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I could post their excuses, because funny enough they declared it "off record" with negotiating an agreement of such. They really don't know what they're doing, and have no competence while accusing reporters of no integrity. I replied this way (sick of obstructionist, do-nothing mendacity...)

This can serve to represent the damage-control I received. A massive blurt of excuses and prevarication from GSFTW, sticking by their mismanagement. archive.ph/v7vvI

I could go through this point by point, but god... Really? They tenaciously cling to their liability of a Chair who put them in a pickle, and other bad actors. They don't want to do better. Simple as. (For reference again)- dogpatch.press/2024/10/21/g...

This one's funny. No defense about their chat group member and Fox News speaker being a Kiwifarms poster who has been quite active with doxing another local furry - and he himself contradicts their claim that he wasn't a volunteer.

Claims about being helpless to ban problem people are belied by vocal "no pawlitics" defenses by Dashing and Shy Matsi, against fellow organizers calling out the dishonesty of redefining hate as politics. They aren't helpless, they actively harbor problem people. GSFTW is silent on this.

Nazis will sue if you ban them, or you accept everyone and their "politics"... pick a lane...

GSFTW artist lead statement about leaving the con, one of the reasons is lack of Dashing's permanent removal. Also in Google doc. docs.google.com/document/d/1... bsky.app/profile/ness...

"No association with Fox News". WHY WERE THEY ESCORTED AROUND? Your PR lead wasn't told or given notice to issue a press pass. This made people feel "invaded", "targeted", "humiliated". People were told they were "escorted off immediately". Well this statement refutes that, did you lie to save face?

I'm getting messages like this from locals who put up with Shy Matsi's mismanagement, and are sick of people who run things excusing themselves as naive and ignorant about problems. It's their task to be responsible. Failing others and playing helpless about it makes even more problems.

Many disappointed responses on GSFTW's damage control tweet (1)

Many disappointed responses on GSFTW's damage control tweet (2)

Chair of Furrydelphia: "GSFTW must be boycotted" x.com/Drayne_the_W...

Regarding an anon GSFTW affiliate accusing me of not getting the real story - then sending me excuses accusing a grudge from former staff wanting to take over the con and taking "planted" friends when the "coup" didn't work. This is being refuted by staff who left on their own from being mismanaged.

GSFTW board have also made excuses in private convo by blaming ME of close personal ties to some grudge source. Actually I didn't know anyone involved at first, and made contact to all sources the same way I tried to get statements from GSFTW. bsky.app/profile/ness...

SPEAKING OF CLOSE PERSONAL TIES. GSFTW chair Shy Matsi has often been accused of favoring Nazis, and here's more proof of how they thrive on his tolerance for their hate. Start with the helpful Google drive of evidence posted by the con's just-resigned art lead. bsky.app/profile/ness...

Read through that... There's some eye opening stuff. Including in the "Dashing was warned" folder, this screen about the nazifurs infesting GSFTW's groups with permission from their friends above. It has a link to evidence on Pastebin...

That link, from someone forced to deal with nazifurs from Upstate NY: Chris "Astral" Curtis, his husband Norby, their friend Peter/Flynn/arcticwindsphoto, and another Furry Raider. A little hate group of their own. pastejustit.com/anakzei13q

In there, find the harassment-memes evidence link (3rd one). It opens another Google drive. Warning: this has Astral, Norby, Peter, and their Raider friend doing extreme transphobic harassment including revenge-porn. drive.google.com/drive/folder...

This brings us to screens of these Upstate NY nazifurs collaborating to harass a trans furry group runner who helped get them banned from other groups for being problems. This retaliation names Shy Matsi as someone they trust to take their side.

Notice collaboration by Peter/Flynn/Arcticwindsphoto and Astral for harassment pictured above. Friendship with Shy Matsi and Dashing brought these trolls back to GSFTW groups with personal favor even after being banned once to deflect problems it caused. GSFTW just wanted you to stop noticing.

More background about GSFTW board, with screens of private messages with Dashing. Dashing discusses his fellow Board member who came from Megaplex after being kicked out while the con was banning people "for no reason".

Connecting dots

If you want safe, functional, competently run events... If a con tells you they cannot ban Furry Raiders and other malicious trolls "for legal reasons and such" -- do not respond with "you're getting belly rubs regardless of who you voted for"