Responding To The Comments

I've received a lot of comments in the last few days and I've read them all, even though I've only posted two of them -- the one about Tyrone Yates wearing tights in high school, and the one telling me that the name of the politician who got caught in a gay bathroom sex sting was Larry Craig. I haven't decided whether I'll post any of the comments I've received or not, nor have I decided whether I'll respond to any of them.

I am considering publishing and responding to a comment I received last night around 8pm though because I think the writer was sincere and raised a few good points. Whoever sent the comment had no way of knowing that over the last few months Amanda Mayes has spent hundreds of hours trying to tear me down; she has called me, the father of her children, every name in the book (much of this was done behind my back); disrespected me at every opportunity, including in front of my children; hauled me into a Michigan court to respond to false, ugly, evil and downright malicious charges; refused to allow me to spend time with my children simply because I didn't want to also spend time with her; attempted to have me set up, arrested and jailed; tried to get me fired from my job and ruin me financially; and, with the help of one of her white Legal Aid attorneys, Elizabeth Abdnour, stole my daughter's confidential juvenile court records and submitted them to the Michigan court thus making them a public record.

I've been dealing with this mess since last November. Privately. I've suffered in silence. To be honest, I probably would've remained silent, but they had to fuck with my daughter. When you fuck with me and fight dirty, that's one thing. But when you fuck with my children, that's something else. Try to bring my children into a fight, or otherwise fuck with them, and I'm going to fight back. I'm going to fight back with everything I have. In retrospect, my silence has, in some way, allowed Amanda to do much of the dirty shit she's done. Lack of public exposure and public scrutiny has allowed the courts in Michigan and right here in Hamilton County to do what they have done. No more.