
I didn't know she'd be at the fare strike on November 29, either. I certainly didn't set out to track her down. I've never been alone with her, followed her when she wasn't with a group of other "patriots," or anything of the sort, nor do I have any desire to.
I didn't "target" Jean because I'm "obsessed" with her as a person or because she's a woman, because of her religion (she's claimed to be both Jewish and Christian and thus can be the target of both anti-Semitism and "Christophobia"), because of her age.
For my own archival purposes because I'm feeling tired and lazy and have never tried this before (not proclaiming my own thread to be Great™️ here): @threadreaderapp unroll
In order to classify my contact with her as "stalking," Jean would need to demonstrate that this contact made her "reasonably fear for [her] physical safety or the physical safety of [her] household or family."
Reasonably.
Physical safety.
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Reasonably.
Physical safety.
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Jean would need to show that it's "objectively reasonable for a person in [her] situation to have been alarmed or coerced by [my] contact," that I represent "a credible threat to [her] physical safety" or that of her children.
Objectively reasonable.
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Objectively reasonable.
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Sure is INTERESTING how Jean feels safe with David Willis, Skylor Jernigan, Robert "Bob" West, Brandon Farley, etc., not to mention Katy Weisberg ().
Yet Jean perceives, or claims to perceive (I'm sometimes unsure if she actually believes what she's saying), me as a threat to her physical safety.
Right.
Right.
I don't regret transitioning at all, but it would have been even more hilarious to watch y'all try to pull this shit on a 70-pound girl. The gender dynamics are...INTERESTING.
