I'm not at all bothered by differences of opinion. I've routinely received both favorable and unfavorable feedback regarding my various endeavors for years.
Fans are free to like or dislike my book or the music I produce. But it is pretty hard to sit idly by and watch someone continually lie about you or distort the facts about Jim Reeves, when I have spent thousands of hours researching and writing a massive tome about his life. As I wrote in my Foreword, I make no pretense of infallibility. But so far not much has surfaced to contradict anything I published.
What amazes me is the total obliviousness that some of these individuals have toward how it makes them look when they repeatedly, obsessively attack the book or me, only to have their arguments crumble into dust time after time when I post proof of the truth. And yet the Holland webmaster NEVER POSTS RETRACTIONS. EVER. Even when the facts are laid out for him and he is once again embarrassed by his errors. He just leaves the same misinformation online to be discovered by unsuspecting fans who don't know any better and may stumble across his site. And after writing Leo Jackson's widow a horrific and hurtful letter right after her husband's tragic death, (claiming he knew that Leo was going to take his own life), Mr. Den Dulk still leaves the banner on the top of his page with Leo's picture on it, despite repeated requests from widow Nell Jackson that he remove it. What kind of "man" would ignore the pleadings of a woman who lost her husband under such terrible circumstances? An INSENSITIVE one, that's for sure.
That's why I have never believed he was truly a Jim Reeves fan, because if he were, the truth would be important to him, and it obviously is NOT.
Both he and his UK ex-fan club buddy Mr. Bussey have repeatedly complained for many years about Mary Reeves' alleged mistreatment of them, and done so by attacking the woman in public print while she was alive and after she was gone. Even to this day they can't figure out why Mary turned her back on them. This reflects a narcissism and lack of self awareness that borders on the pathological.
As I've said before, I think there are some emotionally disturbed people out there who masquerade as Jim Reeves fans but over time have repeatedly harmed his legacy by spreading misinformation or by trying to undermine the work that some of us do.
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