Reply #70: This is very sad.

[Plaid Adder]

I wasn't following the last flap so I can say nothing about it one way or another. I will say that having followed the BBV thing with considerable interest for a long time, I did eventually get to the point where I was taking pretty much everything she posted with many very large grains of salt. This is because she had such a penchant for dropping hints of verrrrrrrrry suspicious behavior that she didn't want to reveal yet but would soon and hints that soon, everything was about to get blown wide open and watch this space for breaking developments and then there never were any breaking developments. Now, you can say whatever you want about why she would have taken that approach, but the point is that eventually you get to the point where, when she posts about something, you feel like you want to hear someone else say it before you get too excited about it.

I don't suspect Bev of anything underhanded or con-man-like. I think she really does believe everything she posts about. She obviously is committed to voting reform and she has done a lot of good in terms of raising awareness. But the thing is that if you want people to believe that you found the secret to VoteFraud 2004 in a garbage bag in Volusia County, the way you present yourself has to inspire credibility. I'm a left-wing lunatic myself who's very concerned about electronic voting and vote fraud, and I found myself reacting to her posts with a lot of skepticism. I figure that means other people were looking at them with even greater skepticism.

I hope that eventually some of the rifts will be healed and everyone can come together over the issue in spite of the personal stuff. Being on the fringes, as we all are, takes a toll on people, and it means we are not all liable to act rationally at all times. I hope eventually it blows over and she gets to come back.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder