Stalking and Freedom of Speech
I am being stalked. This is not happening by the local pervert in my community. No. I am being stalked by a so-called professional person and his wife. Months and months, after walking off a job, this person looked at all my writings in social media and my own personal blog and believed they were about him.
This paranoia and plain, creepy behavior are aided and abetted by his spouse, who obviously subscribes to his delusion. She is the social media czar, scouring my personal world and then presenting it to the Corporate HR structure of my company.
The company of course, demanded that I cease and desist. They demanded my removal of the post. I wasn’t happy at this personal freedom of speech violation, but need to pay the rent, right? So, I did it. I did it right away.
A couple of months later, he had called again. Apparently, he saw this post somewhere else. Immediately, another call to HR requesting that I remove the posting. I had removed the posting but since my sites are public, who is to say that it wasn’t copied into the netherworld of the Internet? How on Earth am I supposed to do something about that?
Let me stop right here and just say this, THE ARTICLE DID NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT THIS CLOWN. The article was presented in my personal world, not my professional realm. The article was an editorial explaining and asking for an explanation of behaviors, which I do not comprehend. There is no one in my personal or professional world that even knows anything about this guy or the events he is obviously worried about.
The stalkers know where I lived. These people monitored my Facebook postings, even after I changed all the privacy settings. Turns out, they have an inside accomplice. That freaked me right out! They monitor and attack my Blog. I immediately deleted the FB account. Probably not a bad idea anyway. Killing my Blog though, killed me. The personal thoughts and discussions I had with people — GONE.
This brings up a series of issues, doesn’t it? The actions of this stalking team threatened my livelihood, my personal freedom of speech, my safety and quite frankly, scared me. I contacted an attorney, which cost money. (The stalkers threatened to sue my company, even though I hadn’t done anything wrong.) I contacted the police to see if there was some way to report this type of harassment in case the jerk moves to the next level. It’s a feeling of helplessness that I have never experienced. I am not the type to play a victim, so being proactive made me feel like I was doing something about it.
I am writing about this in another forum. I moved. I have deleted all personal information. The original event that started this stalking is no longer fueling it. Now, it’s a personal vendetta of some sort. That’s the part that scares me. People are losing their collective minds right now, with everything going on. I take nothing like this lightly.
Let’s get real, corporate social policies exist everywhere. I’m not a complete idiot. You can’t disparage your company, nor should you. You cannot participate in political or religious activities that would associate your firm with any one view, nor should you. I get all that and agree. But the editorial in question does not associate itself with anyone. There was nothing to tie anyone to anything or anyplace. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
Kind of scary that we are so tied electronically that the line between personal enjoyment and expression is squashed by a lunatic and corporate fear. I was disheartened that I was guilty before proven innocent. I was devastated to have to destroy my blog. I gave up my only stress relief, writing. Good or bad, relevant or drivel, self-absorbed or research based, the material was mine.
Take notice fellow writers. Protect yourself. I moved to another state, deleted all my accounts and personal spaces, and don’t list any information about myself anywhere.
I live in the shadows now. Who knows what lurks in the dark? The Shadow knows.
