FERNBROOK RESPORT FREELTON: Why Couldn’t Caroline Cope With A Facebook Comment? Part VI

FERNBROOK RESPORT FREELTON: Why Couldn’t Caroline Cope With A Facebook Comment? Part VI

In the previous unexciting episode a formal apology was issued to ONE Caroline Cope after she felt personally harassed (and morally repulsed we suppose) by a post noting that a Purple PT Cruiser with a black top had driven a little too close to one walker. And a little too fast for their liking as well.

I don’t know how long the “Apology to Caroline Cope” post lasted because when next We looked in… the ‘apology’ had vanished. 

Nor do We know if there were any responses to the post. Positive or negative. Thumbs up or thumbs down.

Nothing.

Yes, the apology to Caroline Cope had disappeared. And, as far as We know, no explanation was given to the pedestrian poster. 

In its place was a message that the post was deleted and that vehicles should be respectful of pedestrians and vice versa. Or words to that effect. I didn’t save that message because I thought it would be there for eternity. But in Fernbrook Information and News an eternity is barely longer than the blink of an eye.

Because that message too was deleted.

But not before two comments were made to the deletion message. Which I read. And, too, did not save. Expecting them to be there for as long as the internet lasted. Which is bad news for the internet if a Fernbrook Information and News ‘eternity’ is the measure of longevity.

This guest story was submitted by Multatuli.

NEXT EPISODE: THE TWO COMMENTS TO THE REPLACEMENT POST ABOUT THE DELETED FACEBOOK MESSAGE.

FERNBROOK RESORT FREELTON: Part V – AN APOLOGY TO CARLINE COPE

FERNBROOK RESORT FREELTON: Part V – AN APOLOGY TO CARLINE COPE

What follows is the word for word apology posted to Facebook BY THE ACCUSED HARASSER in answer to the fake harassment complaint made by the possible sophist Caroline Cope.

The standard by which all apologies are judged.

AN APOLOGY TO CAROLINE COPE.

Recently I made a post to Facebook regarding a close encounter I had with a purple PT Cruiser with a black top that seemed to make no effort to share the road and little effort to respect our posted speed limit. Talk about Tom Fool behavior!

Regardless, one Caroline Cope, as a result of my post, made a harassment complaint to the Facebook Police.

As a result of Caroline Cope’s harassment complaint my dangerous driving observation was removed.

I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely apologize to Caroline Cope for my harassment of her when I reported that I was almost hit by a Purple PT cruiser with a black top (even though I was on the side of the road).

If Caroline Cope would like visit with me so I can personally apologize to her she can drop me a note or stop by my home.

I don’t actually know Caroline Cope so I do wonder… does Ms. Caroline Cope happen to pilot a Purple PT Cruiser with a black top?   

"What a great apology," said Socrates,

 And how did the Fernbrook Information and News group respond to the apology to Ms. Caroline Cope ?

This guest story was submitted by Multatuli.

NEXT EPISODE: THE APOLOGY THAT WENT BYE BYE.

FERNBROOK RESORT FREELTON: Why Couldn’t Caroline Cope With A Facebook Comment? Part IV

FERNBROOK RESORT FREELTON:  Why Couldn’t Caroline Cope With A Facebook Comment? Part IV

"I would love to teach Caroline how to cope," said deceased author Erma Bombeck

A post concerning a pedestrian being buzzed by an alleged careless driver of a Purple PT Cruiser with a black top disappeared from the Facebook group Fernbrook Information and News. Though there were plenty of views and thumbs up. And no negative comments.

That post (in approximation):

““When driving the sometimes perilous roads of Fernbrook I take care. Especially when pedestrians are present. Tonight, as I was walking to the clubhouse, a Purple PT Cruiser with a black top zoomed by me very closely, approximately 3 inches away. If I had extended my elbow I could have hit the car. Nice driving Bobby Rahal – you’re a sure bet to win the Fernbrook 500 next spring.”   

What happened to this Facebook post?

It is my understanding that a complaint was filed. To the Facebook 5-0 policing team. Identifying the post as containing harassing content. Facebook 5-0 then contacted the managers of the Fernbrook Information and News site with the harassment complaint. The managers of the site agreed that the post would have to be removed.

Could this book teach Caroline how to cope?

After removing the post regarding the questionable driving incident the managers let the poster know why the post was deleted. The post was deleted because someone by the name of Caroline Cope had complained that the post was harassment. Harassing of who or what was not mentioned. Physical proof was shown (an e-mail from Facebook) that a Caroline Cope had indeed complained to Facebook. There was no explanation as to what was harassing about the offending post. Just that a Caroline Cope had complained that the post was harassing.

Was there anything offending about the post? Honestly, I don’t see anything remotely offensive. At all. Unless you’re a Bobby Rahal fan. Or, perhaps, you drive a Purple PT Cruiser with a black top.  

Does Caroline Cope (or anyone at the Caroline Cope residence) drive a Purple PT Cruiser with a black top? I was told no. And, being told where she lived, we have done several personal checks and have yet to see a Purple PT Cruiser with a black top (or a PT Cruiser of any sort) parked in or around her residence.

Was Caroline Cope truly harassed by this post? Or is Caroline Cope simply a liar who lied about the post to Facebook in order to have the post removed and/or to besmirch the name of the poster. You will have to judge for yourselves if Caroline Cope was truly harassed or if ‘Caroline Cope’ is an out and out liar with an axe to grind. I know what I think.

Anyway, the now maligned poster, identified as a harasser by Caroline Cope apparently offered to apologize to Caroline Cope for offending her.

And that is what they did.

"Ha Ha I win again," said Mr (or Ms.) Purple PT Cruiser.

This guest story was submitted by Multatuli.

NEXT EPISODE: THE APOLOGY TO CAROLINE COPE.

FERNBROOK RESORT FREELTON: Why Couldn’t Caroline Cope With A Facebook Comment? Part III

FERNBROOK RESORT FREELTON: Why Couldn’t Caroline Cope With A Facebook Comment? Part III

How did the Facebook community of Fernbrook Resort react to the post of a Purple PT Cruiser with a black top’s questionable driving habits?

“When driving the sometimes perilous roads of Fernbrook I take care. Especially when pedestrians are present. Tonight, as I was walking to the clubhouse, a Purple PT Cruiser with a black top zoomed by me very closely, approximately 3 inches away. If I had extended my elbow I could have hit the car. Nice driving Bobby Rahal – you’re a sure bet to win the Fernbrook 500 next spring.”   

There was at least eighty reads, a number of thumbs up and one quasi-supportive comment which also received several thumbs up.

     But not one thumbs down.

     Not one negative comment.

     Nothing.

     So it seemed like the community at large were in complete agreement. That drivers should be courteous when driving. That walkers should be aware when walking. And that all should be respectful of each other. Share the road. 

"Eat my dust Fernbrook Losers," beeped a triumphant PT Cruiser

As we are going to learn however at least one person found that Facebook post to be distasteful and chock full of harassment. Because when I went back to the Fernbrook Information and News site I noticed that the post was gone. It had lasted bout 40 hours, there were no negative comments or thumbs down, yet the post had disappeared.

Was there a problem with what was published? Even though there were no negative comments or remarks.

This guest story was submitted by Multatuli.

NEXT EPISODE: WHAT HAPPENED TO A SEEMINGLY INNOCUOUS FACEBOOK POST?

FERNBROOK RESORT FREELTON: Why Couldn’t Caroline Cope With A Facebook Comment? Part II

FERNBROOK RESORT FREELTON: Why Couldn’t Caroline Cope With A Facebook Comment? Part II

 

One of Fernbrook's scary roads?

The roads of Fernbrook Resort are unnaturally narrow. So narrow that one vehicle stopped on the road will snarl traffic in both directions. Some short stretches are so narrow that even two golf carts can find it a tight though manageable squeeze. Add to this the potholes. Plenty of potholes. Especially on the extremely ice covered stretch of road a pedestrian pedestrian was walking that night. A curving sloping road with no sidewalks. Dangerous walking during the best of times but a danger that is doubled when a vehicle decides not to observe common road courtesy nor the posted speed limit.

     That is the situation our pedestrian apparently faced that night.

     In the early and darkened evening while carefully picking their way along a thin unlit stretch of extremely ice covered and pothole pocked road a car travelling in their estimation above the posted speed limit came within inches of striking them.

     And this was the genesis for their post on the Facebook site Fernbrook Information and News.

The original post was removed and this is a reproduction of that pedestrian’s post to the best of our recollection.    

"Hey, don't blame me, blame my driver!" said PT Cruiser

“When driving the sometimes perilous roads of Fernbrook I take care. Especially when pedestrians are present. Tonight, as I was walking to the clubhouse, a Purple PT Cruiser with a black top zoomed by me very closely, approximately 3 inches away. If I had extended my elbow I could have hit the car. Nice driving Bobby Rahal – you’re a sure bet to win the Fernbrook 500 next spring.”   

That is the (approximate) Facebook post that one individual took moral offense to. A post that named no one and only discussed an incident of questionable driving.   

"Hey, I would NEVER drive a PT Cruiser," said Bobby Rahal 

And a post that one individual, a certain Caroline, couldn’t cope with. She found this comment reeked of harassment.

Do you find this comment harassing? Perhaps our Caroline in the Country drives a Purple PT Cruiser with a black top. Or maybe one of Caroline’s tom fool friends, a dear friend who engages in harassing behavior, drives a Purple PT Cruiser with a black top. And she was just covering her (or his) lumpy and remarkably hairy ass.    

"If I can't cope with the truth," cried Caroline in the Country, "then it's harassment!"

This guest story was submitted by Multatuli.

NEXT EPISODE: HOW DID THE COMMUNITY OF FERNBROOK RESORT REACT TO THIS SOON TO BE DAMNED AND DELETED POST?

Fernbrook Resort in Freelton: Facebook, Harassment and a Caroline that Could Not Cope? Part I – An Introduction

Fernbrook Resort in Freelton: Facebook, Harassment and a Caroline that Could Not Cope? Part I – An Introduction

Based on a true story.

This is a petty yet true silly story about a sluggish trailer park community, Fernbrook Resort in Freelton, held hostage by a few appalling individuals, their puppet pals, and some satellite acquaintances who desperately orbit for their approval. They are known as Tom Fools by some and as the Good Old Boys and Girls by others. Together they engage in a seemingly endless series of petty mickey mouse ‘pranks’ and tom fool acts.

The book of harassment?

     Successfully.

     Though there is no secret to their identities.

     And it is no secret why they are successful.

     No secret how they can continue to bother and bedevil.

     Harass and trespass.

     Lie and cry wolf.

     Fear.

     The secret is fear.

     Their secret is fear.

     Those who aren’t victims… are afraid of being victimized if they speak out.

Guess what book I wrote?

    And those who are being victimized… they are afraid of retaliation. Of being further victimized. So, too, their lips are sewn. Then further sealed. And, finally, locked. The key lost. In hopes that the appalling individuals and the tom fools with their mickey mouse acts will look any way but their way.

     I was no different.

     Whether it was me or it was someone else.

     Feigning ignorance.

     Hunched shoulders.

     Eyes averted.

     But, finally, I had had enough.

     I found my key.

     Then unsealed and unstitched my lips.

     So I could tell you this very silly story.

     Of all their acts this is the pettiest I have yet heard.

     That you will ever read.

     A story that illustrates how much control they hold through the power of fear.

     Through a Facebook post that was FALSELY flagged as harassment by a complete stranger who, apparently, could not cope. Her name was Caroline.

The evolution of mankind explained?

This guest story was submitted by Multatuli.

NEXT EPISODE: THE INNOCENT FACEBOOK POST THAT HARASSED A COMPLETE STRANGER.  

Fernbrook Resort Freelton’s Sheriff Lumpy Rutherford takes on the Cornavirus COVID-19

Fernbrook Resort Freelton’s Sheriff Lumpy Rutherford takes on the Cornavirus CoViD-19

Today Fernbrook Resort Freelton’s newly elected Sherriff Lumpy Rutherford announced that if the coronavirus dared enter his park, his plans to arrest the disease.

Intrigued we inquired how he planned to arrest the disease’s progress if indeed it did dare to poke its head into Fernbrook Resort.

“With my brand new handcuffs,” replied the Sheriff proudly as he displayed the plastic handcuffs he recently purchased from the Dollar Store.

Sheriff Rutherford's new cuffs

“Wait a second… you’re going to what?”

“WITH… MY… BRAND… NEW… HANDCUFFS,” enunciated Lumpy very slowly and a bit louder. “If Mr. Corona Virus ever shows up in Fernbrook Resort I will slap these handcuffs on him so fast that they may cause a big bruise. Or even moderate chafing to the wrist. But only if the cuffs are worn for an extended period of time. At least that’s what the instructions say.”

The Dangerous Mr Corona Virus?

“You’re going to actually physically arrest a disease? A virus? Using plastic handcuffs?”

“That’s right,” intoned Sheriff Rutherford. “And I’ve phoned other countries and told them that they should do the same thing. Most of the countries told me never to phone them again. Some even changed their number to an unlisted one. Except the United States. The owner of the United States, Mr. Donald Trump, said he admired my acumen and offered to make me Director of Arresting Diseases and also Secretary in Charge of Floor Sweeping.”

“So you’re leaving? After you’ve just been elected?”

"It's AQUA-man, AQUA!"

“Oh, no, no, no, no, no… when Mr. Trump said acumen I got confused. I didn’t know if he meant the DC comic character that solved underwater fish related crimes… or that Asian car. The one made in Asia. By those Asian people. From Asianland. So I hung up the phone.”

"It's Acura, ACURA!" said the Nisan

“That’s a shame. Because we would sure have missed you. I have an idea… why don’t you call back and take the job and see if we actually miss you. Please! PRETTY PLEASE!!”

“I can’t that do that!” replied Sheriff Lumpy, “Because I already have another crime to solve.” And here he looked both ways and before whispering proudly, “When I went to the Dollar Store I noticed that some things cost more than one dollar. Some things cost two dollars and some things were even three whole dollars,” he said holding up four fingers when indicating the number three, “So they have to have completely different stores for each price. Otherwise its false advertising.”

“You mean like a Two Dollar Store? And a Three Dollar Store?”

“Exactly. So I have to arrest the entire store.”

“You’re going to arrest a building?”

“Durn tootin’ As soon as I can get handcuffs that are big enough. And after that I’m going to arrest Dr. Pepper. Not a real doctor,” Lumpy nodded softly as he tapped his nose with one finger. “And after that Colonel Sanders, then Mr. Lube, and…”

"I ain't no tom fool," said Lumpy, OR AM I?"

Looks to be a tomfool year in Fernbrook Resort Freelton.