By Popular Demand
I’m generally not a fan of spats in the blogosphere, but for some reason blogger John McManamy went after me on his Knowledge Is Necessity blog the other day and has continued to pound on me in the comments to his posting. He’s accused me of having no sense of humor and of saying patently false things about bipolar disorder (interestingly, the well-known, widely-published psychiatrist David Healy happens to agree with me–or is it I with him?–on what McManamy attacks me upon. So, John, please go pick a fight with Healy since you’re such a tough guy). Then McManamy went and began quoting from an email exchange he and I had back in April. Of course, he only reproduced it in part. McManamy is basically going around trying to re-brand me as an anti-psychiatrist.
Here is the email in its entirety:
On Apr 23, 2009, at 10:59 AM, Philip Dawdy wrote:
John:
On your blog “Knowledge is Necessity” today you wrote in the following post:
http://knowledgeisnecessity.blogspot.com/2009/04/growing-up-bipolar-recognition-at-last.html
“the story did not go down well with the antipsychiatry contingent. Phillip Dawdy of Furious Seasons had this to say:”
On your blog you are now attempting to link me to the anti-psychiatry movement. As I clearly note on my site (link below my signature), I am not anti-psychiatry so your reference above is potentially libel and defamation and puts me in a false light. Please kindly redact any reference in the post to me being connected with anti-psychiatry and cease and desist from describing me as such in the future.
In addition, you’ve misspelled my first name, which has only one “L.”
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Philip Dawdy
http://www.furiousseasons.com/about.html
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 11:21 AM, John McManamy wrote:
Why? Or you will tell readers that I beat my wife?
The misspelling has been corrected.
John McManamy
On Apr 23, 2009, at 12:56 PM, Philip Dawdy wrote:
redact the anti-psychiatry accusation. it’s libel.
thanks.
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 1:27 PM, John McManamy wrote:
Redact? You better look it up.
On Apr 23, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Philip Dawdy wrote:
remove it john. now.
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 1:37 PM, John McManamy wrote:
And replace it with what?
John McManamy
On Apr 23, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Philip Dawdy wrote:
i’m not your editor, but cl psych recently dubbed me one of “more prominent critics of modern psychiatry.”
i’m fine with being called a critic of psychiatry.
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 1:49 PM, John McManamy wrote:
I’m thinking more along the lines of fake journalist and unprincipled idiot.
John McManamy
On Apr 23, 2009, at 1:53 PM, Philip Dawdy wrote:
well let’s see fake journalist would be a false claim as would unprincipled. call me an idiot if you like.
and for the good of one and all get over your anger with people who disagree with you.
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 2:02 PM, John McManamy wrote:
I’m not the angry one. You’re the one who threatened me. You’re the one who publicly melts down. Really? Where were you coming from when you claimed I left my wife who supported me?
Dude, you need to get a grip on yourself.
John McManamy
On Apr 23, 2009, at 2:06 PM, Philip Dawdy wrote:
look, this is my final request for you to change the descriptor you used on me. i strongly recommend that you follow through.
there are no meltdowns on my site, passion yes.
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 2:21 PM, John McManamy wrote:
No meltdowns? Your passion is not an excuse for making things up about my personal life. Or for not checking your facts when you characterize yourself as a critic of psychiatry.
As you said, you’re not my editor. Moreover, you are not worth my valuable time. This conversation is over.
John McManamy
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Philip Dawdy wrote:
just make sure you fix your false accusation.
As far as I know, McManamy never fixed his error.
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