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Hekate

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57. Scarletwoman is right. DUers really tried to help her out in material ways...

Wed Mar 5, 2014, 05:04 AM

Mar 2014

...as well as being supportive here. But she truly was awful to deal with, unless you took her point of view as gospel. In the end I stopped trying to communicate with her because I couldn't decide whether her abusive behavior was that of a mentally ill person or that of a clever and divisive troll. It was a relief when she was no .longer around.

Wherever she ended up, whoever she was, I hope she is okay.

Which begs the question: Who was this newbie "Birder" in a previous life, that s/he knows Bobolink?

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What ever happened to the poster "Bobolink" ? [View all] NM_Birder Mar 2014 OP

Not sure. But she got a very threatening email from a DUer Whisp Mar 2014 #1

How did I miss this? redwitch Mar 2014 #2

I can't really say. Last time I posted about it I was juried. Whisp Mar 2014 #3

plucked and eaten obliviously Mar 2014 #4

...sometimes "rivers" can be trecherous without a life jacket. NM_Birder Mar 2014 #6

Man, that's the pits. pintobean Mar 2014 #9

yes obliviously Mar 2014 #12

I ignore everything he posts. closeupready Mar 2014 #13

I can totally tell when you're talking about me. Orrex Mar 2014 #14

You know, it's funny, but I'm kinda skipping over those posts these days- I used to read 'em all NBachers Mar 2014 #83

Post removed Post removed Mar 2014 #84

a special lad, that one. Whisp Mar 2014 #15

I will pit bobolink over any drunk in any dark alley any day. ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2014 #50

The grand jury returned no true Bill. Travelman Mar 2014 #41

Hopefully still fighting her crusade against poverty. Scuba Mar 2014 #5

was just curious, NM_Birder Mar 2014 #7

Welcome Back. She left and hasn't been seen. Autumn Mar 2014 #32

Oops, I was mistaken JVS Mar 2014 #8

LOL Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #10

ROFLMAO! Sometime you crack me the hell up! Did you ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2014 #47

yep. for those paying attention it is very clear what happened. Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #48

I am the sunrise, ......... the sunset NM_Birder Mar 2014 #58

I know she was homeless during the last couple years she posted here - closeupready Mar 2014 #11

I hope she's okay ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2014 #16

I remember her from lurking this site 1000words Mar 2014 #24

Why don't you try being homeless, hopeless and desperate liberalhistorian Mar 2014 #29

I work with the homeless 1000words Mar 2014 #31

Very, very true. n/t AngryOldDem Mar 2014 #71

Several DUers genuinely did all they could think of to help her. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #40

Scarletwoman is right. DUers really tried to help her out in material ways... Hekate Mar 2014 #57

I agree. She communicated with me privately for a while, like others have said, she refused all sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #79

You are correct. Le Taz Hot Mar 2014 #67

OK, I do apologize now, liberalhistorian Mar 2014 #72

Sorry, but... pipi_k Mar 2014 #91

She attacked me one time -- and I was agreeing with her. Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #64

I had been told she was in Fort Collins, CO and since I was up there quite a bit hlthe2b Mar 2014 #17

Very sad. jsr Mar 2014 #19

I thought I remember her being in Colorado, NM_Birder Mar 2014 #20

She was in Colorado. Crunchy Frog Mar 2014 #76

I know she'd gotten more erratic as time went on Warpy Mar 2014 #30

Indeed... I learned pretty early on not to engage too much if she questioned a post... hlthe2b Mar 2014 #34

One winter a bunch of us here donated money to help out DUers who were tblue37 Mar 2014 #53

I offered her a place to stay if she could get to where I am RainDog Mar 2014 #18

I put her in contact with a minister friend of mine, Don Marxhausen who counseled the Klebold family riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #27

Welcome to DU! madinmaryland Mar 2014 #21

seemed like it had been a few years NM_Birder Mar 2014 #22

I was a mod then. Puglover Mar 2014 #23

I agree with you. No one came out of this looking well. nt madinmaryland Mar 2014 #25

what about Swamprat ? Another one I haven't seen in years ? NM_Birder Mar 2014 #59

It's always a good day when you're around, posting common sense. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2014 #60

Aw thanks mucho dear. Puglover Mar 2014 #63

I remember that REP Mar 2014 #69

that was the way I remembered it hfojvt Mar 2014 #74

She wasn't locked out by a locked OP REP Mar 2014 #82

Oh I remember her she didn't think anyone should get a pension other than doc03 Mar 2014 #26

She gave some pretty strange replies to some of my posts. NaturalHigh Mar 2014 #28

Does anyone know if she actually lived in a car or is that just something she doc03 Mar 2014 #33

I don't know. NaturalHigh Mar 2014 #35

I could claim I sleep under a bridge and post at a library, who would know doc03 Mar 2014 #38

Very true. NaturalHigh Mar 2014 #42

Upthread I explain about DUers who went to CO to try to help her. tblue37 Mar 2014 #55

She really was homeless. That was definitely confirmed. nt tblue37 Mar 2014 #54

I remember that she hated Habitat for Humanity. n/t tammywammy Mar 2014 #36

Any idea why? NaturalHigh Mar 2014 #44

They didn't do enough to help single homeless people. tammywammy Mar 2014 #49

wow, that one had a "blast from the past" NM_Birder Mar 2014 #61

I'm surprised it was from 2006. tammywammy Mar 2014 #62

I offered a place for her to live Texasgal Mar 2014 #37

Wifi? NaturalHigh Mar 2014 #43

Come again??? Number23 Mar 2014 #46

I dont know about you quakerboy Mar 2014 #51

Many people tried to help her. nt tblue37 Mar 2014 #56

"Have a heart" Her plea for compassion for homeless still resonates with me aikoaiko Mar 2014 #39

We e-mailed for a while after she quit DU Tsiyu Mar 2014 #68

Tsiyu Skittles Mar 2014 #75

Woman! Tsiyu Mar 2014 #78

you deserve it, Tsiyu! Skittles Mar 2014 #81

Thank you, Skittles! Tsiyu Mar 2014 #89

I remember her lashing out at people who agreed with her 99% on an issue. Throd Mar 2014 #45

That happened to me. Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #65

That was the thing about Bobolink. AngryOldDem Mar 2014 #70

I have also asked that question in an OP in the past, but no one had any tblue37 Mar 2014 #52

I pm'd her a few times when she was here, polly7 Mar 2014 #66

Would this be bobolink of DU fame? madokie Mar 2014 #73

her screen name was bobbolink Tsiyu Mar 2014 #77

No. n/t Crunchy Frog Mar 2014 #80

Post removed Post removed Mar 2014 #85

Were you a member then? uppityperson Mar 2014 #86

Nope, but I read DU. I was a Marine with a TS rudolph the red Mar 2014 #87

Well, you remember wrong, it was not that. Good hide, jurors. uppityperson Mar 2014 #88

Very sad situation there where I feel bad for both Bobbolink and William Pitt. stevenleser Mar 2014 #90

possibly the only answer on this thread worth reading La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2014 #92

Thank you LLP. stevenleser Mar 2014 #93

Did you see the message he sent her? progressiveinaction Mar 2014 #94

Did you see what prompted it? stevenleser Mar 2014 #95