If it hasn’t become abundantly clear yet, let me make it clear now. Being targeted and stalked by cyberbullies on the internet is a nightmare. And it impacts PTSD from military sexual trauma significantly. It was hard enough to come forward to begin with and it is my intent that we can remedy this situation so that other advocates can replace me without fear of getting cyberbullied. I want justice for the troops so I am going to stick it out until we get it. In the meantime, I was never expecting the very people that I supported implicitly regardless of who they were would be the very people who would plan my demise in the end. It is the epitome of betrayal. And quite frankly, something I am pretty used to by now.
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DARVO: “MST Advocate” Publicly Accuses Veteran Advocates of the Very Thing She Does to Others (2014)
Posted on Facebook by Colleen Bushnell in July 2013
Sound familiar? Both Jeremiah Arbogast & Colleen Bushnell have been bullying & stalking advocates yet saying that these advocates are bullying them. This is a sign of narcissism.* Jeremiah actually put the plan down in writing one night on Facebook with his buds. Until NOW, we have not had an opinion of any of these people. The only thing I ever said about Colleen is “no, I’m not interested in working with her.” I set a boundary and she didn’t like it so they all aggressed upon us at no fault of our own.
*It’s called DARVO: deny, attack, and reverse victim and offender roles
She has nothing, zero evidence, so she has to ask people on the internet if they got anything. This is her modus operandi. She has no problem falsely accusing people of shit including heinous crimes with zero evidence to manipulate her way through life and keep the upper hand. It’s calculating. No one is going to get in her way; she will step on toes to climb that ladder and she will also steal your work to get there.
Operation Trigger PTSD: Successful
Today I stopped to think about how I was triggered by JA all these months. How could a military sexual assault survivor not be triggered by this pit bull? He literally aggressed himself into my life. He stalked me professionally because I blocked him and his cronies from my personal life.
I read Jeremiah’s story today. I could see the pitbull even in the way he went after his perpetrator. He showed everyone who was boss then and hasn’t stopped yet. He literally engaged his enemy and then sought out his targets one by one with the help of the less fortunate who don’t understand that he uses people.
I am finally confronting this guy because he has purposefully pushed my triggers which has led me to feeling suicidal on numerous occasions. He shamed my husband and I for a PTSD suicide intervention that went terribly wrong after law enforcement got involved. We have both worked very hard to overcome that dark day. We hit our rock bottom and at that moment we turned our lives around.
We were doing pretty good too. Until I thought I could effortlessly get involved in the MST movement. I found out quick that the lines had been drawn then and things have only got worse. I never even chose a side and because KC hates certain people, I of course got dragged into these middle school games.
I treated all of you people with the utmost professionalism even though you were not my favorite spokes people by any means. But now, because you are insecure and bored, you chose your target and have gone straight for the PTSD. Mission successful.
Thanks for repaying my devoted support for you and the film with a bitch slap across the face. How dare you go after a retired military member with PTSD because they were successful without being in an oscar nominated film. Hard work and good intentions goes a long way. It is in fact the American Dream. You are getting in the way of my happiness and prosperity by constantly targeting and triggering my PTSD.
Your behavior is despicable considering you are the bullies pushing people to isolation and suicide. Yet when confronted the first thing you will say is that you are suicidal to hold everyone hostage with your antics. Not falling for it and definitely not buying it. You have met your match.
Cyberbully Makes It Clear He is Not Afraid of “Lazy” Service Dog
What are you gonna do huh? Sick your lazy dog on me. Lol. Nobody is scared of you.
Adult Bullying in MST Community
Adult Bullying in MST Community
One would think that as people mature and progress through life, that they would stop behaviors of their youth. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Sadly, adults can be bullies, just as children and teenagers can be bullies. While adults are more likely to useverbal bullying as opposed to physical bullying, the fact of the matter is that adult bullying exists. The goal of an adult bully is to gain power over another person, and make himself or herself the dominant adult. They try to humiliate victims, and “show them who is boss.”
There are several different types of adult bullies, and it helps to know how they operate:
- Narcissistic Adult Bully: This type of adult bully is self-centered and does not share empathy with others. Additionally, there is little anxiety about consequences. He or she seems to feel good about him or herself, but in reality has a brittle narcissism that requires putting others down.
- Impulsive Adult Bully: Adult bullies in this category are more spontaneous and plan their bullying out less. Even if consequences are likely, this adult bully has a hard time restraining his or her behavior. In some cases, this type of bullying may be unintentional, resulting in periods of stress, or when the bully is actually upset or concerned about something unconnected with the victim.
- Physical Bully: While adult bullying rarely turns to physical confrontation, there are, nonetheless, bullies that use physicality. In some cases, the adult bully may not actually physically harm the victim, but may use the threat of harm, or physical domination through looming. Additionally, a physical bully may damage or steal a victim’s property, rather than physically confronting the victim.
- Verbal Adult Bully: Words can be quite damaging. Adult bullies who use this type of tactic may start rumors about the victim, or use sarcastic or demeaning language to dominate or humiliate another person. This subtle type of bullying also has the advantage – to the bully – of being difficult to document. However, the emotional and psychological impacts of verbal bullying can be felt quite keenly and can result in reduced job performance and even depression.
- Secondary Adult Bully: This is someone who does not initiate the bullying, but joins in so that he or she does not actually become a victim down the road. Secondary bullies may feel bad about what they are doing, but are more concerned about protecting themselves.
Workplace bullying can make life quite miserable and difficult. Supervisors should be made aware of adult bullies, since they can disrupt productivity, create a hostile work environment (opening the company to the risk of a law suit) and reduce morale.
What is Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place using electronic technology. Electronic technology includes devices and equipment such as cell phones, computers, and tablets as well as communication tools including social media sites, text messages, chat, and websites.
Examples of cyberbullying include mean text messages or emails, rumors sent by email or posted on social networking sites, and embarrassing pictures, videos, websites, or fake profiles.
Effects of Cyberbullying: These tools can be used to hurt other people. Whether done in person or through technology, the effects of bullying are similar. The impact of cyberbullying on veterans with Post Traumatic Stress are life ending if not addressed.
How Does One Counter the Impact of Cyberbullying Across State Lines?
Since June 2013, I have been told to ignore the aggressive cyberbullying behavior of JA et al only to have it escalate, harm others, & then watch him be rewarded by organizations and Senators for his deceitful, underhanded ways. While he is getting promoted in media, he is beating down other advocates who never said a word to him. Because he is promoted in media, it means that other veterans may contact him only to be harmed by his sociopathic tendencies and lack of empathy for others. Where does one draw the line?
When the cyberbullies live across state lines and there are a group of them, it is difficult to build a case on any single individual. Therefore, in order to document the abuse, we must endure the abuse from the group collectively. This is not easy to do if you have PTSD especially from Military Sexual Trauma. I was hoping that by ignoring this it would all go away. Until now, I have not had time to deal with this lunacy. But it is worth my time to focus, call it out, and put an end to it for the safety of myself and others.
It is rare that the feds will make cyberbullying a priority in their cases until someone is threatened, harmed, or killed. We are not going to wait until the cyberbullies follow through with threats to harm. It’s bad enough that one of them told me he killed the three men who raped him and someone we believe is Jeremiah sent a text message saying that he wasn’t afraid of my ‘lazy’ service dog. We are going to nip this in the bud before it goes any further. The impact this has on PTSD alone is criminal.
Since there are no clear laws on how to stop cyberbullies across state lines, the documentation will be conducted on-line so as to warn others of their potential to harm. I would recommend remaining quiet so that you do not become the next target. It has literally pushed veterans into bed for weeks at a time; it has a significant impact on depression & feeling hopeless. Both depression and hopelessness lead one to feel suicidal. The guy who uses suicide as his media platform is actually pushing other veterans to feeling suicidal.
The behavior is so abusive and so detrimental to one’s psyche that it can be a trigger for suicide if you become the target or object of their efforts to hurt you, embarrass you, belittle you, etc. They purposefully find ways to trigger your PTSD and hit below the belt because they don’t have empathy for others. Please lay low and take care of yourself while we take them on, endure the abuse, and collect evidence. We should all be able to advocate for our beliefs without becoming a victim of cyberbullying.
You don’t have to say or do anything wrong to become a target. Apparently, if you work hard and really care about the troops that makes you a target. If you have become a target in any way, please let us know and we will post what they have done to you but keep your name confidential. We will also provide you with support so you don’t feel alone like we did. We know that if you are found out that the retaliation will only get worse and we want to prevent any veteran with PTSD from becoming their next target.
Timeline of MST Gang Stalking
Disclaimer: Although I knew JA, KC, & CB from the MST community/’movement’ (via the INTERNET), I do not KNOW them. I met Jeremiah & Colleen briefly in person but by no means had a relationship of any kind with any of these people. Also, although I didn’t say a word while all this was going down, it impacted my PTSD significantly to the point that I took some time off to focus on maintaining my strength for this fight. I went to the VA and spoke to them about how do deal with being targeted by internet trolls. All impacts the internet bullying/stalking had on my PTSD were documented at the Department of Veteran Affairs.
Timeline of Events:
In May 2013, I received a call from MM. I had recently introduced the MJIA in it’s original format in DC. Michael called me to inform me that MJIA was not the answer & that everyone thought I was a media whore. After PTSD was triggered, I spoke to Wendi Goodman who wrote this piece for us. How Dare You Call Us MST Media Whores by Wendi Goodman After Wendi Goodman posted that blog, she informed me that KC contacted her & gave her a hard time about it. Why is that? Because she is friends with MM?
After going to New Mexico to support the male MST film, JA sends tweet in June 2013 calling me a bitch and snob. He was promptly blocked on both Twitter and Facebook. I was told to ignore.
JA posts irrelevant article about me from past which included my physical address. Found out that he posted it on Facebook (with hateful message) from another advocate. He posted an article of an encounter that my husband and I had with some local police after I called them to get help for my combat veteran husband. He basically threw a night of PTSD crisis from the past back in my family’s face. Why? I was told to ignore. Read article here.
JM, friends of MM and his wife informed me that she would “finish me” via text message.
Never spoke to TA in my life and then I get a crazy random Facebook message from Jeremiah’s wife accusing me of bullying Jeremiah. She was then blocked on Facebook. Asked other advocates what to do. I was told to ignore.
In July 2013, I found out about CB’s fake “Ceast and Desist” order on Facebook from a client. Also learned that KC was not only supportive of said activity but encouraging it. Both of these people were blocked on Facebook and Twitter. I was told to ignore.
Received copy of fake cease and desist order via e-mail from CB, as did the Executive Director of the organization that I volunteer for. I was told to ignore.
In November 2013, I found out about the Facebook Advocate’s conversation about other MST Advocates from someone who was included in the conversation and absolutely disgusted with the things that were said by those same people promoted in the media because of their affiliation with an MST documentary. For the entire conversation that JA, LW, KC, DC, et al had about how to take out KW, Jennifer Norris and others, please click here.
TO BE CONTINUED…
I never spoke one ill word to either JA or CB ever in my life (aside from calling Jeremiah a bully after he first attacked me on twitter). I don’t know KC from a hole in the wall. Yet everyone appears to know everything about me, makes shit up, and I am bullying them even though they are all blocked. This is the first time that I am publicly speaking about this craziness. From here on out, I will post anything that is directed at me on this blog to document the behavior, but mostly to protect others from their harm.
Think Progress Promotes MST Bully in Media
Thank you Senator Gillibrand for giving this abusive bully a voice. The more he is promoted in media, the more harm he causes. You are giving him exactly what he wants which is in fact enabling his behavior. You are helping him build his media resume. He needs to step back and get some help not be launched in the national arena. Veterans need to steer clear of JA. He is dangerous to other veterans because he intentionally tries to harm you. The ironic thing about Jeremiah representing veterans and suicide is that he actually purposefully pushes other veterans to feeling suicidal with his attacks and stalking.
Read article here.
Why Can’t We All Get Along?
So you are serving in the military and you are sexually harassed then raped. You go to your Commander and he says “why can’t we all get along.” That is what you are saying to those who have finally broke the silence. This is in fact a victim blaming statement.
Are you going to get along with your rapist? I am not going to get along with a group of people that spend their time planning my demise. I am not going to get along with someone who calls me names, posts “dirt” on me, bullies me, stalks me, etc.
I left Facebook so I could escape the constant barrage of insults that I found out about from other members of the MST community. Despite blocking the people who were doing this, I was still the object of their obsession. I never had an opinion about them until after being attacked.
How is one supposed to handle this situation? A group of people one day decide they don’t like you so they start harassing you and stirring the pot so others will hate you too. Sound familiar? Yea, this is what happens after you report rape to the military.
Please don’t ever say to any victim that comes forward with their account of months of abuse, bullying, and harassment “Why can’t we all get along?” Remember doing absolutely nothing to ask or deserve being the target of a rapist in the military. This situation with the gang stalkers is no different. And it is causing flashbacks because it is the same mob mentality one was faced with when experiencing retaliation.
When a Commander or leader blows off the experience you have had with someone who is targeting you, it contributes to the PTSD. It compounds the trauma more so because no one will validate what harm has already been caused. Whether you experienced intense sexual harassment, hazing, bullying, stalking, rape, it all causes PTSD. The response of the person who the victim reports to is paramount in that person’s healing process.
MILITARY JUSTICE FOR ALL 