Petition Concerning ConCarolinas, John Ringo, and Dis-invitation

To summarize the situation John Ringo was dis-invited from Con-Carolina after completely false accusations about him were made. These accusations were never substatiated prior to the invitation being rescinded. David Weber has weighed in on Facebook and other places backing up the fact that his long-time friend is innocent of the accusations as well. Mr. Weber has also started an online petition on the subject. I’ve copied the text of that petition below as well as a link to it so you can sign as well.

Here’s the link…

https://www.change.org/p/concarolinas-ensure-freedom-of-speech-assembly-at-concarolinas

The following is the text of the petition. These are not my words but I have signed the petition and agree with them…

Ensure Freedom of Speech & Assembly at ConCarolinas

We’re here to support Jada Hope and Luis Diza’s stance on the demands to disinvite guests at ConCarolinas based on unfounded and unproven stories posted by Internet pressure groups.

Our goal is to obtain as many signatures as possible as a way of demonstrating who is truly in favor of diversity by raising our voices. We’d like to count them in the hundreds, but we’d really rather count them by the thousand.

This is not a petition to support inviting guests who the con committee believes would be problems for the con or who do not seem, to the con committee, to be a “good fit” for the people who attend ConCarolinas. We who sign this petition are saying only that once an invitation has been issued, the guest invited should not be subsequently disinvited simply because someone else planning to attend the con will be uncomfortable in that guest’s presence.

We believe that no one, left or right, should have an ex post facto veto right over who can and cannot be invited to a convention nor should the vocal minority, who do not work for the con in any capacity and are simply attending A PRIVATE EVENT of their OWN FREE WILL , be allowed to exert that kind of influence over a convention.

We believe that if ConCarolinas ejects Jada Hope and Luis Diza from the Convention Committee (the managing body of the convention) and reverses the position they have taken on the dis-invitation of guests, then no one who believes in freedom of expression should attend this convention ever again.

Some of us have attended ConCarolinas in the past, as either a ticket-buying attendee of the con or as an invited guest. Under the ‘I’m signing because…” section please indicated if you’ve attended in the past as a guest or attendee and if you will attend in the future if they are removed.

The video below shows the apology that Jada Hope made at the end of ConCarolinas 2018 on June 3rd to John Ringo and re-emphasized the con’s commitment to an inclusive atmosphere for all people.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/concarolinas/permalink/10157152092094460/

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