I'm going to be as honest and as short as I can be. This will go both ways.
- FBA, as a lineage, and Tariq Nasheed have NOTHING to do with this dispute. We ought to stop trying to rope folks into issues they had nothing to do with, simply because we dont like them. Checking out the spaces last night, I saw the same old Secure The Tribe folks come rolling in to do their typical dances. Twitter beefing with them is a mistake and a waste of time.
- I am a pride FBA. I was targeted and called a tether over a year ago by STT during their attempt to go at Jason Black and the term B1. I'm hardly on twitter, but suddenly my DM inbox started ringing during that whole ordeal. I didn't whine about it. I understood and kept it moving. I know who I am and found their false claims to be funny. They were targeting JB and anyone they deemed to be one of his "associates". They wanted clout and I understood their motivations. I also predicted more then a year in advance that they would go ultimately end up going after Tariq Nasheed, which they did do unsuccessfully.
- Clout chasing and egos....mixed in with faceless Ops accounts on Twitter, and you get this situation. The drama it creates is entertaining, if nothing else. Predictably, ppl are drawn to that sort of vortex. Hell, even a lily-white White Supremacists Suspect tried to chime in on Jay's space last night. That's how this madness survives on twitter. I'm not going to lie, last night things got a little too personal between debating parties. That played right into their hands and allowed them to control 6zeros narrative, on that other platform. Telling Marcel he needed counseling or whatever, was not a good look, either. I understand the overwhelming frustration, but not good. That came off bad in my opinion. I'm not uncertain about the password/feedback debate with the other guy because I don't have the context, but the Marcel thing caught my attention and I immediately knew he would create his own space afterwards to continue the beef and non-productiveness.
- Lecturing to STT about B1 or "the code" isn't going to work. Hell, Tariq Nasheed himself CLEARLY STATED he rocked with B1 and is cool with Non-FBA's who are on code, yet they still FOUND A REASON TO LIE ON & ATTACK THE B1 MOVEMENT and on code immigrants. This isn't about intellectualism, philosophy or facts. It's about clout, Twitter followers and getting attention. Ppl on Twitter have found an avenue to garner attention. Like or not, bashing black immigrants sales. Despite what the STT gentleman tried to declare last night, FBAs separating ourselves, isn't "new". Folks have been voicing their displeasure with off-code immigrants for YEARS and even decades...but most of us ignored and side-eyed them because it wasn't popular. Now it's all the rave as a new generation of Black Americans has emerged with much different life experiences. This generation is receptive to that message and the proof is in the pudding.
- I highly doubt any of the STT types are coming over to 6zeros....at least not right now. Once 6zeros has grown, they will flood on over then. So before the clown show of STT folks arrivals, we must set the perimeters and display what REAL open black discussion look like. One where we aren't instantly offended by opinions and dive right into questioning anyone's motives. One where name calling and passive aggressive back talk is at a minimum. Most importantly, a place where we at least LISTEN to each other. We MAY NOT ACTUALLY AGREE, but we at least LISTEN and consider...minus the ego fueled paranoia.
For the most part, I thought Jay did a good job LISTENING to the STT folks, aside from the Marcel outburst. My only concern right now is that things will continue to get more personal, under the fake guise of on-code/off-code debates. Don't like Jay or 6zeros....say he's an off-code tether lover. Don't like NBM personalites....say they are off-code grifters. Don't like Marcel....say he's off-code because he's LGBTQ. It's a useless cycle, dominated by pride, ego and in some cases, calculation.
Another issue we are seeing is everyone SEEMS to want to pretend to be like AND TRY TO IMITATE Tariq, JB, PBT or Dr. Umar, but they are missing the point of who these folks really are.
Best thing to do is to keep building here. We won't change twitter. It's a sewer of egos and clout chasing. But here we can build something different and show better then we can tell.
B1 and God Bless.