  UPDATE: You know what, never mind. NAAFA doesn't deserve the help, because they clearly don't care about creating a safe forum. I've put in a lot of energy into defending that board, even though some moderators (by no means all) kept making snide remarks whenever they got the chance and wouldn't even apologize to me personally after accidentally deleting all of my posts.
But I stayed patient. When we were told that trolls would be dealt with, I did my best to bite my tongue. But, they again demonstrated their lack of committment to making that forum safe for their supporters. An individual who previously announced that he'd verbally assault any fat people he encountered is still allowed to post.
He said that a month ago. And a week ago, he compared NAAFA to a cult. And today, on another board, he fantasized about my death, putting me into the esteemed company of Jennifer Portnick and Marilyn Wann in the people who's deaths have been brought up at that site. But he still gets to post at NAAFA. I might calm down later, but for now, screw them. I tried to help, and the powers that be seem to have no motivation to providing any respect towards me.
If for no other reason, I don't want the trolls to latch onto me as an "acceptible" target who the moderators will allow to be attacked as a pretense of attacking NAAFA. I was happy to take the slander and threats because I felt the cause was worthwhile, but its clear to me now that they just don't want my help. Well, the don't have it. You want to post about fat issues, go the urlLink BFB or urlLink Fat!So?
Right now, I just don't think NAAFA deserves any help. Sorry this is disorganized and completely reverses my earlier post (see below) but I'm just really upset right now. It bothered me to see me slandered in such a violent fashion, but then to see that same individual STILL posting at the site I'm trying to stand up for was just too much. I just feel ill right now. I put myself on the line for NAAFA, and it just feels like the response was a great big "Fuck You". So, I'm just walking away. If NAAFA doesn't want me, I'm happy to oblige. I tried to help. I tried to change the tone by not allowing the negative voices to overwhelm all others with their single-minded hatred for Size Acceptance.
I was prepared for people to come after me for standing up to their prejudices and arrogance. I felt it was right, so it would be worth all the pettiness of all the trolls. But now, I just feel sick, because now the one place I felt I could feel safe has just left me feel profoundly unsafe and unwelcome. So I'm just going to walk away. I know I was preaching to the choir to begin with, but don't feel any need to heed my request. No show of resolution may be enough of the board will continue to permit negative attitudes to run rough-shod over the people who actually believe in NAAFA's mission.
ORIGINAL POST I know I'm preaching to the choir, but any of the fat activists among my readers who are not posting at the urlLink NAAFA Discussion Forums, let me personally request that you sign up and join the conversation. The NAAFA boards have been going through a sustained troll attack for months, and some head-way is finally being made in eliminating the troll influence.
Unfortunetly, the months of people they have turned away by their inflamatory rhetoric has damaged the community. Now, given time, things will naturally get back to normal. My concern, however, is that the trolls have set up a NAAFA hate board and are patting themselves on the back and pronouncing the "death" of NAAFA because they succeeded in driving out so many. (Of course, they all keep blaming this on NAAFA, when really they are just complaining that THEY have been banned for their repeated attacks and insults.
) I want to show them up. These are horrible people who entertain violent fantasies about Fat Activists on their site, and where the "moderate" voice they are so bitter that NAAFA wouldn't endorse is still obsessed with calling Size Acceptance liars and fools and what have you. Yeah, and they are honestly surprised that they weren't allowed to keep posting this on a Size Acceptance board.
I want the recovery of the NAAFA board to be visable and unmistakable. I'm not claiming I am a big NAAFA supporter. In fact, I've been meaning to write a post detailing my problems with supporting NAAFA. Still, I set aside my differences when I post at their site because I'm not too short-sighted to ignore the good that is done by NAAFA's membership and activists. So, for anyone who has been avoiding posting there, I ask that you reconsider. And whether you can or not, I urge you to find people who may be able to join the discussion in a positive manner and urge them to join.
I don't want to make things any easier on the people who want to bury Size Acceptance, and one way to do that is to prove the NAAFA forums can be a vibrant and productive place. I know there are such places out there on the net, but the NAAFA-haters only see what they want. I want to make it very, very hard on them to not see the NAAFA boards as a positive community in their enforced absense. So, please, visit and ask others to do so as well. I know you may not feel like you can, for whatever reason, and that's find.
But I wanted to make the request all the same. Thank you. That's all I have to say. 
