This
brief report is for the purpose of correcting and refuting a false
statement using the name of Barbara Hartwell, which appeared in this
article written by Karen Stewart, posted on Twitter, December 25,
2019.
It
is titled:
Reply
to Ramola
https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=FA5F2D0437461DE0!244&ithint=file%2cdocx&authkey=!AI2C_iKGRLJIttI
Those
interested may read the entire article at link, above. My purpose is not to address the content, as a whole, but limited to the use of my name in connection with it.
First
of all, I find it necessary to state, for the record, that I am not
involved in any way with the so-called “Targeted Individual
Community”, as it has been called by many who have joined various
groups and/or are reporting publicly on related issues. Nor do I
refer to myself as a “targeted individual.”
For
the record, I have been a political Target of retaliatory
persecution, as a government whistleblower, for many years. I am an
independent investigator and journalist. I do not join groups, nor
does anyone claiming to be a “leader” of these groups speak for
me, nor has my permission to speak publicly about me. I'm aware that
I cannot stop them from promoting false information in connection
with my name, nor from promoting defamatory falsehoods. I can only
expose them and refute their falsehoods for the public record.
Secondly,
I am not personally acquainted with any of the individuals named in
this article, (nor those unnamed), nor am I involved in any of their
activities, with the one exception of Ramola D, a colleague and
friend whom I have known since March, 2018.
Of
particular importance to me is the issue of context in which my name
has been used in this article, especially since the statement itself
is false.
EXCERPT
[Underlining mine]
"Thoughtful
responses” - like sending me a screen shot (of my tweets)
attributed to Barbara Hartwell, letting me know “they are
watching me” and another screen shot of a tweet where I laud
peace-making where possible and Ramola herself denigrates it as “a
tweet from God” showing her contempt for peacemakers and perhaps
the Judeo-Christian God?"
The
context here, considering that an accusation is being made of “they
are watching me”; and other accusations of
"Weinstein-Snitches", "Weinstein Club", etc. clearly show the intent of attaching such false
labels to my name, when in fact at no time have I participated in any
such actions.
Also
notable is that my name is the ONLY one mentioned in connection with
such derogatory labels. Only vague references are made to others
being accused, which makes the reference to me all the more damaging,
having been singled out for this false accusation.
So,
before going further I need to state some facts, for the record:
I
at no time sent any screenshots of Karen Stewart's entries on Twitter
to Ramola, or anyone else, so how such could possibly be “attributed”
to me I have no idea. I only know one thing for certain: it is a
false statement.
No
evidence has been presented to back up this claim; nowhere in any e-mails has the
name Barbara Hartwell appeared in connection with the alleged
“attribution”.
Any
private e-mails between me and Ramola are just that: PRIVATE. No
third parties are involved, not on my end, and as stated, I do not
know the unnamed individuals under accusation, nor have any
communication with them.
I
do not use social media (including Twitter); however, Twitter is
accessible for viewing by anyone, including those who do not have an
account. Aside from “private” messages sent by one user to
another, any public statement made on Twitter may be viewed by all
and sundry. By the same token, recipients of “private” messages
are able to publish them for those not having direct access.
Here
is a public statement made by Ramola, on Twitter, to which Karen
Stewart responded in the article:
"Further
#KarenStewart has named those independent observers posting #Truth in
rebuttal to her attacks on me as “Weinstein-Snitches” “Weinstein
Club” highly derogatory, demeaning, absurd.
Not
one of them had conferred with me rebutting her tweets…
18/
But wrote back on their own correcting her false allegations.
It
is in fact these observers who can clearly see the #Truth of what has
occurred over the last 2.5 years and are able to sift the wheat from
the chaff in TI activism."
Karen
Stewart responds:
"These
“independent observers” all have previously joined in the “chase”
shall we say, of those who have displeased Ramola. And have blindly
defended her before, not being strangers to her coat tails. My
assessment stands despite the attempt to obfuscate their close
association with Ramola."
So,
none of the persons being accused are named, not a one. Having
access to their messages on Twitter, I have seen some of the messages
in defense of Ramola, but again, I do not know them, nor am I
involved in any way. Yet my name is the ONLY one given in the
article. Why this is, I have no idea.
I
have never once made any public statement which could possibly be
considered defamatory against Karen Stewart. I have published some of
her material, previously posted on Ramola's site, having received
permission from Ramola, the original publisher. And that is the full
extent of it. But considering this false statement made about me, I
now find it necessary to remove that material from my website.
I
have written reports in defense of Ramola, connected to various
issues, including what is clearly an engineered defamation campaign
being run against her. However, I speak strictly for myself, based on
my own beliefs and principles. As an independent journalist for more
than three decades, I certainly have no need to ride anyone's
coattails, inclusive of Ramola. Nor would I “blindly” defend
anyone, including Ramola. I defend those whom I deem worthy of my
efforts.
Just
as I expose those whom, upon information and belief, and via
collection of facts and evidence, I deem to be wrongdoers, whether
their offenses be criminal, and/or morally repugnant.
In
both cases, such a decision is solely my prerogative, and not under
the influence of others.
Some
of these individuals, in fact, are the very ones who have viciously
defamed Ramola on social media, including the promotion of lurid and patently
false accusations. These are the same individuals who are now
promoting the statements made by Karen Stewart, by disseminating them
on Twitter.
One
such character calls himself Andy Spoo. Here he repeats such
statements:
"Interesting.
I am being told #Ramola
is calling people in a mass slander attempt. What a petty, dishonest
person."
"It
is... verified. Trusted sources."
And
another such character, an anonymous coward claiming to be “Servant
of Jesus Christ (Yahuwshua Messiah)”
"What
is your theory about her? Why do you suppose she is doing this to you
and so many of us? Is it just narcissism? Is she being coerced? Mind
influenced by DEWs? Is she being paid? Is she a perp (and has she
been all along)? Is she being threatened? I used to trust her.."
As
far as I am concerned, these individuals are
nothing more than shameless busybodies, engaging in malicious gossip
and wild speculation on social media. Evidently, they have no better
use for their time.
I
have no doubt that the gaggle of ACTUAL “coattail riders”,
snoops, snitches, busybodies and gossips, some of whom have
flagrantly defamed my name with false accusations, will have a field
day with this report, exploiting it to further defame me and my
friend, Ramola. That is to be expected, it is the nature of the beast.
Needless
to say, I vehemently disagree with Karen Stewart's viewpoints on Ramola, and her
subjective perceptions of various individuals (named and unnamed) in her
article, Reply to Ramola. But I am not involved, nor have any intention
of becoming involved.
As
stated, the purpose of this report is to refute the false accusations
(including by contextual implication), that I am involved in
“watching” anyone, or engaged in “snitching” or that any such
actions are in any way “attributable” to me.
By
their fruits shall you know them.
Barbara
Hartwell
December
27, 2019