Rick Carufel Sues STGRB / Anne Rice

Author, and painter, Rick Carufel, files a complaint against STGRB, and mentions Author, Anne Rice, in the complaint - according to a recent press release.

Also mentioned in the article, yours truly. 

For several months now, it has been common knowledge in the 'war on bullies' circles that Rick Carufel has been pursuing justice against STGRB for their libelous posts on their website pertaining to Rick Carufel, calling him a "cocaine monkey" and other vile and slanderous things. It would seem that complaint is inching closer by the minute to being resolved in a courtroom.

For more information regarding this press release and Mr. Carufel's complaint, just CLICK HERE

The Anne Rice Whine Campaign

Moments ago, before this writing, I signed into my Facebook account when once I did, an Anne Rice Facebook feed appeared before my eyes. I don't know why it did, I never subscribed to anything Anne Rice, but none the less, it did. She posted a link to a video of her talking about STGRB I suppose. I didn't watch it. I just read the description, but in the description, she praises STGRB.

I took it upon myself to comment since it was allowing me to  comment. And this is what occurred.

I admit, I tore into her just a bit. I laid down some heavy truth for her, not that it was going to make a difference, I know better than that, but the truth needed to be said.

Anyhow, I did get one response. It was from some sadly misled girl named Carrie F. Shepherd. Check it out.

She says that I am the root of bullying. 

Me.

I'm the root of bullying.

Me.

I was a victim of the bulllying that Anne Rice claims to be fighting for.

Me.

I'm the root of bullying. 

Me. A victim of bullying.

Anyhow, I decided to respond but it didn't quite go very well. 

I got ZAPPED! LMAO

Yes, I got banned from responding. And I wasn't cussing or anything. I got banned from further responses because Anne Rice is a bully who doesn't want a healthy debate of the facts because she knows she will lose the debate. She knows that I, Carroll Bryant, would humiliate her and STGRB in any debate regarding bullying. The truth is what I said to her post, that Anne Rice doesn't know what bullying is. I do. I was a victim of it on Goodreads. It was my attack that put STGRB on the map. Before they covered my attack, they were just mostly known by the bullies themselves. But when I got attacked, it went viral. When STGRB covered the attack, they went viral with me. This is the truth and everyone knows it. This is when people really started paying attention to STGRB. They were only a few weeks old when they covered my attack. But then they turned around and made a backdoor deal with Goodreads and Patrick Brown (allegedly) and then they turned on me shortly there-after. 

That's a sum up of the facts as they stand. And everybody who was there in the beginning knows this. And when I say everyone, I mean everyone. 

Anyhow, here is my response to the utterly misled Carrie F. Shepherd.

It would seem that Anne Rice doesn't want the truth to get out, but here's the thing, it is getting out. I'm just basing that on the amount page views I am still receiving here on The Glass. Meanwhile, Anne Rice continues her "Whine Campaign" in true bully fashion. (I say she is a bully because of her behavior. She invades personal spaces and that is not cool.) And I have been fighting the bullies a whole lot longer than she has. And nobody has been attacked by the bullies like I was. And Goodreads has practically rewritten their entire ToS because of the attack on me and because of my article GOODREADS OR GOOD PEDOPHILIA. 

All Anne Rice wants is to change the rules of rating and reviewing. She wants to change the system so she can game the system. 

On the bright side, I doubt I'll get her news feed on my Facebook page again. lol 

Hey, Anne Rice, keep your shit off my junk.  *George Carlin*

Okay, that sounded quite gutter. O_o 

Shit off my junk? C'mon Carroll, you can do better than that.

Bullying.org Denounces STGRB

Talk about being behind the times, I stumbled across a tweet posted by "Bullying.org" (posted in 2012) proclaiming that they do not endorse STGRB, and on top of that, Athena Parker put their banner up on STGRB "without" their permission.

One would think that for all of her belly-aching about me not getting people's permission to post stories about them (none of which she can give an example of) that she would practice what she preaches and get the permission of other websites first before "pretending" to be associated with them. Or at the very least, make it appear that those websites support STGRB. (Which they don't.)

Be that as it may, it would appear that Athena Parker can't even uphold the expectations for herself that of which she demands from others. In her world, only she is allowed to post without permission, and nobody else can!

Think she would adhere to their wishes of her taking any link to them down and off her hate site? Think again!

She still posts a link to "Bullying.org" - despite the fact that "Bullying.org" really doesn't want her linking to them. They want nothing to do with STGRB. They would rather STGRB didn't demonstrate any association with them. Apparently, Athena Parker couldn't care less what "Bullying.org" wants, she's too busy self-serving her own agenda. So much so that she lists them twice!

Hey Athena, practice what you preach! You don't have "Bullying.org" permission to link to them. They want nothing to do with you. You're not an anti-bullying site, despite your delusions otherwise.

I'm Carroll Bryant .... and this is The Looking Glass

Rick Carufel Files Complaint Against STGRB

Author Rick Carufel has officially filed a complaint against STGRB in the 3rd District Court of Minnesota. You can read all about it here.

This announcement also appears on his Facebook page. 

While I am not at liberty to release any further details, I did get a chance to talk with Rick, and have learned that his intentions is to also hopefully assist others who have been victimized by STGRB in the future to file similar complaints. 

The complaint itself also requests the true identity of the owner of STGRB, and all who post on the website. Speculation persists that the owner listed, Athena Parker, and author Melissa Douthit are one and the same. It is also widely believed that the other contributors of the site are also one person. Whether or not this is actually true, one thing is for certain, we could find out once and for all the identities of all contributors of STGRB.

If this complaint runs it course, this could also be a landmark case in the fight against anonymous owners and contributors of websites and those who use these websites to attack others online in an attempt to damage reputations and careers. 

STGRB originally came onto the scene about two years or so ago in an effort to combat online bullies and their attacks on authors on the book website Goodreads.com, and the Amazon Forum Boards. However, in recent months, they have turned their attacks towards select authors such as Rick Carufel, myself and others. 

STGRB has publicly referred to Rick Carufel as a "coke monkey" in the past, as well as targeting those who oppose their views. While their intentions may have been honorable in the beginning, it has become a place now where if you do not agree with STGRB on any level or issue, they publicly attack those people for the sake of public humiliation. 

If the lawsuit goes through, Mr. Carufel hopes to collect financial damages that STGRB has caused to his career. 

No word yet as to what world renowned author Anne Rice feels about this filing, or if she is even aware of it. Anne Rice has recently been endorsing STGRB while refusing to endorse Goodreads. One can only wonder the impact this could make on Ms. Rice's reputation and public image if STGRB is found guilty of any wrong-doing. 

I'll be keeping up on this story as it develops.  

I'm Carroll Bryant .... and this is The Looking Glass

STGRB Coattails Ellen Painter Dollar/Legal Issues

In the beginning, they were fighting for a purpose. Now, there are many scratching their heads over what exactly is the point of STGRB?

Here are screenshots of a post they published on May 13th, 2014, talking about troll-proofing the internet.

It would seem at this juncture, STGRB is against bullying of authors, and they claim that the comments made by Ellen Painter Dollar in her article represents the exact point that they (STGRB) has been driving home for two years. I ask, really, STGRB?

STGRB also says in the screenshot above that "Bullies have turned the web into a virtual cesspool of hate filled impropriety, targeted at anyone who ventured to articulate their disapproval of this behavior."

I think we should store this in our memory banks for now as this statement, and more to come, will come back to haunt them shortly.

I read the article by Ellen Painter Dollar and agree with it very much. 

But it appears to me that STGRB is once again flapping in the wind of hypocrisy. More of this hypocrisy can be seen further into their post. 

STGRB proudly proclaims that: "Time and again, STGRB has written blog posts of the damage "cyber-bullying" causes." And they ask you to "remember" their Charlotte Dawson post. Then they finish out that screenshot talking about how you should ignore the bullies and the horrible things they say about authors. And how it was considered dangerous to give these bullies any kind of attention or publicity. Then they state: "Mostly because there was so little support other than this site (STGRB) and a few brave authors who had taken it upon themselves (Carroll Bryant and Rick Carufel) to expose this abominable behavior. They did this knowing they were placing a bulls-eye on their foreheads for the bullies to throw poison laced knives at. But we (STGRB) did not quit."

Now obviously, STGRB did not mention who the few brave authors were that placed themselves in harms way of the bullies by standing up to them, nor did they mention myself or Rick Carufel. And since STGRB praises themselves in this post, allow me to do the same for myself and Rick Carufel. 

In the beginning, yes, STGRB did take a stand against bullying. I followed their lead and did the same. Then Rick Carufel emerged as one who stood up to the bullying. Look where it got us. Evidently STGRB has forgotten this in their memory banks. They took my attack and rode it like a white knight into the kingdom of Fame. (Until they made their deal with the GR devil.) It didn't take them long to turn on those who were / are fighting for the cause. The problem with this was: STGRB was fighting / is fighting for a different cause now. The Melissa Douthit cause. 

But at the end of the that screenshot above, they quote Ellen: "So when people attack us - when they don't merely disagree, but ridicule and dismiss and name call - it feels personal and is personal." - End of quote. 

I want you to keep that in mind also. "It feels personal because it is personal."

Then STGRB goes on in their post. 

STGRB admits that: "It's personal because the trolls mean it to be personal." AND "They want the feeling of satisfaction it gives them to "decimate another human-being" without being challenged."

Those are your words, STGRB. And here are your actions.

My questions to STGRB are this: 

1) Do you take satisfaction in attacking authors?

2) How is this not personal?

3) If you're a anti-bully site, then why bully authors who are not bullying others?

4) Does it please you to "decimate another human-being" like calling author Rick Carufel a "coke monkey"?

5) Did you go to the lengths you did to keep him and I from reading your posts in so that we wouldn't challenge you?

6) Are you not concerned that your attacks against Rick and myself could lead to another "Charlotte Dawson" tragedy? Or is it, you just don't care?

So which is it? Is STGRB and Athena Parker / Melissa Douthit really concerned about the bullying THEY do? Or the damage they might cause because of it? Especially when they claim to be an anti-bullying site and yet, they intentionally bully Rick Carufel and myself without any regards to the fact that he nor I have ever bullied anyone? What gives here? 

But as it turns out, Rick and I are no longer exclusive in their attacks. They are now beginning to attack other authors. (Rick would know more about that than I. Read his blog for more info on that subject matter.) 

My concern is this: That riding the coattails of Anne Rice wasn't enough, now they are going to ride the coattails of Ellen Painter Dollar too? And in hypocritical fashion at that. If I could give Ms. Dollar any advice it would be, contact STGRB and ask them, no, demand them to remove any mention of you or your article. 

Miss Dollar appears to be a very nice lady. It would be a shame to have her name tainted by association with that of the recently tainted name of STGRB.

Then STGRB posts some comments made by Ms. Rice - still riding that coattail. 

You are correct Ms. Rice, it isn't about authentic ratings and reviews, not for STGRB anyway, it's about "PERSONAL" to them. And you are endorsing this site? STGRB is attacking a friend of yours and fellow author, Rick Carufel, and you haven't a problem with that? Sorry if I have to scratch my head on that one. I mean, no offense, Ms. Rice, but if you are against bullying of authors, or any kind, which you claim, and I am trusted to believe, then how can you endorse a site that does just that? It really makes no sense. Or am I not allowed to question your position? 

I'm not trying to pick a fight with Ms. Rice in any way, shape or form, just asking a question or two. I hope at some point some of these, if not, all of these questions get answered someday. Perhaps someone can send Ms. Rice these questions and see if she cares to answer. That would be interesting. I have already conceded to the notion that my questions to STGRB will never be answered. Or maybe they already have been answered by their actions and words not meshing like they should. It seems to me that Ms. Rice is doing more to cover up the truth about STGRB than anything else. And this worries me. But how will that eventually go? I mean, her endorsement of STGRB? You see, STGRB is now in bed with Goodreads and I have it on record right here on The Glass that Anne Rice does not endorse Goodreads. Eventually, this may cause a conflict of interest between the parties, one would imagine, except for the fact that STGRB is riding the Anne Rice coattails for attention. 

That's what I'm seeing anyway. And how would I know that STGRB and GR are in cahoots? Maybe this comment from Rick Carufel will explain it. 

So, STGRB is waiting to hear back from Goodreads? Can we take that comment made by Athena Parker to indicate that Goodreads is revealing private information to Athena Parker and STGRB? Or is Athena Parker simply lying yet again to stir up the crowd? It has to be one or the other. I'll leave you all to figure which one of the two is correct. But if GR is providing STGRB with private / personal information, wouldn't that be against the law? Some of you may want to dig deeper on that one. If I were a member of Goodreads, I would certainly want to know the answer to that one. If they deny it, then I guess that would mean Athena Parker / STGRB / Melissa Douthit would be lying again. Kind of like the following lie by "Chewey" and "Johnny".

Oh, but "Chewey", I have debunked many Athena and STGRB lies against me. And now, we have another one that may be debunked because if GR is indeed turning over private information on members to STGRB, then someone is in a lot of serious legal hot-water. If not, then Athena / STGRB is lying. AGAIN!

I'm Carroll Bryant .... and this is The Looking Glass.

 

 

  

Fickled Bullies, Kara Erickson and STGRB

According to Randolph "Dilda" Carter, another mass exodus has occurred where the bullies are concerned.

Yes, it would appear that the bullies, despite their "promises" of leaving Badreads for good, are returning to their old stomping grounds. Also, as expected, many of them have turned to "Leafmarks", too, to continue their author bashing over there.

I did a post about "Leafmarks" already. I think we have established their connection to "Bully Nation". However, according to this Randolph Carter, the bullies have tired of "Bulllylikes" - despite their warm hospitality to accepting the bullies - and have (or are currently) defecting back to the "enemy" of whom they have accused of violating their "freedom of hate". (I mean, speech.)

Fickle indeed. 

Randolph has also update everyone on the whereabouts of one Kara Erickson. You remember her, right? Maybe you remember this?

Anyhow, it seems she is no longer an GR employee, and hasn't been since November. Kara was one of the secret weapons used by the bullies. She and Emily Finley assisted in banning many of the victims of the GR bullies. Then when public scrutiny got to be too much, and GR had to finally start making it appear as if they actually "cared" about the bullying and wanted it to "stop". Poor Kara had to actually start doing the right thing and turn against her bully pals. I guess she couldn't take the heat and left.

Of course, now that GR has bought out STGRB, STGRB has recently come to her defense in a post titled "The Bullies Track Down Kara". No shocker there. Ever since STGRB and Goodreads became best buds, STGRB is now contractually obligated to "praise" Goodreads at every turn. (Including current and former employees evidently.) It was part of their agreement. (An agreement that I cannot prove, but all the circumstantial evidence suggests.) 

STGRB has also become the official "Goodreads" public announcers too, or so, the evidence would suggest yet again. 

So, if you want to keep up with all the happenings on Goodreads, then you might want to check out STGRB. They are in good cahoots with GR and they seem to know everything that is going on. From enemies to best friends overnight, STGRB and Goodreads, teaming up to help ***coughfightcough*** author bullying. 

I'm Carroll Bryant .... and this is The Looking Glass.

STGRB: John Farrow

Remember my post The Athena Parker Lies? Well, there's a story behind that post and it's about time you all know how it came about. One email at a time.

So one day, from out of the blue, I get this email from a guy named John Farrow. He sent me the screenshots that I used in that post mentioned above. Take a look.

He said that he used to be a member of Athena's Anti-troll Alliance group on Facebook. None the less, the screenshots he sent me pertained to the conversation Athena and Mike Dismuke had discussing me. I also posted those screenshots in the post. I also posted John's message to me, but I left out his name, and never did show his email address. I also left out where he misspelled my name. I only showed the message.

Now, why did I show the message? For three primary reasons, first of which, to prove I got the message, otherwise, I felt Athena would try and say that I never got a message and would have ended up accusing me of having a sock in her Facebook group. She's been known to accuse me of things I never done in the past - which I will also prove here in this post shortly, to serve as an example - so why wouldn't it be only fitting to assume she would travel that road once more?

Secondly, John had already admitted that he "left" the group. Plenty of people have left Athena's Facebook group(s) because of her questionable tactics against me, and Rick Carufel, one most notable tactic to mention was her sending a private email I sent her to other parties behind my back, as reported, and shown, by Rick Carufel in his post Is STGRB Breaking The Law?. This will come into play as Athena claims that she doesn't condone behavior such as that yet she practices the very same type of behavior. And apparently, so does her other personality, Melissa Douthit. This next screenshot shows the real personality of one Athena Parker as she refers to Rick Carufel as a "coke monkey". (Yeah, nothing personal about that attack, is there? Not to mention, completely uncalled for.) So would there be any reason for Athena to not accuse me of having sock puppets had I not posted that message from John in my post? Is there any reason for me not to think she would stoop to bully tactics against me? The answer to both of those questions is a resounding NO.

And third, I was smelling a set up. But before I go off the handle and and actually say that it was a set up, I'll let you decide by the emails as they play themselves out.

Now, as soon as I got the initial email from John, I replied with this. 

This was me "asking" for permission to post his message. However, after I had a moment to think about it, I realized, I could post his message without showing his identity because anyone who used to be a member of that group could have sent it to me, right? And we already know by Rick's report that plenty of people have left her Facebook group in recent weeks.  

So, I decided that since I wasn't posting his identity, or his email address, and only posting the message itself, I felt there was no "trust" violation occurring. Nobody would know who sent it to me. There is absolutely no way for anyone to know it was him specifically, and this would prohibit Athena from trying to claim I had a sock puppet in her group. Anyhow, this is John responding to my request. 

At this point, I am trying to figure out how "they" would know who he is. Didn't he already mention that he left the group? And that he took the screenshots of this conversation before he left the group? So not only was I wondering how "they" would know who he is, but why would he pretty much care? I mean, he left the group! And since there was no mention of his name in the post I did, all "they" could do is speculate on who took the screenshots. After all, no "date" was ever shown of when that conversation between Athena and Mike took place. Was it a recent conversation? Was it a conversation they had weeks or months ago? So pretty much, anyone who left that group could be a suspect. But again, I ask the question, if John left the group, then why did he care if "they" would know it was him? And why would he fear "them" knowing? Was he afraid of retribution from Athena Parker? And if so, wouldn't that just prove that people fear Athena and her bully tactics? 

Then John sent me this.

Oh yes, John, I did ask, I just didn't wait for your response because I concluded I didn't really need your permission to post screenshots of Athena Parker and M.T. Dismuke talking about me. But John wasn't finished. He had more to say. 

She was right about me? Okay, whatever you say John. Then I finally respond.

As you can see in my response, I now admit to my suspicion of this being some kind of a set up. Then I go on to explain to him:

Do you see how I choose my words now? I now mention that I don't need his permission to post the screenshots of two people (Athena and Mike) talking about me. (Which I don't.) Now read his response very carefully. I was expecting him to say something like, "I don't care about the screenshots, I just care about the message I sent you." - However, that's not what he said at all. Take a look. 

Yes, he says: "I sent you those screenshots because I thought you had a right to know what your friends are saying about you, not so you can publish them for the whole world to see."

Let me see if I get this straight John, it's okay for the people of her group to see this conversation but it's not okay for me to show the world what other people are saying about me? Really? Well, it doesn't work that way in the real world, John. I have every right to post to the world what others are saying behind my back. I'm pretty sure the world would agree with me on that one. And seeing how I never published your name in the post, or your email address, nor was your name even mentioned in the conversation between Mike and Athena, and since you already (allegedly) left the group, I'm still not seeing how anyone could ever come to the conclusion that it was you who sent that message to me. Unless of course, this was a set up perpetrated by Athena Parker to try and get the "goods" on me to prove I don't get people's permission to post stories about them. There's just one flaw in this scheme, I didn't post a story about someone else, I posted a story about myself. I posted a story about two people talking about me. Nobody else was ever mentioned by name except those who did the talking and me. Oh, and Rick Carufel, because they mentioned him too, but you see, even after all of this, you John were still never mentioned. So I ask yet again, how is it that "they" would know it was you? And why would you even care if "they" suspected you when you have already left the group?  (Allegedly)

Me paranoid? I think not. 

Then John sent me this. 

THERE IT IS!

"Now Athena has all the proof she needs to back up what she's been saying about you." John tells me. Except for what I already mentioned earlier, because what Athena has been saying about me is that I post stories about OTHER people without their permission, but again, the post that I posted wasn't about OTHER people John, was it? No, it was about ME! 

I guess it was a set up all along, for Athena to prove her case about me because she had nothing else to show everyone that I practice the art of posting stories about OTHER people without their permission. I mean, ever since she started making that false claim, she has only focused on ONE post, and that was the Mr. Lucy Flood post. However, no one else has ever come forward to complain that I posted stories about them without their permission, nor can she specifically point to any certain post I ever wrote in the past to use as her example to support her claim. However, now she has this example of me posting a story about MYSELF to prove her claim that I post stories about "other" people without "their" permission. Well here is a news flash for you John, I gave myself permission to post a story about ME! (Or in this case, two people talking about me.)

Then John sends me this. He is now letting me know that he is sending MY emails to ATHENA so she can prove (once and for all) that I'm a liar and betrays people's "trust". 

Yes John, I betrayed my own trust by posting a story about ME. Except as I mentioned earlier, I did give myself permission to post a story about ME. No trust has been violated, except your trust. After all, you sent my emails to Athena just as you two conspired to do. The suggestive evidence is too overwhelming. 

And still, up until this post, your name or email address was never revealed. Nobody knew who sent me that message except those who were involved in the "set up". 

And now on STGRB, we see John has kept his word in forwarding my emails to Athena. In her defamation of accusing me of posting stories about other people without their permission, she links to this email of mine. (Only one email, not the entire conversation.)

The email itself doesn't prove anything. It's just John rambling on, and me requesting that he not ever email me again. It doesn't show me posting a story about someone without their permission. And again, the story I posted wasn't about you, John, it was about me. And of course, Athena also links to my post about her and Mike talking about me. 

She also links to this screenshot below to prove my name isn't Carroll Bryant. (She highlights the part she wants everyone to read.) But if you continue reading, you see directly after what she highlights, I say, "It started out as my pen name. There is nothing unusual about that. However, my name now IS Carroll Bryant." (The key word here is NOW. Because my name is whatever I want it to be. But I like how Athena is just as focused on my name as Gen Xavier is.)

I'll tell you what else she links to in her little sidebar box declaration that STGRB is not associated with Carroll Bryant. A link that is supposed to show everyone how I threatened members on Goodreads and STGRB (as Athena Parker claims.) The link goes to a page that says, "Oops! Page Not Found". 

Yes, her "evidence" to prove that I threaten people is a blank page. Just like all of her evidence regarding her claims against me are all blank pages. Just like her head is a blank page.

Oops! Indeed!

So you see John, I didn't betray your trust by writing a story about you without your permission because I didn't write a story about you. (Until now.) The story you are bitching about is a story about Athena Parker and Mike Dismuke talking about ME. 

I also never revealed your name in that post. Nor did I reveal your email address. So I ask you for one more time, how would anyone have known that it was you who sent me that email? And why would you be so concerned about being a suspect if you already left the group? 

Allow me to answer for you, John.

The reason everyone would know is because you and Athena (and perhaps Mike) put this whole thing together. And the truth is, you never left the group, did you John? 

But here's a little something for you, now you can send her a link to this post as her new evidence that I don't get people's permission to post stories about them because I never asked for your permission to do this post. Then again, I don't need permission from bullies to do stories about them. 

I'm Carroll Bryant .... and this is The Looking Glass.

UPDATE:

This is not a cheap shot at Mike Dismuke, but in one of the screenshots in this post, John asks me why I didn't discuss the screenshots that he (John) sent me (of Mike and Athena talking about me) with Mike in private. Well, here is why John: Because Mike didn't come to me in private to discuss any problems he had with me. Instead, he posted his concerns in a Facebook group for all to see and talked openly with Athena about those concerns. Why would I show him any respect if he isn't going to show me the same courtesy? Had Mike just came to me instead of having a conversation with Athena where others can read it, then I would have kept it private and between Mike and I and then he wouldn't have been compelled to talk openly about it with Athena where others can read it, and this whole thing right here (this post and the other post in question) would never have happened, now would it? Because there wouldn't have been any screenshots for you to "capture" and send to me, thus which opened this whole can of worms in the first place.

Then again, this whole thing didn't happen by accident, did it? 

UPDATE TWO:

I believe that Mike Dismuke holds the power to once and for all, set the record straight as it pertains to STGRB / Athena Parker. Mike knows the truth about whether or not this was a set-up. But I doubt Mike would ever admit the truth. Once upon a time, I thought Mike to be of high honor. After these screenshots were sent to me by John, that thought evaporated. It's just so outside of his character to willfully engage in public scuttle-butt like that. But I also know that Mike is passionate about stopping the bullies. I also know that he feels strongly in that STGRB and Athena were instrumental in the progress that has been made to combat the bullies. However, STGRB no longer is concerned about the bullies. They have been more focused on attacking me, Rick and other authors. Or make lame ass posts like their recent "Shelby" 4 part series posts. Or go after anyone who doesn't support them. What Mike doesn't realize is that Athena Parker and STGRB are now hurting the fight against the bullies. And while I wish he would do the right thing and come onto this blog and confess the truth, that this was a set up organized by Athena Parker, I have a strong feeling that he won't. He won't because he knows it would be the end of STGRB and Athena Parker. And to Mike, if this were to happen, he may feel that the bullies would once again break free all over Goodreads and pick up right where they left off. 

Mike, this is my plea to you. Man to man. Come on here and admit the truth. This whole thing can end right now. And you know it. Do the right thing. STGRB will only do more harm for a cause you once were so passionate about. Just do what you know in your heart is right. Stop playing politics with people's lives. 

STGRB Bullies Carroll Bryant

So I guess now it is official, the website that claims to stand up against bullying of authors is now bullying me. Don't believe me? Check this out.

Yes, you read correctly. Their claim is that I was banned from Goodreads AND THEIR WEBSITE for threatening members. Notice though how they FAIL to present any EVIDENCE to suppport their claims. Not to mention, didn't they cover the attack on me on Goodreads? I think they did. And for nearly two years, they were perhaps the biggest Carroll Bryant supporter. Of course, then came Athena Parker's meltdown over a post I made regarding Lucy Flood, who already came with his or her own baggage before that, as author Rick Carufel proved that Lucy Flood is a pen name some guy is using.

STGRB also claims in the screenshot that they do not condone my tendency to "publish" information given to me by confidence to others without getting permission first. You know, the same way they failed to get my permission first when they posted about the attack on me. And again, they offer up no evidence to support their claim.

Then they conclude their bullying of me by saying that Carroll Bryant is a pen name, like first of all, if that was such a horrible crime to begin with, and secondly, they still fail to show evidence to support their claim.

However, in this next screenshot, you will see me showing evidence that contradicts their claim that Carroll Bryant is a pen name. What you will see is my actual billing statement by my cable provider - minus certain personal and private information such as my account number, my street address, the amount due, and things of that nature. Take a look.

Perhaps someone should inform STGRB that when you post an actual story about someone, or make a claim of a defamatory nature, that when you present evidence to back it up, it's a story. However, when you make claims that you can't back up with evidence, it's called lying and that my friends is what they call bullying. And apparently, Athena Parker and the people over at STGRB have now crossed over into the area of bullying.

This is why I intend to file an official complaint with their host very soon. I will also supply their service host with evidence that will dispute their claims. Also, keep up with this post as after I file my complaint against them, I shall update you on what happens, and I shall also supply a direct link to their service host for any and all other authors to file a complaint against them.

The point is this: When you defend yourself it's not bullying. When you post an actual story with evidence to support your claim, it's not bullying. But when you post things that you can't back up with proof, it is bullying. And STGRB, you have now become an official bully website. You are hypocrites to the very core, and I have shown this with actual evidence right here on The Looking Glass time and time again. Not just with my words.

And oh, one more thing, while it appears that they (STGRB) do not condone publishing information given to me in confidence, then why did Athena send private emails I sent to her in confidence to other parties behind my back? Isn't that just as bad? (As this next screenshot will PROVE.)

So again, I ask the question, which is worse? Me posting private information that was sent to me in confidence that STGRB claims that I do and still hasn't proven that I do, or Athena Parker sending private emails people send to her in confidence behind their backs to other parties as I have proved she does? Only you can honestly answer that question. And if you go by the evidence I have shown, then you already know the answer to that question.

Meanwhile, since STGRB brought up the whole "pen name" issue, and seemingly, they have a problem with that, here is a screenshot from one of Rick Carufel's posts where he presents evidence that Lucy Flood is indeed also a pen name. (And they don't have a problem with that?)

It seems Mr. Lucy Flood has no problem with talking about his bullying but he and STGRB has a problem with me talking about it?

As the EVIDENCE shows, STGRB is now bullying me. 

As I have stated before, I won't just speak mere words, I will back up what I say with proof. When you do this, it is not bullying. But what STGRB is practicing where I am concerned, they say a whole lot of words but not once, to this point, have they ever presented any actual evidence to back it up. One would think they would either put up or just plain shut up. And since they can't "put up" then perhaps they should just shut up before they find themselves without a host for their website. 

I also want to leave a link for any and all authors who have been victimized by STGRB or any other bullies on the internet. It's a lawyer website that specializes in going after those people who say things about you and make false claims like STGRB does, and you want to put an end to it. They are defamation removal attorneys. Here is the link. Just click on it. ( Defamation Removal Attorney's )

Again, keep checking in with this post as I will be adding updates in the future. Thanks. 

I'm Carroll Bryant .... and this is The Looking Glass.


Update:

I sent a complaint to Blue Host and now waiting for a response. If you would like to send a complaint against STGRB then email them at < legal@bluehost.com> 

 

STGRB: The Athena Parker Lies: More Emails

Well, it didn't take long for Athena Parker to start posting more of her lies. This time, in response to my post "Amused is Amusing". Not to worry, I will show you proof of her lying, not just accuse her of it. You see, that's the difference between her and I, she says a lot of things without ever backing it up with evidence where as I will back up what I say. I will show the evidence. In this process, you will be reading a lot of emails exchanged between Athena and I. Unfortunately, this also ties into with someone I am friends with. I get an ugly feeling that after this post, he won't want to be my friend anymore. Oh well, his loss. But I will leave that totally up to him. First, before we get into the lie straight from the words of Athena, allow me to set things up with an email I received recently regarding my friend. It came to me from a former member of the WIN group. Take a look.

Also sent with this email, some screenshots right from the WIN group. These shots shocked me. Just when you think you knew someone, you find out you didn't know them at all. See for yourself.

Yes, a comment left by Mike Dismuke, someone I thought was a friend. I say this because, if he were a real friend as i once thought, I would have figured he would just tell me straight up these thoughts in private instead of smearing me in the WIN group. Be that as it may, I will address his comment where he refers to me as "setting traps".

First of all, Mike, the only trap I have ever set was for the bullies. I did this with them to catch them in lies and post about it. We were fighting .... I mean, I was fighting the bullies. However, the only "trap" I ever set for those whom I thought were my friends was for Athena and Rick.

You see, when everyone turned against him, there were those who suggested I do the same. However, I don't turn on people just because I might not approve of the way or manner in which they fight the bullies. That is an individual decision, and even though I may not agree with some of Rick's tactics for which he felt he needed to use against his bullies, doesn't mean I have to end a friendship over it. And I won't. And I didn't.

The trap I set for him and Athena wasn't really a trap actually, even though i have referred it to as a trap. All I did was give both, Athena and Rick some private thoughts about one another and then I sat back to see which one, if any, if both, would use it against me at a later date.

With all the bickering between the so called good guys, and watching us turn on each other like the bullies do, I really had to find out, between my two closest friends, who was trustworthy and who was not. I was hoping that neither would turn on me. As it turned out, Athena Parker was the one who turned on me when she sent that email I sent to her in private to Rick. I also explained some other reasons why I did it. I was beginning to suspect something shady from STGRB.

Anyhow, whenever one starts to suspect that one of, or both of, their best friends might have questionable character, it's only natural to try and find out if those suspicions have any merit, and to find out in a non-in your face kind of way. Just plant a seed and see what grows. There's nothing shady or evil about that. But like I said, in the end, we all found out who the real shady character and non-trustworthy person really was. It was / is Athena Parker.

Then Mike goes on in that comment to tell of how he likes to deal with the bullies. To each their own, but far be it for me to judge how people wish to chose to deal with the bullies. We all have our own ways of dealing, and no matter what I think of that method, if they are my friends, I support them whole heartily none the less. (Just as I supported, and continue to support, Rick Carufel.)

And if Mike didn't see me as trustworthy for any reason, fine, but I sure would like to know of these posts he refers to that I posted on this blog that gave him reason not to trust me. Perhaps some day I will learn of these posts that led him to this conclusion. Or maybe not. Then again, I may not even give two shits.

Still, Athena responded to Mike's comment. She says I had a tendency to publish information that I shouldn't just to drive readers to my blog but that she didn't think I would break ATA's rules. Then she calls me a back stabber? Obviously, she forgot her back stabbing of me when she sent private emails that I sent her in confidence to other parties. That's about as back stabbing as one can get. But she does mention the Lucy Flood ordeal, you know the one, where I made ONE mistake, and broke ONE rule ONE time. And for that, I had to pay her ultimate price. (Even after I owned it, and publicly apologized for it.)

Forgiveness is not in Athena Parker's vocabulary, nor does it appear to be in the WIN group by-laws or practices. What you won't read from Athena is her telling anyone that I did own it, and I did apologize for it. But that just wasn't enough for her. (Them) I suppose. And for the record, Athena, making a mistake like I did isn't "back stabbing" because back stabbing is an evil act with evil intentions, and I didn't post the Lucy Flood story out of evil intent, I was trying to help. However, you sending my private emails to you to other parties IS an evil act with evil intent. And you know this. And FYI, so does everyone else. There's a huge difference, Athena, between what I did and what you ultimately did, and that difference begins and ends with INTENT!

Now to the other comments made about me by Mike and Athena in the WIN group.

  

So, Mike, you thought I would publish sensitive material did you? I feel sorry for you. Anytime anyone has ever asked me to not publish something, I never did. And contrary to what you lay claim to, I would ask people permission prior to posting things that included them. If you have any evidence at all, Mike, that contradicts my claim, feel free to send me your proof that I don't. I would like to see it, old buddy. 

And then Mike says he might have mentioned to Athena about my conduct. And what conduct would that be Mike? Please, do tell. Be not afraid to use details. I am all ears. Feel free to email me and explain. I would love to hear about your judgmental approach to my alleged conduct. Or is it more that you just didn't approve of the manner in which I dealt with the bullies? (My bullies!) 

Even more interesting, Mike supposedly expressed concerns about my post regarding the Goodreads sexual role playing. (Athena also accused me of "asking" her to post links to it, which I will show shortly, is an outright lie on her part) She also says in that comment that she requested me to leave out any mention of GenX in my role play post. We'll get to see if that is true, so keep reading. 

There was only one reason why I mentioned GenX in that post, because she was making claims that the role plays between adults and minors were not true, despite the evidence showing otherwise. I aimed to discredit her. I think I did a good job at it too. Plus, there was an interesting comment made on her blog regarding the role plays and I wanted to put it in my article to show how devious GR is and would be when the story broke. I was correct. But hey, it was my story, I had every right to include in it what I felt should have been included. If you guys would have wrote it then you could have wrote it in whatever way you wanted. 

Now to the last screenshot of that WIN group convo between Mike and Athena, and then we'll get to the meat and potato's of this post. 

What warning signs, Mike? I really wish you would explain this to me. (If you can)

Now to the comment Athena left on STGRB. 

It would appear I was an embarrassment. Huh, go figure. And I was always leaving links in the comments section of STGRB to my blog. But, everyone was doing that. Some people would even leave links to my blog on there also. I only did it because I thought WE were fighting the bullies. I thought I was doing good by doing my part. And it's not like Athena ever told me not to do it or to stop because she never did. In return, I also linked to STGRB in many of my posts too. I thought that was the whole point, to show unity against the bullies. Or did I miss something? And as for me asking to guest posts on STGRB all the time, could you please show us evidence, Athena? Because I went through our emails and I didn't catch it. Put up or shut up. 

Then she says I kept asking her to link to my blog. Really? Well, we will get to see some interesting evidence coming up about that. We'll see what the evidence says, okay Athena? Because she accuses me of asking her to link to my GR sexual role playing story. Well, I do have evidence that will refute that claim and show yet again that Athena Parker is a liar. On top of this, she calls my story regarding the sexual role plays on Goodreads "disturbing" - or more accurately, she says me breaking the story was disturbing - yet, I also have evidence that shows otherwise. She was all in like gang busters about that story. Hell, the evidence will show that she was probably more excited about it than I was. And we are getting to that evidence. 

She also claims I turned the story into a drama fest with GenX. I guess you all will have to decide that for yourselves, however, I did mention earlier in this post as to my reasons why I included GenX in the first place. 

Then Athena accuses me of trying to draw a media storm to my story just for the sake of traffic for my blog. Well, isn't that what STGRB does? (I'm pretty sure they do) And as you will see by the evidence, and not just from my mere words, Athena was the one who was head first in this media storm over my story. Besides that, isn't that what all blogs and websites do when they break a good story, they try to draw attention to it? In fact, doesn't every blog and website operate for the purpose of drawing traffic? So I guess because I practice this same approach, I am somehow evil for it and yet STGRB and the rest of the world is not? 

Then Athena says that I didn't care about the safety of the kids being exposed on Goodreads to sexual predators. I think the evidence will show differently to that claim as well, showing all of you of just how low Athena will kick you when she gets it in her blood to do so. And trust me, her hate and evil shows in her blood more and more every time she opens her mouth. 

The funny thing here is she mentions all of these warnings about me and yet, for over a year, she promoted me and my blog. (Or was I just strong arming her to do so?) And still, neither she, or anyone else, can direct us to all of these warnings or give details. (Or show evidence.) 

Anyhow, now let's address these claims by Athena and Mike in more detail, shall we? The good thing about me is, you don't have to JUST take my word for anything, all you have to do is read the emails I am about to show you. I will let that be my voice. Warning: There are some 40 screenshots to read so, I hope you have a snack and a drink handy. Let's take a look at the first email I sent to Athena announcing not only the opening of "The Looking Glass" but also announcing my first story on it, the sexual role plays going on over at Goodreads. Enjoy everyone. 

Did you see me "asking" her to post about it on STGRB? No. I merely suggested that if she liked it and thought it to be of worth, to feel free to link to it if she cared to. I left that decision completely up to her. We were friends, fighting for the same cause, so I just wanted her to know that if she felt this was of some kind of value, that she had my permission to go with the story and use it as she sees fit. But I didn't "ask" her to do anything. Also note how I asked for her input too. And what was her response to it? See for yourself. 

Did you see it? She thought it was FANTASTIC! Not "disturbed" at all by it. In fact, did you see at the end how she wanted to jump on that bandwagon with "We'll help you."?

Yes! She was fired up about it right from the get go. Imagine that. And let's face it, if she found this the least bit disturbing, or didn't want anything to do with it, this would have been the perfect time to bring it up, yes? Well, she didn't. As the evidence shows, she was a more than willing participant to that story and in fact, she was so fired up that she couldn't wait to tell the others about it!. Can we say hypocrisy now? Better save it for it later. There is so much more.

Then I respond with this. (Feeding off of her enthusiasm.)

OMG! Did you read what I said at the end? I offered her the chance to "do the story first" if she wanted to. From her reaction, I thought this was the story of the century. And I offered her first dibs on it if she wanted it! How awesome am I? Me and my narcissistic ways. I'm about to unleash my first story on my newly formed blog and here I am asking if she wants to break it first instead. Imagine that. 

Then she must have gone into Goodreads and looked into getting some screenshots of her own because she emailed me back. 

Did you see what she said? SHE asked me if I wanted to do a "guest post" on STGRB to introduce my new story on my new blog. But wait, didn't she say earlier that I ASKED HER? That I went to her requesting STGRB post about it? I told you, evidence never lies, but Athena Parker does. A lot! This is why I say you should never take what she says to heart. Always, and I mean, always! ask for the proof. She won't show it to you, but you know I will. Haha And look at that, she also says that other people are going after GR too. Oh, and she will also "look into news outlets". So far, I don't see any evidence yet that she is "disturbed" by this discovery. Hhhmmm, maybe I am not reading well into her hidden messages. What do you think? But alas, there's more.This is me responding to her.

See how surprised I was to her offering me a guest post to set up my story? And she wanted me to do this guest post on STGRB. Who was trying for traffic now off of my story? Like I said, I still haven't seen where she thinks this is disturbing or how I am trying to use STGRB for my own selfish gains here. If anything, it appears she is trying to grab some of my spotlight by having me do a pre-release of the story on STGRB. (Or am I still missing something here?) And so far, it appears I am stressing the dangers for kids regarding this issue. Remember when she said she didn't think I was really concerned about that? Anyhow, I went with it. Maybe in hindsight, since hindsight is 100 percent, I should have seen right through her and should have known she was just using me to get traffic for her blog. Oh well, let's look at when I announced to her that I had everything set up and ready to go.

So far, it seems I am leaving all the STGRB decisions to her. I'm not pushing anything at her at all, am I? Now let's see what she has to say, shall we?

That's right, she is asking me for a link to the blog / story, not me asking her if she would leave it. Is any of this jogging your memory now, Athena? Would you like to retract your comment from above? No? Okay then, let's move on to another of her email she sent shortly after that, shall we?

Oh, there it is, she finally mentions that this is disturbing. I see it now, only, she isn't saying that my story is disturbing, or that the fact that I am doing this story is disturbing, but instead, she thinks the conversations between the adults and minors are disturbing. Man, Athena, I wish you would make up all of our minds. In your comment, you said it was disturbing that I did the story. You're a complex person, Athena. Is there anything you say that comes out of your mouth that isn't a lie? Rhetorical I assure you, however, now we get to the part where she sends me another email advising me not to use GenX in the story. Take a look.

I see, she never does mention "GenX" by name there, does she? She just says "bullies". And yes, I appreciated that "advice" but still, it was my story. Maybe this should have been the first warning sign to me that Athena is controlling. Was she giving advice or was she trying to somehow manipulate me to be "like her"? I guess that answer is open to interpretation. But we can see how she seems to be more fixated at attacking Goodreads rather than the bullies. But why? Or did she have an ulterior motive for it? Maybe a future "back door" deal in her sights with Goodreads? Perhaps we will never know the answer to that, but the fact that she warns me of the bullies continuing efforts to harass me was well received, I did, at one time, send her this next email explaining why I tangled with the bullies in the first place. It was to hopefully keep them focused on me in so they wouldn't go after other authors. See for yourself.

Did you see that? Did you notice the date on it? Shortly before I started "The Glass". You see, my concern was more for trying to help and protect other authors from the same fate as I, which was why I started "The Glass" - to defend myself and hope to keep them occupied enough that they wouldn't go after other authors as much. I don't know where Athena comes from, but from where I come from, that's me thinking of others and not of myself. - Moving on. This next screenshot was my response to her "advice".

Then I sent her this. 

How ironic, yes? I mention how the bullies turned on each other and here she is turning on me. I say this because, so far, we have seen many of her lies to back up her shady actions of sending emails I sent to her in confidence to other people. That is what people say and do when they turn on you. If she was to say anything that was supported by the evidence then that would be one thing, but she doesn't say and or do that, does she? And yet, here I am showing you the truth, not just accusing her of things without proof. There is a difference. All Athena is doing, and has done since her temper tantrum against me is do nothing but try and pit people against me by using shady tactics and lying. Nothing more, nothing less. And that's the real character of Athena Parker. Not the pretend one she hides behind in public. It's all about her being the innocent victim of evil Carz yet she hasn't presented one shred of evidence of my evil doings. The only thing she falls back on is my one time mistake with the Lucy Flood story, that's it. The rest, like with M.T. (Mike) Dismuke is just words with no proof or details or examples to showcase. 

And then when she gets her posts up on STGRB about the GR sexual role plays, she sends me the links. (This was all her idea, remember? Not mine as she claims in her comment on STGRB.)

 Then she finally emails me about the bullies turning on each other.

Yes, Athena, the bullies don't know what true friendship is. Nor does it appear that you know either.

Now take a look at her next email to me regarding the GR RP's.

So far, it appears she is the only one thinking about the traffic on my blog. It seems here she was pushing for it too because she is spreading the good word. You go girl! Push for this disturbing story to reach the masses. You're knocking it out of the park. But wait! I almost forgot, you think I was disturbing for breaking the story. (Your own words) Why do I keep forgetting this? I'm sorry, I just can't keep up with all of your lies, Athena. I'll try and do better. 

Then I respond to her. 

Then she emails me this. 

And this.

Then we get led to M.T. (Mike) Dismuke and the stuff I showed you in the beginning of this post and why I posted it to start off with. Take a look. Athena is saying this to me. 

And then Athena sends me this. A bit of encouragement wouldn't you say? Not at all "disturbing" yet to her. 

And now I start to finally respond to her emails. 

And then Athena responds. 

Again, so far, only Athena is mentioning anything about "hits" and page views on her blog. And from MY story! Not the other way around. Still loving your precious Athena now? Does she show any signs of being disturbed by me and or my story? Have you seen me asking her to link to my story? Have I pushed her for a guest post on STGRB? Would someone please tell me what I am doing so wrong here? Still want to say hypocrisy? Well, save it for a little while longer, okay? There's more. Here's me responding to her. 

And here is Athena responding to the comment I captured from GenX's blog where some anon talked about how well GR is at "covering" things up. I posted that comment with the sexual role play story. Earlier, Athena "had" a problem with it, but now it seems she may have a change of heart. 

And when GR acted after the STGRB preview story of my story broke, here is what Athena said. 

It's game over!

This next screenshot is me not caring about the kids that Athena alluded to earlier. 

And this is Athena agreeing with me. 

These next screenshots is a message from Mike Dismuke, forwarded to me by Athena.

So I wonder, why is everyone so hellbent on trying to "steer" me into dealing with these bullies their way? I deal with things my way just like everyone else deals with things their way. And from all accounts, it worked. To a degree. 

I know Athena (and Mike) say the best way to deal with the bullies is to ignore them, but I'm sorry, I am not built like that. I stand up for myself. Always have and always will. I will not go stealth, or post comments as "anon". If the bullies want to attack me, they had better do so with the truth because I will come out firing on all cylinders. It's just that simple. But again, that's my way of dealing with them. If Mike doesn't want to deal with them that way, that is his choice. But why does he condemn me for me being me? I have no answer to that question. 

My response to him (through Athena) 

And now my response to Athena regarding GenX.

You can see where I inform Athena of Patrick Brown emailing me regarding the role play story.

Now for her response. 

And my response.

You see, I still offer her a chance to do a preview post of it (about the Patrick email asking for my help.). I'm such a swell guy. But notice I am still not "asking" her to do anything on STGRB like she claimed that I did. And here is her response to me about it. 

Even "Johnny" was chomping at the bit to get in on this story. He was already prepared to post about it on STGRB ... and I still never asked them to mention it on STGRB. They were trying to collect on my story. Trying for those "page views" off of me. Not the other way around as Athena has already stated so boldly earlier. And to top it off, Athena wants ME to keep HER updated! .... Say what? O_o

Then Athena tells me this. 

Did you see where Athena says she will include a link to my latest post about Patrick emailing me for my help? But wait! I could swear she said on her STGRB comment up above that I "asked" her to post all of this stuff on STGRB for me? What gives? 

Still in love with your precious Athena now? Still want to believe her words over my PROOF!? I told you, words are words, but the proof is in the pudding. And this was your pudding my friends. I hope you enjoyed the truth here because you will not get the truth from Athena Parker, Johnny, or STGRB. And now I am questioning one M.T. (Mike) Dismuke. You all would be wise to question all of them. I guess it's a great world of hypocrisy to live in when you don't have the burden of providing evidence to back up your words. I should probably try it sometime ..... naaaaw, posting evidence can be fun. And in case you all have forgotten what Athena said, here is another shot of it. 

Yes, you read that correctly, I was the embarrassment. 

I'm Carroll Bryant ... and STGRB? The embarrassment is now on you.


And oh, by the way, you can say hypocrisy now.