Be Kind

So sad to read of what happens when it all becomes too much to live with. The viciousness of trolls and their supporters is sickening. For the past 4+ years, harrassment/stalking/trolling has been a fact of my life and though I try so hard not to let it, the injustice and nastiness do get to me. Online and in the real-world, me and even more sadly - nearly everyone who has anything to do with me - are targetted by one man and his handful of misguided followers.

Of course the route is to block and ensure you don't 'see' the output - but when it impacts friends, family, fellow campaigners, people I love and respect... then there is no way of NOT seeing the impacts. I know who I am, why I do what I do and still keep taking the next steps I choose and if it weren't for the inclusion of others in the attacks (4+ hate videos per week naming many etc) - I would keep on ignoring the man with the wrong information who is lost in a conspiracy he will never untangle as it's of his own daily-making... but the hurt and damage to people's hearts is too much and I have to keep pursuing some legal recourse.

Even on a practical level this is damaging; this past week alone a large caravan with my name and some slander in large letters was placed on a busy road in the area I live - as I'm trying to find work, this is so damaging as outsiders can't see the whole long, sordid story behind it all. A previous incident involved 27 painted signs of hatred and slander on lamposts up the same road. The legal route and police support are less than worthless (Lancashire Police, Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner) but I'll keep trying.

To friends and fellow campaigners caught up in this ugliness that has attached to me, I'm sorry this continues so relentlessly.

#BeKind