Ah, but the lengths of the posts do. Whenever I see a chapter, I know who it’s going to be.
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To be fair, sometimes it is me. I have a tendency to ramble 'round the church widdershins, but I do try and catch myself.
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If you are to believe LK, MB has never claimed self defense.
At least that is what she says on the COTH Facebook thread.
He has not once denied shooting me, right? Nor has he ever claimed self defense. He won’t, either.
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I said that the moderator shut down the threads when they became “too” vicious. I said Lauren received the brunt of the attacks.
My post does NOT claim that Lauren refrained from some inflammatory posts herself.
So which sentence is not true? Am I committing “semantic gotchaism” to point out I never said that Lauren refrained from contributing to the “strife”?
“Had she behaved better MB might not have a case of self defense”? I won’t ask for clarification on that one, since I’m pretty sure what it means.
Another copy and paste of a post from LK on the Facebook thread where she says the defense has not said it is self defense.
In this case, it was not “self defense.” If the defense wanted to claim that, he could have done so in the bail hearing. He did not. Bc, it was not.
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YD realized that her tone and style in the earlier threads was much too harsh and inflammatory. However, the context is that she entered the mid December thread with considerable disgust at what she considered victim blaming of, well, the victim.
Over the course of time, she has consciously attempted to reform her tone and post only calm, rational posts. Nevertheless, she fully understands that many posters have animosity that they are carrying over from previous threads.
I don’t think my vocabulary has changed, but what would I know?
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That entire FB thread is a total train wreck with LK and her two “besties” lashing out and drooling like mad dogs against anyone who they suspect defends MB or even questions her version of events.
But it sure draws clicks doesn’t it!!!
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In the Facebook thread that seems to have become the topic of this thread one of the more prolific anti LK posters stated that she had recently had back surgery and even excused one of her own statements by saying she was on pain meds. OMG. It’s bizarre.
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OMG you TWIT I did NOT blame my back surgery/pain meds for any of my posts. What is your freaking obsession with that? PLEASE find me the post where I said “aw man I only said that cause I’m on drugs” or anything even similar to that nature. How far up LK’s bum do you live? Are you only semi-literate?
I spend most of my “prolific” words to her continuously re-explaining things because she too seems unable to comprehend what she reads.
ETA: LK and I have both decided we had better things to do and have chosen to simply ignore the other’s existence. Which I will maintain unless she chooses to bring it up again and then I’m sure we will continue going in circles until we die of old age.
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In previous threads, many posters patronizingly told LK that she should not be posting because she was harming her case, it was not good for her mental health, etc.
In this thread she has declined to post. So now posters on this thread are discussing her posts on FB, cut and pasting her FB posts to import them and tut tut tutting about how juvenile she sounds on FB! And patronizingly saying she should not post on FB just in case she is reading!
Rather a mixed message as to whether posters “appreciate/hate” her participation.
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You revealed your identity as a major player in the FB “discussion” with your pointing out that you are recovering from back surgery, with or without the reference the pain meds. I thought I saw that, and perhaps you deleted it.
I do not live “in Lauren’s bum”. I consider myself fully literate. I find it very mildly amusing that I am now accused of being verbose, pedantic, overly into semantics, AND semi- literate!
Asserting that someone steers conversations toward semantics does not entail the proposition that said person has a good understanding of semantics, nor does it entail anything about that person’s literacy.
Now, I’d love to stop on this bridge you’re guarding to chat more about semantics, but I’ve got to be on my way to the pasture.
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For those who are more literate than I, does refraining from using the quote feature to address what I post, but nevertheless posting a rebuttal to something I said, count as ignoring and “not engaging” me?
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Just popping in to say that most of the posts I saw didn’t seem patronizing at all, more a genuine concern that she really needed to not be constantly posting things heat-of-the-moment, with an impending trial, which were not doing anything to help her recover and move on with her life.
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I never intended to be anonymous. I did say that. It’s still there. Both on this thread and on Facebook. It still in no way says “sorry if I’m mean I’m on pain meds/had back surgery.” Or “ignore my posts I’m on pain meds,” because it was very clearly edited to say I meant please excuse typos and nonsense words. You add in your own narrative that excludes the actual facts I have stated…every single time I post. Hence the question of literacy. Or comprehension. Or perhaps you are so desperate to be valid you have to make your own truth?
Let me help you out here. My name is Ariana. I met Lauren in 200-something. She publicly trashed my friend and riding instructor. I stood up for my friend. LK and her sycophant, Shelley then took it upon themselves to threaten to sue my for cyber bullying (ironically if that charge had been filed I would have counter filed and won.) She posted my private home address on her PUBLIC FB page, attempted to use a website that uses a bot to send messages pretending to be someone else (in this case she attempted to say I was blackmailing her…she never could figure out a reason why I would bother), and then informed me the sheriff was coming to arrest me.
You know nothing about LK. Was she a victim in this shooting? Absolutely. It was a horrific tragedy. Is she the saint you seem to cling to? No.
That’s my LK story. I will not be rehashing it again, it’s not open for debate, and I will only answer relevant questions about it. I am certain LK has her own version of events, I cannot speak to that.
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I was also of the viewpoint that she did not “owe” explanations to anyone, and thought she could make life easier on herself if she ignored it all. At the same time, I think the very act of “advising” her to quit posting is patronizing, even if the motivation is from empathy. It is hard to view the comments instructing her to quit posting because her posting is just revealing what a nutjob she is, and because she has mental problems, and personality disorders, as anything other than patronizing.
I’m so sorry about your past experience with LK. I deleted some of your post, so as to not clutter up the thread since it’s been posted and quoted recently. I Hope you don’t mind.
There were some additional personal stories on the other threads from people who had had past dealings with LK. None of them seemed to be particularly pleasant, so I guess you are in good company.
Her recent shenanigans on the COTH fb post goes way beyond the pale.
So when the conversation here goes off the rails with certain posters, some have had some relief with discussions of recipes and boxed wine. Better for the soul. Another possible avenue is, how much did you pay for your last bottle of purell? The liquid gold of our times.
Cheers :-))
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I don’t understand how you get from A to B here. It is a consistent message throughout: the postings both here and on FB are unhinged. They seem to be a bad idea. They reflect poorly on the poster. If she were a member of my family I would move heaven and earth to stop them happening. They show someone who is not acting in an adult and responsible manner. The posts occasionally contradict themselves and give a bad impression of the poster’s honesty. Some of her more outrageous accusations prompt people to expose things about her past that I would not want exposed. I would not want people reading similar output from someone close to me. I’d try to help them deal with things in a more constructive and private way. That stuff is out there forever and I wouldn’t want that out there wrt someone I cared about. That holds true for postings here and elsewhere.
Not sure where you find inconsistency. Most people, including people on the other threads who are not on the ones here, think it would be best all around for her to not put that impression of herself out there. Some want her to keep going b/c it is entertaining for them to witness a train wreck of SM posting. I guess you prefer that approach?
If LK were your sister, mother, dear friend, significant other, would you honestly NOT advise her to stop? If you wouldn’t, why not? If you would, why do you object to people who agree that it is ill advised?
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Question…has anyone ever filed a report with SafeSport? If so, how long did it take for them to respond to you? How long did it take SS to take action on LK’s complaint(s) about MB/MHG/JH or any others? The Jaffer article mentions Bilinkas states “Barisone and others” have filed reports about LK with SS. Why have they (SS) not done anything? Clearly LK is harassing, bullying, emotionally attacking others on the FB Chronicle post right this moment and I can’t believe others haven’t reported her in the past. Is she allowed to do whatever she wants while others are banned for various reasons? Simply curious and wondering about hypocrisy.
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