To YYNA and PRINCESS:
I recall PM exchanges with both of you early on. I'm the one who originally got the "boot", (terminated), because I had the audacity to start asking questions about advertising (or lack thereof), the dopey feedback system, business plans (or lack thereof), the "link referral" system (which I was told was against WP policy and would be grounds for account cancellation through a personal email from Karen, yet discovered the "cheerleaders" were all using them and were encouraged to do so).
I was the one who originally posted that business is more than sitting in a circle, praying, holding hands and singing Kumbaya. Scott Bulger took that comment and made it his signature. I was Designers Bargains, Scott's nemesis. He called me a liar and a cheat on the boards -- attacked my character and business ethics, and was cheered on by Karen (courteous and constructive posts only allowed, my ass! Glofity WP and kiss KaRay's Â
and you can get away with just about anything -- HYPOCRITES!). KaRay thought that excommunicating me would cut the cancer that was me out of the festering limb, but he/she underestimated me, my resourcefulness and drive to get the word out about this cultist, non-business site sucking in the innocent to line the pockets of one person only.
As you read through the thread you will see my posts, some of which have been preserved for posterity here, as they were deleted from the WP boards. After my termination, censorship became a rather routine thing. We knew it here, but many Poppers did not, as posts were deleted before they were given a chance to view them.
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Epilog: I watch very little TV, but while my husband was monopolizing the computer playing Pogo, I chose to turn on the glass teet while doing a little work out on the elliptical -- catching the tail end of a Dr. Phil episode on abusive husbands. One thing he said in closing that struck me. (Paraphrasing) "A symptomatic characteristic of an abuser is
isolation (his word).
An abuser will try to isolate his victim(s) from the world as a means of control. He will do what he can to isolate the victim from access to any tools that may help the victim learn the truth of the abuser's motives and character and get help to escape from the situation. Freeing yourself from an abuser is not about distancing yourself from him, but rather about reaching out wherever you can to access tools that will help you learn the truth and live independently from him." Â Â