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I am so ashamed. I don’t know what to do. I exposed a political activist that publicly lied about her husband being in combat.
She had become an internet meme in July. Her beliefs are completely different from mine. I thought her picture was just showing her constitutional rights even though the sight made me uncomfortable. I have been trying to learn and understand other’s beliefs and values. I started to read her Facebook page and had found that we actually had a few things in common.
I reached out to her to let her know that even though I come from the other side of the spectrum, I liked a few things about her beliefs and addressed them.
She started a private conversation about the stuff we had in common. I actually started to like her. Then the news reported that she had created on her husband. When I read it, I quickly went to her public page and personal page. I told her that I didn’t know if I should be upset because of how hard I had to fight for my marriage. Either way, I was thinking of her. To let the haters hate and continue on with her mission. I told her that when she needed to talk to someone private to access the hotlines.
Then I turned my back on her and became one of the haters. She posted a public apology about how hard life has been and dealing with deployment. The next day, in a lengthy post, she said her husband hadn’t been deployed and wasn’t in the military anymore.
I lost all control of my emotions and rational thinking. My brother has been deployed twice. On his first deployment a suicide bomber entered the mess hall killing 22. The wait to hear if he was alive was horrifying. He has three children. His youngest grew up talking to him on webcam. No one knew how he would adjust once my brother came home. I could go on about how much my brother serves his country. He is a police detective in the worst town.
I wanted the news to report about the lie her and husband kept going. Almost all news headlines are about her husband being a combat vet. So I spent the day going crazy. I wrote to all the news sources that were claiming her husband was a combat vet that it was a lie.
I am starting to feel awful about what I have done. I am kicking someone that is already down. I could have made her life and her husband’s life worse. I am no better.
When I first started to read her Facebook page, my wife warned me to stay away. She told me I would get too attached. She was right, I did. How am I going to tell her what I did?
She had become an internet meme in July. Her beliefs are completely different from mine. I thought her picture was just showing her constitutional rights even though the sight made me uncomfortable. I have been trying to learn and understand other’s beliefs and values. I started to read her Facebook page and had found that we actually had a few things in common.
I reached out to her to let her know that even though I come from the other side of the spectrum, I liked a few things about her beliefs and addressed them.
She started a private conversation about the stuff we had in common. I actually started to like her. Then the news reported that she had created on her husband. When I read it, I quickly went to her public page and personal page. I told her that I didn’t know if I should be upset because of how hard I had to fight for my marriage. Either way, I was thinking of her. To let the haters hate and continue on with her mission. I told her that when she needed to talk to someone private to access the hotlines.
Then I turned my back on her and became one of the haters. She posted a public apology about how hard life has been and dealing with deployment. The next day, in a lengthy post, she said her husband hadn’t been deployed and wasn’t in the military anymore.
I lost all control of my emotions and rational thinking. My brother has been deployed twice. On his first deployment a suicide bomber entered the mess hall killing 22. The wait to hear if he was alive was horrifying. He has three children. His youngest grew up talking to him on webcam. No one knew how he would adjust once my brother came home. I could go on about how much my brother serves his country. He is a police detective in the worst town.
I wanted the news to report about the lie her and husband kept going. Almost all news headlines are about her husband being a combat vet. So I spent the day going crazy. I wrote to all the news sources that were claiming her husband was a combat vet that it was a lie.
I am starting to feel awful about what I have done. I am kicking someone that is already down. I could have made her life and her husband’s life worse. I am no better.
When I first started to read her Facebook page, my wife warned me to stay away. She told me I would get too attached. She was right, I did. How am I going to tell her what I did?
