The Rosebud MEGATHREAD

[The Stig]

Good god, do you ever tire of surrounding yourself with so much drama?

[Marcus]

Remember the days when exMormon the men were all crowding around McKenna Denson, pretending to be knights in white armor? Until they weren’t...

I remember the news story that many of us followed and discussed as the story unfolded. And by us, I mean people. Your sexist approach is disturbing.

[Moksha]

Remember the days when exMormon the men were all crowding around McKenna Denson, pretending to be knights in white armor? Until they weren’t.

That upset me. Springing up with a bogus story seeking revenge and a spotlight. Toying with our gullibility.

ByTW, did you ever describe that bedroom office in the steam tunnels of the Open Stories Foundation? That would have made a convenient spot to ruin Margie's marriage.

[drumdude]

Remember the days when exMormon the men were all crowding around McKenna Denson, pretending to be knights in white armor? Until they weren’t.

That upset me. Springing up with a bogus story seeking revenge and a spotlight. Toying with our gullibility.

ByTW, did you ever describe that bedroom office in the steam tunnels of the Open Stories Foundation? That would have made a convenient spot to ruin Margie's marriage.

Rosebud, the champion warrior for all women except Margie Dehlin…

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

Have you ever publicly apologized to Margi Dehlin and to all the women who’ve been deeply wounded by the other woman? And I’m talking about an at length and sincere in depth apology which demonstrates introspection, is accountable, and takes full responsibility for your actions?

Did your autistic husband deserve to be treated that way?

- Doc

[Rosebud]

I think it’s because they must have something to hide. I mean, why not come clean, tell the truth, and let everybody have the same right to speak in the first place?

Money? Fame? Clicks?

It’s fairly surreal to watch the continual dishonesty.

The way I see it is that the less deep any of them are in their lies, the more benefit to coming clean sooner rather than later. What’s the point of continuing to fight when lies have been made under oath? Why not just admit wrongs done and do something to compensate those who have been wronged?

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

What do you explicitly want from the ex-Mormon men who wronged you?

- Doc

[Rosebud]

Thank you for asking.

I want the defamation to end and for the exMormon men to publicly acknowledge their defamations instead of pretending to be victims.

And I want compensation for the extreme harms that have come to me due to the defamations. I’d also appreciate real financial compensation not only for the real work I did, but also for all the financial harms that have come to me due to the perception that I needed to be defamed in order for “hero” status to be achieved.

And I want the exMormon community to have leaders they can trust instead of leaders who lie to them. It’s awful to watch the chaos created by all the lies among the people I worked so hard to serve and support.

And I want credit for my work. It’s terrible to have men take credit for the good work women do and then take money for it while they do everything they can to bury the women and even to use the money they’re making to hurt the women even more.

And I want the donors to understand what they’re really funding.

[Rosebud]

And most of all:

No more covering up organized child sex abuse while seeking “hero” status for exposing one-offender one-child sex abuse.

I honestly get an upset stomach thinking about it. It’s disgusting. And we owe it to the children who still need protecting They’ll keep getting hurt. And they’ll grow up. And when they’re adults, they’ll know they weren’t able to count on the people who were supposed to be exposing problems. They’ll know that instead of really exposing them, they were involved in suppression of the truth.

The children who still need protecting will pay the most extreme costs.

I want exMormons to be better than all this.

[Rosebud]

ExMormons ought to be holding the courts accountable for silencing problems, not using exMormon donations to use courts to help do the silencing.