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I am decidedly not nice when you come after my family as well. This reads like gossip, what is your personal beef?

PavlovsCat 8y ago
That's not "not being nice". "Not being nice" is something like saying "hmm, hi" rather than "Hey, so great to see you! You look fantastic!!" Being a thief is being a thief, being a liar is being a liar, and so on, that such things are "not nice" is a bonus, it doesn't replace what they actually are. And unflattering truths isn't "coming after" anyone, either. > Over lunch, Smith recounted a campaign of surveillance and dirty tricks Feld had unleashed on her in the wake of her 1990 magazine piece in the now-defunct Regardie's magazine. Feld, he said, had hired people to manipulate her whole life over the past eight years. Feld had spent a lot of money on it, he said. He may have even tried to destroy her marriage. In fact, Pottker would eventually learn of a massive dirty tricks operation, involving former CIA officials and operatives, that would target Ringling enemies such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and other groups, not just Pottker. [..] > The final paragraph of George's affidavit was a stunner, too. It suggested Feld had set up a special unit, much like the Watergate "plumbers," to destroy anyone who threatened the image of the circus as wholesome fun for the whole family, not to mention a conscientious custodian of animals and circus children. It was headed by one Richard Froemming, one of Feld's executive vice presidents, George swore. His main target was People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), and similar groups that had annoyed Feld with charges that the Ringling Bros.' elephants were badly cared for. If someone does that kind of stuff, and their family doesn't "come after them" for it, it dissed itself harder, and more long-lastingly, than any author or journalist could.

That's not "not being nice". "Not being nice" is something like saying "hmm, hi" rather than "Hey, so great to see you! You look fantastic!!" Being a thief is being a thief, being a liar is being a liar, and so on, that such things are "not nice" is a bonus, it doesn't replace what they actually are. And unflattering truths isn't "coming after" anyone, either. > Over lunch, Smith recounted a campaign of surveillance and dirty tricks Feld had unleashed on her in the wake of her 1990 magazine piece in the now-defunct Regardie's magazine. Feld, he said, had hired people to manipulate her whole life over the past eight years. Feld had spent a lot of money on it, he said. He may have even tried to destroy her marriage. In fact, Pottker would eventually learn of a massive dirty tricks operation, involving former CIA officials and operatives, that would target Ringling enemies such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and other groups, not just Pottker. [..] > The final paragraph of George's affidavit was a stunner, too. It suggested Feld had set up a special unit, much like the Watergate "plumbers," to destroy anyone who threatened the image of the circus as wholesome fun for the whole family, not to mention a conscientious custodian of animals and circus children. It was headed by one Richard Froemming, one of Feld's executive vice presidents, George swore. His main target was People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), and similar groups that had annoyed Feld with charges that the Ringling Bros.' elephants were badly cared for. If someone does that kind of stuff, and their family doesn't "come after them" for it, it dissed itself harder, and more long-lastingly, than any author or journalist could.