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Originally posted by sugar and spice
As stated by both me and Jules, THIS is exactly what's happening. IHE has harassed GCers IN REAL LIFE in both incarnations (mullet and IHE). We brought this to the board's attention because we think it's important that anybody who has interacted with mullet be aware of who she really is and the potential that they could be the victim of such behavior. As I pointed out above, IHE is no run-of-the-mill troll -- she has made GCers the victims of behaviors that could qualify her for a restraining order, more than once.
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Hi there,
With all gentleness and sincerity, may I ask you to please give us a little more information about what you specifically mean when you say that this person has "harassed" people in real life? Behaviours which would result in a restraining order?
I understand that this is a sore point for you and/or the others who are affected by this person; it must be unsettling to be duped by someone you trusted. However, can you see why some people may be having a hard time accepting [your] postings? You are issuing warnings about someone who, as far as I can tell, hasn't done anything negative to anyone here on GC. It's like asking us to stay away from the nice girl. If this poster has exhibited inappropriate behaviours which endanger the physical safety of others on this board, then I believe you need to come right out and say "We met her for coffee a few months ago and she waved a knife around at us" or, "she sent us some very bizarre e-mails which said things like _______" or whatever.
Don't get me wrong, I am NOT a fan on this type of "fake internet person" junk. Just this year my family and friends had to deal with a faker who was, in reality, someone who had been an old member of our group who had left under strained conditions and was now stalking us by e-mail and by phone. We caught him out big time using a fake online persona so that he could "be friends" with us - we have the hard evidence to prove his real identity. At one point, this guy outright told my father that he'd create as many fake e-mail accounts as needed to get around my dad's spam blocker software. Then this guy's behaviour got really bizarre and irrational to the point where several of us started to feel that our physical safety was in question. Four of us had to get together to discuss going to court to get an actual restraining order.
We originally didn't want to air the dirty laundry to the rest of the members of the club; but it came to a point where we felt obligated to cite specific examples to the others in the group so that they knew how and why to stay away from Mr. Stalker Guy. After all, he "seemed ok" to
them.
I can see if you truly don't want to give away any future strategy, but it does make it hard for us to understand. In my opinion, taking one post off of someone else's LJ and using it as yours is lame, but it's not
really identity theft and it's not something you can get a restraining order for.
That's why we're confused about this. If you want to clear it up a bit, that would help. I suppose you can PM me if you'd rather respond there.
.....Kelly
