THANK YOU! I thought I was going completely mad. Y'all didn't think Little Amy was legit did you?
I didn't think TessB was sus though. I think she was/is a real person who just got caught in the cross-fire. I have no trouble believing that women are harassed in their PMs here (well as the news stories clearly show), also people were quite cruel to her.
(I'm just using your comment as something to jump off of so none of this is directed specifically at you, but..)
You know what, I've been trying to stay out of this drama and even when I wrote my own comment on the "bullying/profile pic" thread of hers, I did not revisit it or entertain anymore responses.
I said my piece and I left, and I did not mince words, which she likely did not appreciate.
I would post the same thing again too, I stand by every statement I made.
People are going to twist things to suit their own defense and narrative, but I have no control over that.
I never insulted her physical appearance, I never went in her pms or pursued her in any predatory way, I simply criticized her changeable actions and decisions in the way she chose to present herself on a pro-choice, suicide-centric website, as well as her hypocrisy. (And only because she solicited other's opinions with a thread.)
Some of which I stated, was for her own good and safety. The irony.
I referenced alternatives if she wants to continue the same type of fishing behavior and use certain incendiary images of herself. There is a time and a place, and this site ain't it.
So much context she purposely leaves out.
She knew exactly what she was doing and the vulnerable/mentally ill shtick only runs so deep and gets you so far.
Why is no one else she attacks allowed to use that same excuse?
I also condemned the other person for commenting on her body in the first place.
Is she inviting it and possibly trolling? Yea.
But I gave her the benefit of the doubt in enough ways to at least treat the issue as if she was who she said she was.
I don't think she even completely read or comprehended my comment, considering she ended up later attacking me on my profile, as well as telling another innocent user to go fuck themselves (someone who had absolutely zero involvement in the discussion).
If that's not a volatile bully, then I don't know what is.
Unbelievably stupid, this entire thing.
And this comment too, will be all I say about it on this thread.
She can come for me and resort to the low blows and personal attacks all she wants, I won't be reading them. Just reporting for harassment.
There is obviously some other agenda and questionable business going on behind the scenes, I doubt things are as they seem.
If she ("she", being if she is who she claims to be) is going to attack this website as a whole, I will be responding with my own evidence of her contributions to the same nastiness she accuses others of.
She has been silent about such predators and everything in the first half of her post, all up until people disagreed with her on something so trite.
I mean, who are these ex-members and does she not understand that they frequent other sites that are just as rampant with the same type of bullying and predatory behavior as SS-if not more..?
If you go fishing on the Internet, it's all the same ocean.
I probably should have warned her of that fact when telling her to make use of her exhibitionism elsewhere (never said she had to leave this site though, she is still welcome to lament about any issues she came here for in the first place, but not if that means manipulating people), but obviously she needed some type of outlet.
This was either her plan all along, or she is so hurt by the responses in that one thread of hers, that she is using her anger to fuel a biased body of work against us.
Must be used to getting her way.
I've been outright bullied and attacked here several times (probably more than I am aware of since I revisit so little of what I engage in). I admit I am a stubbornly uncompromising person so it happens, but I've never made whole posts about it or blamed the site or the community as a singular entity. Even when the attacks are based on things outside of my control, not my words or actions.
I have instead responded to the person directly or requested help from the mods (which we might need a little more of btw).
Not a perfect system, I know, but just because we all agree on the right to die, doesn't mean we are remotely similar in any other ways, nor does it mean any one of us is a saint.
Disagreements are going to happen, unless we present ourselves insincerely to each other on all things.
There may be some groupthink going on once in awhile and people being a little overzealous in their compassion toward users who are no angels themselves, but this site and its basic reason for existing are absolutely necessary.
I don't want to see anyone endanger that under false pretenses.
If OP wants my comment deleted, fine by me, but continue on the journey of a false pariah, and I may have to give my two cents once again.