Illusions

[Guest]

Hi, marg. I've been on the net for 10+ years. I was severely bullied and ended up in the hospital because of some of the dynamics of this board. That you're blind to what is going on does nothing to make me take seriously your ignorance of the situation.

This didn't stay online and affected my offline life. I've said this repeatedly. I can't write it all out on the board anymore because I'll be banned - wow is that retaliation for speaking out about it? I'd think so!

Does that also fit into the cult checklist if there are any problems it's also the individual and not the groups? That's a check for that, tooooo!

[_Fantine]

Liz and harmony thnks for the 3 week ban! Did you merely make my point, for me, by banning me? I think you did! Thnks!

The suspension would have lasted a week had you not violated it. Your IP was blocked after you created a sock puppet and violated the suspension.

For TWO more weeks? So, 3 weeks in all. My sin? Talking about what had happened to me!

[_marg]

Hi, marg. I've been on the net for 10+ years. I was even a moderator on anti-social.com for about a year. I was severely bullied and ended up in the hospital because of some of the dynamics of this board. That you're blind to what is going on does nothing to make me take seriously your ignorance of the situation.

You don't take seriously my ignorance of the situation? I'm not sure what you mean... you mean you don't care that I'm ignorant of what went on or you believe I should have enquired? Since I did enquire I suppose you mean the former that you don't care that I don't know what you are talking about. And that's okay, perhaps your intended audience is a select few or group.

[_Yoda]

Moniker--

I will address this one last time:

Those who sexually harassed you on this board fall into the following categories:

1. They no longer post here.

2. They have apologized to you repeatedly.

As a Moderator of this board, I have personally tried to protect YOUR privacy as much as possible.

For whatever reason, your privacy is something that doesn't seem to particularly interest you anymore....but, like it or not, we protect the privacy of all posters here.

Please explain, once and for all.....What will bring you closure with this issue?

There is NOTHING more that anyone who posts here can do to help you. Everyone involved has apologized repeatedly.

All you are doing in constantly bringing up what happened to you is confusing others who have no idea what the hell is going on, and likely don't care.

Much of what you experienced occurred in chat and through PM's. Conversations about those issues are not allowed on the public board. NO ONE is allowed to speak of issues which occurred in chat or PM. YOU WERE NOT SINGLED OUT WITH THIS. Marg can tell you that she has been called on the carpet for it....as have others.

Bottom line---

People on this board said extremely hurtful things to you during a very vulnerable time in your life. It affected you deeply, to the point where you had to be hospitalized in real life.

I am truly sorry that happened to you. I hope you can heal. It sounds like you are making steps to do that.

As far as I can tell, at this point, no one is harassing you, or verbally abusing you in any way. You are attempting to turn the tables and do the verbal abusing to others.

This has to stop.

You cannot expect to gain anything more than acknowledgement that you were hurt, and an apology.

You have received BOTH of these.

WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT???

This is your shot, Mon.

Answer the question, and then we're putting this issue to rest, once and for all.

[_Fantine]

I want to stop being told to shut up! I speak out and then immediately no one can talk about what happened behind the scenes? I'm not verbally harassing anyone! I am saying what they did to me!

Tell Eric to shut the “F” up. K? Tell anyone that has experienced a trauma that FINALLY begins to talk about it to shut up. You're not qualified and quite frankly you can stop talking to me. Go click on the nazi F scale and screw off.

“F” off with the special pleading, Liz.

[_Yoda]

I want to stop being told to shut up! I speak out and then immediately no one can talk about what happened behind the scenes? I'm not verbally harassing anyone! I am saying what they did to me!

Tell Eric to shut the f*** up. K? Tell anyone that has experienced a trauma that FINALLY begins to talk about it to shut up. You're not qualified and quite frankly you can stop talking to me. Go click on the nazi F scale and screw off.

f*** off with the special pleading, Liz.

The rule about not talking about happenings behind the scenes was made long before you supposedly started "speaking out".

Moniker..you have had your say. You HAVE spoken out...over and over and over again.

We get it.

You still haven't answered my question.

What is it you want?

Also...comparing your situation to Eric's is like comparing apples to oranges. Eric has a goal. He is trying to get the place that abused him shut down.

What is your goal, Moniker?

What do you want?

[_Friend]

(Moderator Note) Moniker's real name edited out of post. Liz was permanently banned before she was able to reply. She wanted to ensure people didn't allow something like she endured to happen again. She wants people to see all humans as having intrinsic value and worthy of dignity.

None of you deserve her posting on this board.

[_marg]

Marg can tell you that she has been called on the carpet for it....as have others.

Have no idea what you are referring to or talking about.

[_Dr. Shades]

This didn't stay online and affected my offline life. I've said this repeatedly. I can't write it all out on the board anymore because I'll be banned - wow is that retaliation for speaking out about it? I'd think so! . . . I want to stop being told to shut up! I speak out and then immediately no one can talk about what happened behind the scenes? I'm not verbally harassing anyone! I am saying what they did to me!

Remember, the "no talking about off-board stuff on-board" was put into place at your behest to protect you. You were the very first one it was intended to protect. Have you forgotten the "spoilsport incident?"

Since moderators have to be even-handed in their application of the rules, it's unavoidable that the same rule that you insisted apply to others must apply to you as well. (It's also unavoidable that the same protection you insisted upon is granted to everyone else as well.)

(Moderator Note)Real name edited out by Liz was permanently banned before she was able to reply. She wanted to ensure people didn't allow something like she endured to happen again.

She just got her wish.

She wants people to see all humans as having intrinsic value and worthy of dignity.

So do we.

None of you deserve her posting on this board.

I agree 100%.

[_Yoda]

Marg can tell you that she has been called on the carpet for it....as have others.

Have no idea what you are referring to or talking about.

Not a big deal. It was a post you made a while ago. I don't feel like looking up the thread. It was simply a case of a post where you inadvertently referred to an incident that happened in PM, and were told you couldn't post about it. It didn't have anything to do with the issue with Moniker. I was simply using it as an example that Moniker was not the only one being "picked on", or corrected by mentioning something from behind the scenes.