Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.

[SteelCurtain]

I'm sorry, but it needs to be said:

Losing your soul mate has to be a crushing experience. A life altering event that would be near impossible to come back from. I feel extremely bad for Stimbo and what he went through.

None of this gives you a forever pass to act any kind of way or say any kind of thing. This community has, for years, been supportive through his bouts with severe depression. His massive drinking problem, the awful things he said about women in general and the people he did have in his life specifically.

We all became inured to his continuous threats of suicide. We called the police in his home town once when we were particularly worried that he would end his life. But afterwards, when it kept happening, we silently worried and hoped it would pass.

He wants others to hurt like he does, so he isn't the only one feeling that way, it seems. We still always welcomed him back like he didn't say the nasty things or didn't go on FB to make a misogynistic rant about women or didn't make an unacceptable proposition on social media only to comment on his own post to make it seem like the lack of any response was the world's fault.

He systematically pushed it so that every single person who cared for him reached their boundary point and then there was no one left to hurt with his suicide threats. So he stepped it up. He contacted a person who he knows has a history with assault and who he knew would be highly affected by what he was going to do. He threatened to become famous. He threatened to rape a woman. This was weeks after Parkland, for context.

Weeks later he blamed it on his 'needs'.

Listen, I hope Stimbo gets help. I hope he recovers. I hope he finds happiness. But he hasn't even apologized. He still thinks he's some sort of victim. He's manipulating you, CL.

I'm not going to be silent while it happens, any more.