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A poster with the login name of worriedhubby6 is disrupting this forum. Please bar him from posting. Members of the alternative forum do not go to the mainstream forum pages to berate their members. We respect the choices of our fellow cancer-fighters, whatever they are.

Having cancer is hard enough with having some troll telling you your choices are ignorant and desperate.

Thank you,

Anom 

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  • FloridaLady
    FloridaLady Member Posts: 2,155
    edited September 2008

    We requested info about is so call wife, and have yet to understand if she even exist. Many are firm believer that he has NO connection to bc other than he is a MAN who knows more than us WOMEN about our disease.

    Please find away to have him leave us alone.

    Flalady

  • anondenet
    anondenet Member Posts: 715
    edited September 2008

    I feel very violated that a MAN comes into this group, harassing us in a place where we are supposed to feel safe at a vulnerable time.

    Intimidation is the worse form of sexism.

    No woman would have the nerve to barge into a prostate cancer forum and try set the men straight.

  • cp418
    cp418 Member Posts: 7,079
    edited October 2008

    Ladies - there is a fantastic feature available if you choose to use it.  If there is a poster who you choose not to see his posts simply click on name and select 'ignore this member'.  All messages by this poster will be blocked from your view. 

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited October 2008

    anomdenet, men do not have the right to voice opinions on this forum???

  • FEB
    FEB Member Posts: 552
    edited October 2008

    We need to keep being vigilant about this troll. He is hell bent on upsetting us. Let's continue to make sure he is not allowed to continue this harassment.

  • OneBadBoob
    OneBadBoob Member Posts: 1,386
    edited October 2008

    Is the the same guy who keeps changing his name by adding different numbers to it?

    Could he now have changed his name to truthseeker2?  Their posts seem to have the same "flavor" if you will.

    If it is, and he just keeps rejoining and changing his name and wreaking havoc in this forum and others, not much we can do.

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited October 2008

    Lindamemm, I am here only for the truth.  I have noticed that you often viciously attack those you do not agree with.  Now I am somebody else?  You are attacking me on the Republican thread and now on this thread?  Why are you so into suppressing free speech and the true facts?

  • OneBadBoob
    OneBadBoob Member Posts: 1,386
    edited October 2008

    It's not Linda who is suspecting "worriedhusband through worriedhusband6" is the same person, and possiby "truthseeker2" may be this person.  It is me.

    Call it my feminine instinct--only threads of any of the "worriedhusband through worriedhusband6" I read was all the comments made by him/them on the Radiation necessary in an early stage cancer thread.

    I am not making any accusations, only wondering outload if all of you guys are the same person, and I think that is covered under free speach?

    Just strikes me as you all have the same style of writing, etc.  And seem to love to stir the pot!  And having only joined on October 4 (isn' that today?) and made only a few posts, "truthseeker2" sure seems to know a lot about the board and its participants.

  • artsee
    artsee Member Posts: 1,576
    edited October 2008

    O.K. OneBoobie...I'll wonder out loud with you! Worriedhubby- 123456 and you forgot 7+8 as well, Yup, all one of the same. Rads to Alternative and who knows where else he's been

    I agree, truthseeker 2 is the same. For those of us that have dealt with this (troll) we realize a leopard doesn't change his spots. He's very easy to spot.

    In fact, MANY of us have gotten "UGLY" PM's so we really got to know him well................Yell

  • juliebb
    juliebb Member Posts: 140
    edited October 2008

    There is a way to find out who he is.  There is a certain ID number that he has when he signed up here. That ID number can send breastcancer.org administration straight to his computer. They shouldn't delete his file until they get that ID information.

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited October 2008

    I posted the truth under a Republican Thread  and was immediately attacked by Linda Memm and now I am attacked here.  I simply seek and speak the truth.  Why are some women so mean and nasty to people they don't even know?

    http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/7/topic/702894?page=79#idx_2356

  • OneBadBoob
    OneBadBoob Member Posts: 1,386
    edited October 2008

    Now it is truthseeker3?  I am rolling on the floor laughing now--lets all just ignore this guy--

    But I think that is what we are doing, so he changes his name and is no longer on our ignore list--

    How do you consider it an attack when we are all simply on to you?

    Is that why you keep changing your name?  To stay off of our ignore list?

    And please explain how this is being mean and nasty?

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited October 2008

    Onebad, it is impossible for the mean, nasty women on this board to ignore anybody they do not like.  That is like asking a dog not to bark.  This thread was started by a mean, nasty women who didn't like the truth given by Worried hubby.   I have followed the alternative medicine thread because I have special interest in it.  I am simply a truth seeker.  The mean, nasty women here want to quash the truth.  Linda memm attacked me for my first post because I don't like the Bimbo running for V.P. and she does.  Why do you think I am him?  Why do you even think I am male?  Why have I just gotten an email from a mean, nasty women accusing me of being a Lesbian?  What is with this board? 

  • juliebb
    juliebb Member Posts: 140
    edited October 2008
  • 1Cathi
    1Cathi Member Posts: 1,957
    edited October 2008

    Oh Ladies  -perhaps we are being to hard on this guy (s), we should welcome him with open arms -that is right after he has his penis squished in a machine that says he may have a suspicious lesion that they need to stick a needle through and then he is told the only way to save his life is to cut  off what he uses for brains.

    .

  • OneBadBoob
    OneBadBoob Member Posts: 1,386
    edited October 2008

    This thing with  this board is we are a bunch a women (and men) who have seen this kind of thing happen before--I just cannot believe that you, either truthseeker3 or truthseeker2 are not the same person--and also the same person as all of the worriedhubbys.

    We don't like imposters.  We don't like someone is is not honest.  Do you blame us?  And from the looks of things where I am sitting in the peanut gallery, you are not being honest or sincere, and I just cannot understand this constant name changing, unless for whatever reason you are enjoying it.

    I am truly sorry for you if your wife has BC and you are scared and losing it and just don't know what to do, so you are coming here to be with us.  But please, this is not the way to "be with us."

    I remember either posting to you or sending you a PM way back when, asking you to please step back a bit (when you first joined as worriedhubby on the radition thread) before you started saying nasty things to the ladies about why they should not even see a doctor if they thought they knew better than the doctors. 

    My frank opinion is that you have contributed nothing to this board but trouble, which is why most of us are not too fond of you.

    Just my personal opinion.

    And just like in the style of worried hubby (cannot remember the number), you say inflamatory things like "that is like asking a dog not to bark."   What do you think will be accomplished, in the big picture, by saying something like this?  That you are going to win popularity contests?

    I really don't have the time, energy or inclination to look up and report back to you about identical sentence structure and style, etc. among all of the worriedhubbys and you.  Matter of fact, I have said my piece, and would respectfully ask you to come clean if you expect to be a welcome member of this board.

    p.s.  I don't mind being compared to a dog--I love dogs and indeed, the true leader of the pack, who has earned that position, just has to say "QUIET!" and the dog will stop barking, out of  respect to that the leader of the pack, which respect the leader has earned with consistency and trust over a long period of time.

    And as Forest Gump would say, that is all I have to say about that. 

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited October 2008
    Thank you One bad, but I admit to being only who I am.  And it is impossible, if I were male, to be welcomed as a member of this board as there are simply too many mean and nasty women who hate men and are whiners and cry-babies.  Look at who started this thread?  Look at the posts of Fla. Lady, Linda Memm, Artsie, to name a few.  What male in his right mind would want to spend any time with these type of women?  How is it possible to argue a position when a man hater goes whining and sniveling to a moderator claiming that a contrary, truthful opinion is somehow condescending ?  So no, I do not admit to being male.  If I were, you would be right, I would need to have my head examined for being here Foot in mouth 
  • artsee
    artsee Member Posts: 1,576
    edited October 2008

    Whooo-Hoooo.......Look ladies at the names he just referred to in his last post. Who would know them specifically if he hadn't "dealt" with them before!

    If you really have a wife with BC, then PLEASE GET OFF OF HERE AND GIVE HER THE LOVE AND TIME SHE NEEDS FROM YOU, WHILE GOING THROUGH CANCER!!!! Shame on you be spending your time on a computer, harassing other women.....................!

  • kerry_lamb
    kerry_lamb Member Posts: 778
    edited October 2008

    ROFL!!   I GET it, truthseeker!!! I get it! I get it! It has taken me ages, I know..chemo will do that to a girl. You are here for our entertainment! Thank you. I thought you were here to make trouble, but I had you all wrong and I am so sorry. You are actually here because you genuinely understand our situation and our deepest fears and feelings. Welcome back, and I am so-o-o- sorry you have have had to change your name one hundred and seventeen times. Thank you for simply trying to lighten our collective load.

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited October 2008

    No Kerry, I have found these boards immensely informative and interesting and they have given me a different perspective on life. I am amazed at how so many good, warm and decent women are here for other women.   I am not here for entertainment.  As my name implies, I  seek the truth here and have expressed the truth here.  I think, or hope, for instance that most women here and the moderators are smart enough to know that the mexican alternative clinics are all about scamming people out of their money.  And I noticed when the male, valiant, much maligned worried hubby tried to express opinions about  those scams, he was viciously attacked and demonized by some of the women here.  The moderators apparently took action against worried hubby because he has stopped posting.  And yet no action was taken against the mean, nasty women who attacked worried hubby or the scamsters for spreading false hope about scam treatments on these boards.  I simply see my role as a messenger of the truth, and have filled in the role that worried hubby is no longer able to provide, or so I assume.  Of course as a reader here of his posts this is only speculation on my part.  How could I know for sure worried hubby was terminated?  Perhaps he is on vacation.   Yes, I know chemo and bad health might affect a person's attitude.  Breast cancer though is not the only cancer in the world and women are not the only people who get sick and die from cancer.  Everybody, even in the face of lifes most trying moments should try to live their life with respect and dignity, to themselves and to their fellow men and women.  Nobody should be given a free pass for being mean and nasty imho. 

  • kerry_lamb
    kerry_lamb Member Posts: 778
    edited October 2008

    ROFL! There you go again!:

    '..  Of course as a reader here of his posts this is only speculation on my part.  How could I know for sure worried hubby was terminated?  Perhaps he is on vacation. ..'

    You crack me up! Please don't ever be self-conscious about your natural gift to make us laugh. AND your ability to educate us:  '..Breast cancer though is not the only cancer in the world and women are not the only people who get sick and die from cancer. ' 

    My wonderful husband, very active in the men's movement, may even contact you to get some tips about promoting that movement.  

  • AnneW
    AnneW Member Posts: 4,050
    edited October 2008

    He's achieving what he wants by getting you to respond, by making you angry. That's what flamers do. I swear, if you just ignore him directly, and make a point of NOT responding to him, he'll burn out and go away. Just try it for a few days. I know it's hard, but empower yourselves. Ignore him.

    Anne

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited October 2008

    You see AnneW, that's part of the problem.  The mean-nasty women who have an issue with Worried Hubby chose not to ignore him, but chose to castigate and insult him because they did not like the facts that the alternative medicines they were promoting were scams.  Look at the person who started this thread, crying to the moderators because Worried Hubby was challenging her positions on alternative medicine being superior to conventional medicine.   I can read the threads like anybody else and there are some women here who shamelessly started trouble early on as soon as worried hubby gave his opinions.  Shameful.  I am almost embarassed to be a female the way some of my sex act.

  • Katie2u
    Katie2u Member Posts: 109
    edited October 2008

    Truthseeker2>

        I think we all know that you are really the same man as Worriedhusband and none of us believe for a minute that you have a wife who has breast cancer... you sound like a woman hater who has never been married.  Leave the girls alone.

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited October 2008

    If we all report each and every post that is mean spirited, and calls specific people or catagories of people nasty names, those posts will become quickly "removed by the community" and that will attract the attention of the board moderators who will be able to take any appropriate further action.

    I have no problem with people expressing a wide variety of sometimes conflicting opinions... that variety is one of the best things about the internet.  Let's just keep the discussion civil and appropriate for a support forum. 

    If someone wishes to bash women, I'm sure they can find plenty of sites on the internet to be as obnoxious as they wish.  This is not one of those sites, and anyone whose goal is to abuse the people who post here should leave and find a more appropriate forum.

    These boards are for people who are dealing with a life threatening illness in the best way they know how, looking for information and support.  If your goal is to give or receive help and support, you are welcome.  If it is not, please leave.

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited October 2008

    I have no problem with people expressing a wide variety of sometimes conflicting opinions... that variety is one of the best things about the internet.  Let's just keep the discussion civil and appropriate for a support forum.

    Agreed one-thousand percent.  Everybody should have the right to express opinions without being attacked and insulted and harassed and complained about to the moderators. 

  • cp418
    cp418 Member Posts: 7,079
    edited October 2008

    Ladies - simply ignore him and block his posts with the 'ignore feature'.  We can continue to discuss topics and not get derailed or upset by his posts.  Don't waste your time on him.  It is very easy to block his posts.

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited October 2008

    cp418,

    Normally, setting the ignore feature would work, and I did that several "Worried Husband" incarnations back, but since this guy keeps changing his screen name often by adding/changing the number at the end of it, that doesn't work for long.  If he can keep his comments civil and appropriate, fine, but that doesn't seem to happen for long, and that is the issue. 

  • cp418
    cp418 Member Posts: 7,079
    edited October 2008

    I refuse to read his posts and as soon as I recognize who the poster then I block him.  You are right he keeps changing his screen name which confirms his intentions.  He wants to upset us if we allow it.  I cannot control him but I can take steps myself to block him and not read or reply to his posts. 

  • otter
    otter Member Posts: 6,099
    edited October 2008

    Hey, BC sisters-- 

    Imagine that you are at a party, and most of the people there are dear friends of yours.  However, one of the people attending the party happens to be a remote relative of the hostess.  He found out about the party and "invited" himself, claiming he knew other people there and would like to attend.

    By now, the remote relative has had far too much to drink, and he is making a nuisance of himself.  He keeps interjecting himself into other people's conversations, trying to engage the other party-goers in arguments about controversial subjects.  He seems to enjoy pointing out how ignorant and naive the other attendees are, and how knowledgeable he is.

    Many of the other people at the party think he is being obnoxious and would like him to go home, but the party hostess cannot bring herself to ask him to leave.  So, you have a dilemma:   you want to avoid interacting with him....but how do you do that?

    There are really only 4 reasonable options.  First, you can insist that the hostess demand that he leave--but she has already declined to do that.  Second, you can approach the man yourself, and urge him to go home--but he is clearly enjoying himself and will not leave voluntarily.  In fact, several people have already asked him to leave, and he has responded with belligerence, pointing out that he has as much right to be there as they do.  Third, you can find your own coat and car keys, and go home--but, why should you have to shorten your stay at the party, just because there is one obnoxious person there?

    The fourth and best action is to ignore him.  Pretend he is not there.  If he walks up to you and initiates a conversation, excuse yourself and walk away.  If he joins a conversation you are having with others, ignore him.  Talk around him.  Do not respond to his comments and especially do not react to his barbs if he starts getting hostile.

    Eventually, he will grow bored with his game and will leave.  Either that, or he will pass out in the bathroom.

    otter 

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