[GPCA-SGA-Votes] Green Party Sex Tape video

Tue Mar 6 14:00:05 PST 2018

I apologize if I wrote this on the wrong list. For some reason I have some
stuff under this email .. some under angelica.greenparty at gmail.com
On my phone I have multiple email accounts .... I didn't look at what
account I was logged on at the time that I sent the original email.

On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 6:06 PM, Colt Gonzales <coltgonzales at sjcgreens.org>
wrote:

> What's the purpose of sending this to the GPCA-SGA-VOTES list during a
> voting discussion, other than to affect the endorsement or non-endorsement
> of Josh Jones?
>
> It just seems to me that this conversation would be far more appropriate
> in a more transparent setting such as the GPCA Forum if anyone finds the
> conduct truly troubling, or out of bounds for the party.
>
> If you wish for his campaign to simply change the title, did you attempt
> to have this discussion one on one with the Jones campaign?  If so, what
> was their response?
>
> Did you make any attempts to resolve this issue with the Jones campaign
> prior to this email?
>
> Personally, this type of intra-party discussion where we're not working on
> lifting each other up is the type of thing that turns me away from the
> Green party structure.  It doesn't affect my affinity for the party itself
> as the party's values are what brought me here.
>
> I think it's a HUGE WASTE OF TIME for candidates to spend their time
> fighting in emails when there's a much bigger fight to be had out there,
> especially during the frigging Election season.
>
> I hope you can all put these sorts of differences aside and realize we're
> all on the same team and that our time can be much more effective if we
> work together against the forces of neoliberalism instead of picking on
> each other over campaigning style.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Colt
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 2:28 PM, Genevieve Marcus <
> genevieve.marcus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Apparently, some people don't see it as a joke.  Perhaps the TV host
>> should say something at the end to clarify this.
>>
>> Genevieve Marcus
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 8:52 AM, Victoria Ashley <victronix01 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> >> I could not support a candidate taking this approach to fundraising
>>>
>>> It's a joke, they are highlighting the core issue of our party of taking
>>> no corporate donations.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 8:49 AM, Victoria Ashley <victronix01 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I loved it!  Especially the comment at the comment about Monsanto and
>>>> Chevron.
>>>>
>>>> I think this is a great use of humor and creativity to address
>>>> corporate control of politicians.
>>>>
>>>> -- Victoria
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 7:46 AM, Jeff Lebow <jlebow at socal.rr.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is this real or a hatchet job by Green opponents? If it is real, it is
>>>>> really poor judgement and is quite disturbing. I could not support a
>>>>> candidate taking this approach to fundraising. It’s just wrong. The fair
>>>>> thing would be for the candidate himself to explain whether this is real or
>>>>> why he took this extreme action.
>>>>> Jeff Lebow
>>>>> OC Greens
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 4, 2018, at 10:33 PM, Angelica Duenas <angelica at aduenas.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear SGA delegates
>>>>>
>>>>> I am very disturbed by the Green Party Sex Tape video (
>>>>> https://youtu.be/dxhUS-QQPbg) created and posted by Gubernatorial
>>>>> candidate Josh Jones. I find the video offensive and an example of
>>>>> extremely poor judgment by someone seeking to represent our party as a
>>>>> candidate for our state’s highest office.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was first introduced face to face with the Green Party at the August
>>>>> 2016 Green Party national convention in Houston, which I attended as an
>>>>> interested observer, after being turned off by the Democratic Party (as a
>>>>> Berniecrat delegate at the Democratic National Convention a week earlier.)
>>>>>
>>>>> At the GPUS convention, I met David Cobb, Laura Wells, Mike Feinstein,
>>>>> Jill Stein, Ajamu Baraka, Cornel West (when things looked like he might Go
>>>>> Green) and Luis Rodriguez (the GPCA's 2014 Gubernatorial candidate). Based
>>>>> upon those interactions, I was impressed by the Green Party, effectively
>>>>> going Green the following month. Since then, I have learned a lot about the
>>>>> Green Party and its inner workings. I love how there is a high value on
>>>>> internal democracy. And I love the GPCA and GPUS platforms – solid.
>>>>>
>>>>> But I have to say that if I would have come across this Josh Jones Sex
>>>>> Tape video in 2016 prior to attending the Green Party convention, I would
>>>>> have not given the Green Party a chance at all. The concept and content is
>>>>> immature and damaging to our party.  A more thoughtful treatment could have
>>>>> been a great PSA moment.  Instead it is an embarrassment, plain and simple.
>>>>>
>>>>> Given this, for anyone seeking our party’s endorsement, I think the
>>>>> video should be deleted from YouTube. But at a minimum, if this
>>>>> embarrassment is to remain on-line, the use of the words “Green Party”
>>>>> should be removed from the video's title. No one in our party has the right
>>>>> to post something like that, misrepresenting our party’s name in that
>>>>> manner.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Disappointed in Los Angeles,
>>>>> Angelica Dueñas
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Angelica M. Duenas, M.A.
>>>>> *GPLAC Councilmember*
>>>>> *GYG Delegate*
>>>>> *GPCA CC Member*
>>>>> *GPUS Alternate Delegate*
>>>>>
>>>>> *"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one" *- John Lennon
>>>>>
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>
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> Colt Gonzales
> Councilmember
> San Joaquin County Green Party
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-- 
Angelica M. Duenas, M.A.
Political Organizer - Green Party Member
Former Jill Stein 2016 Campaign Coordinator
Former Bernie Sanders Delegate

*"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one" *- John Lennon
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