Well, never say that Delaware Liberal is hiding its dirty laundry. We have to air it out here. It is undeniable that there is friction between Donviti and a number of other members of this blog. It comes from personality conflicts, not substantive political differences, even though our conservative and Libertarian friends will undoubtedly say otherwise. Jason invited Donviti onto this blog precisely because he was an independent minded independent liberal who would keep it real. Not to mention he was a good writer. I don’t think any one of us here agrees with anyone about anything. We all write about what we want to write about, and if get into debates or disagreements with each other, so much the better.
And Donviti was free to write anything he wanted to write about whenever he wanted to write about it. Whether it be his personal stories involving the problems with his ex wife to his current struggles with alcohol to his frustrations with Democrats in Congress, the Delaware Way, or President Obama. And he knows that is true since the last Delaware Liberal blow up you all witnessed was all about making sure Donviti could say what he wanted to say. And in case you did not notice, it was Donviti that stayed then, and said what he wanted to say without any censorship from anyone.
To use a cliché, there is no “I” in team. Even though we post on this blog as individuals, we are also a team. A group blog is a team, where we all have to work together. The interpersonal conflicts between Donviti and others here have made it impossible to function as a team, and like any business or group venture, something has to change.
That something is that Donviti can no longer be a member of Delaware Liberal. His voice and work will be missed here, since he is a good writer and a good blogger. We encourage him to open up his own blog or to join Delaware Libertarian (Steve Newton has invited him). From there, I am sure his firebrand voice will continue to keep it real, as we try to do so here, although at a great disadvantage without him.
Cassandra, XStryker, El Som, LiberalGeek, Unstable Isotope, Pandora, Nemski, myself and our Founder Jason Scott all want to thank Donviti for his years of hard work and good writing. He will be missed.
But we have to move on.