"alexia"

[Anonymous]

I have a nagging suspicion that I have run across “alexia” and the story she tells in some other forum – perhaps Open Mormon back when I was participating there. I seem to recall things spiraling out of control – with the impression that this person used the (sob?) story as a launching pad for all kinds of standard anti-Mormon rhetoric (always framed as sincere questions) or that she is quite mentally unstable. I am not sure of this; it really is more of a nagging memory or feeling or impression than a clear memory.

We need to pay close attention and see how it progresses. I just have an uneasy feeling about it.

[Anonymous]

I am confused. I am carrying on an email conversation that is very lucid (on her part) with Alexia. Her email address is “Sandra Wiley” sjwiley@cox.net. I thought this was the Sandra posting the missive about how she lived her entire life in total poverty without a penny, yet mormons have managed to steal lots of money from her????

Alexia, whoever that is, seems to be asking me normal questions and providing responses I would expect from a person in the process of struggling with normal disaffection.

Let’s keep an eye on that. I will ask her why she replies as “Alexia” and has an email with a different name.

UPDATE: I deleted that blog comment. It seems to have been re-approved. I sent her an email asking if she is working past the feelings of being wronged by members of the Church, and explained that I deleted the blog comment because it was not related to the topic of the thread (not that we shy from controversy).

[Anonymous]

I just get little suspicion spikes when I read her comments, like certain negative things are inserted a little out of the ordinary, if you will. The best example is the “Mormon thieves” claim and the dumpster diving, which she manages to insert into every comment in some way. She is extremely articulate and seems to be well educated – writes with good imagery, etc. Also, she writes as if she was very active for quite a while, and I can’t imagine a Bishop not helping in such a situation if it is accurate.

As I said, I think I’ve heard this story somewhere else where she ended up being banned, but I can’t pin it down. I might be wrong, and I don’t want to act precipitously, but I really do want us to keep a close eye on her – and I probably will be out of commission for a few days next week.

[Anonymous]

My attenae are jumping all over the place as I read her responses. Maybe I’m being overly cautious and skeptical, but her answers just aren’t resonating with me.

The “details” don’t fit the person that comes through the words. Whoever is writing this is extremely well educated, extremely articulate, knows exactly how to phrase things for maximum Mormon impact and – most importantly – seems to couch many of her comments in a deflective, conversation-continuing, never-ending, eternally-looping manner that isn’t about resolution but rather continued “soft attacks”. I just can’t picture a destitute, shy, dumpster-diving, timid, anxious, nervous wreck in the way the comments are constructed.

Fwiw, I don’t feel comfortable or confident that this is legit. The best analogy I can provide is a conversation with someone who was telling me of past events in their life where, at the end of it all, I simply didn’t feel like I was hearing the whole story – that there was something separating us still after all our conversation. I had the exact same sense of uneasiness then as I do now with this conversation – and I fear, like then, that there is some intentional manipulation and obfuscation going on here.

[Anonymous]

I am with you. She’s very very vague and non-committal about what she’s divulging, but hinting at terrible things. I just don’t buy it.

[Anonymous]

So, how should we handle this? I have almost no time.

Do we shut down comments until someone has a chance to talk privately with “her”? Are you up to that, hawk – since it might not be good for one of the male admins to do it? Do we let it go and just hope “she” doesn’t start commenting on others threads?

What are your suggestions? After the last couple of comments, I’m getting REALLY serious, bad vibes.

[Anonymous]

Is she causing problems? Or is she just a little annoying. I don’t know if we need to take action to fix anything. Or am I missing something?

I went back and forth a couple times via email with her. It was a so-so conversation. She is definately just a touch off. That died off when I took a couple days to reply back. I noticed her thread has like 5 pages. I skimmed through it, but don’t have time to really dig in depth. It looks like some of the regulars here are taking on her case and doing fine with it.

BTW, she was ok when I told her I deleted her blog post about her financial “tragedy.” She said something to the effect of kind of regretting it.

So she seems a little bit off to me. I don’t see that she is being disruptive or anything like that. Not like that guy we had to ban a couple times.

[Anonymous]

Valoel, I have no problem with the general flow other than that I just don’t believe her for some reason. I don’t believe what she is saying. I’m fine leaving her thread alone and letting it progress; I’m much more concerned about her starting to comment on other threads and wondering what will happen if she does.

Perhaps we do nothing and see what develops. Maybe I’m wrong – and I mean that sincerely.

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