Anyway, I just wanted to give a few shout outs:
Lisa Howard
"My name is mud right now. There are so many people talking crap about me it's not even funny."
Your name is mud because you spew dirt. It actually is funny that people talk crap about you. Figure out how to compose a coherent sentence, for starters. Then get over the fact that your use of the #26 has been revoked.
Karen Francis
"It's hard," she said of the criticism. "It was a lot of work, and you have to put up with people's disrespect."
You're a real piece of work. Why would you turn searching for Ayla into an exercise in paranoia? If you find something, how the hell could you be accused of causing her disappearance?
Laurie Bingham
People accused her of trying to steal the media spotlight, she said.
Laurie...oh, Laurie. I don't even know where to start with you. I'm sure you didn't want the "spotlight." You just accidentally named your page 'Laurie Bingham's Ayla's Angels' initially. You put your name before hers, and that was just a big misunderstanding. I know...
Ed Mea
"My heart is in the right place -- I care about that little girl. The fact that people are trashing me just goes along with it, I guess."
Ed, people are not trashing you because your heart is in the right place. You know that. To go in the media and say your heart is in the right place and complain about criticism, after behaving like a caged animal on Facebook, says a lot about you.
Lisa, Karen, Laurie, and Ed: Did you all know that you had the option to decline the interview? Did you all know that just because someone asks you to give dramatic details and complaints, you don't have to oblige them? I don't know which I'm more shocked about---the fact that each of you went to a media outlet and acted like 12 year old girls, or the fact that B. McCanna published this crap.
Instead of using that interview as free promotion, advertising, and coverage for Ayla, you all chose to use the opportunity to complain about your personal "suffering."
The criticism can be so harsh that one of the organizers of Saturday’s walk, Kass Snider, 19, of Oakland, declined to be interviewed by a reporter.
Good decision, coming from a very young person. Kudos to her!
One last thought to Lisa, Karen, Laurie, and Ed...no one cares that your little high school friends are making life hard for you.
Here's a straw:
Now suck it the fuck up!
As much as I think your blog is ignorant. The straw joke was pretty funny.
ReplyDeleteI wish these people would shut up. Do they not realize they make the entire community of Waterville look like grade school drop outs? Stop talking people! It is better to be suspected an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. Words to live by, angels.
ReplyDeleteAt the vigil Justin stood up shook every hand extended to him. Hugged each "angel" who walked up to him. Accepted their words of I will do anything to help you. It takes a big man to do that. Knowing these very people have stabbed you in the back repeatedly. And are about to walk out the door and do it again. And they did just that. Personally I suggest that the next time Justin is approached by one of these "supporters" he suggests to them that by saying that they believe he has murdered his daughter they are not supporting either him or his daughter. Somewhere in their logic do they not get that by calling him a murderer they can not possibly be supporting the fact that Ayla is alive. They of all people believe the worst for her. To me they care the least. Have the least hope. Ayla's Angels my ***.
ReplyDeleteExactly. They can't support two totally different sides here. Either they believe she's alive, or they believe Justin did something to her. They have no idea what it means to be logical. Or to have common sense. Or to think for themselves. Or to think about anyone, BUT themselves for that matter. When is the last time they did something for Ayla, without making it about themselves? Seriously? You can't even publicize a walk for Ayla without bickering and acting like my kids during it? I'd be ashamed if I were you, but then again, I don't think you know what it's like to admit you were wrong.
DeleteI agree completely. How can you say you are an "angel" for a missing child, when you are convinced her father murdered her. Are you hoping and praying for the day they find her body? Would that make you satisfied? Where is an ounce of proof that even leans toward her being deceased? To me an angel is someone who protects and guides. How are you protecting or guiding this lost child by insisting on her demise. To me the real angels are the ones who believe she is alive and will not accept anything less until it is proven by facts. Those angels are the ones doing everything they can to bring her home. They are praying for her night and day and keeping the hope alive. Refusing to be negative. It is extremely disrespectful to Ayla for her "angels" to sit there, convinced that she is gone, and continue to make this about themselves. Whether it be drama between facebook pages, fighting over who has done more for her, and tattooing numbers on themselves. I ask that you focus more on finding Ayla and less on yourself.
Deletei totally agree...this has gotten way out of hand. i have to say this is by far the best post you have ever done :)one site is for promoting her own page with a little girl who has disappeared and some in another group are calling her out. it sickens me. some are caught dead smack in the middle of it all. time for everyone to step away from the computer STOP TALKING ABOUT IT AND FOCUS ON PUTTING AYLAS NAME AND ONLY AYLAS NAME OUT THERE!! great job!! <3
DeleteI'm not sure that this news article is legitimate without a picture of Ashley.
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DeleteThat was funny.
Karen Francis is an attention whore. I saw her at the vigil and remembered exactly why she looked so familiar to me. She used to live in my neighborhood, and one day she and her sister went door to door doing a "bottle drive" & asked for monetary donations as well. For what organization they didn't say, but I knew they were lying from the moment the words came out of Karen's mouth. I had already given my bottles & cans to a legitimate organization--ya know, the ones that actually have their team uniforms on & stuff. If they needed money, why not ask for it? I hate dishonesty. I did give them $5, because I felt bad for them. They probably bought cigs with it, but whatever.
ReplyDeleteSeeing the "angels" hugging Justin like they did made me think they might actually be willing to stop calling him a murderer. The other part of me wanted to call them slimy hypocrites, but I was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt for the moment. Yeah...whatever. So much for that! And the really petty judgmental me just has to say that the "angels" have no place calling Justin, or really anyone, a lowlife. That's all I'll say about that.
She was working on behalf of the Karen Francis Foundation...wow!
DeleteThanks for the link to the article.
ReplyDeleteI don't know these people since I don't do facebook, but find the commentary interesting.
Gosh, skimmed over this non-relavance.
ReplyDeleteGosh, skimmed over this non-relavance.
ReplyDeleteOf course you did. You skimmed and then took the extra step of commenting.
DeleteTell me...are you a 5th dummy, or one of the 4?
For the first time I actually agree with some of the things you said. You are right, I should have refused the interview and I did at first and I wish I had gone with my first instinct to continue taking the high road. It makes me cringe when I read it because it does sound like a 12 yr old girl who lacks intellegence and not a good representative for myself, our town and state and mostly Ayla. Ive been upset that whenever people would say Ayla's Angels and because my name is associated it was a reflection on me and then I go and behave badly too. I didnt go up front with the Angels who did at the past vigil nor did I hug Justin but because it was AA that was said everyone assumes I was involved. I was sitting in the pew watching it all unfold and Justin earned some respect by hugging them back knowing what they think of him. Im not seeking attention I have never been on tv I have avoided interviews at all of the events and turned down requests from other papers. I have talked to Ben twice and regret it and never having spoke to a reporter before now I didnt realize that things I said may come across differently than my intent or reason for saying it. Im sure you and others wont believe me but this is about Ayla for me and I have not claimed Justin has done anything more than not doing what LE and LR suggested. Thats it, I have my own opinions and wish people would judge me for myself not what 1100 other Angels say and do. I didnt revoke any Angel numbers and those involve know that. There were people upset that I had enough and attempted to defend myself which I regret and they unliked and left the page so to not mess up the Angel count I was going to reassign them but my partner has figured it out so unlikes dont mess up the count. When she told me that I deleted that thread and said the numbers would be the same although they are associated to my name and I got a comment saying **** doesnt want her Angel # and you can keep it so im a bit confused but I know how it goes when someone grabs on to something. One last thing, you are mistaken when you say I initially named Ayla's Angels my name and then Ayla's. It has been Ayla Reynolds Ayla's Angels since day 1. I did have her name with my name on my profile so when I commented it showed I was doing it for Ayla's page since no one knew my name when I first started the page but knew Ayla's Angels so if I sent a friend request Ayla related it made more sense and people wouldnt say they didnt know who I was. I removed it when I realized people where mistaking it as the name of ARAA. I know my blood is already in the water and after all of this ridiculous drama and lies I have decided to stay focused on Ayla and avoid the comments... of people who dont know me but are judging me much the way Justin must feel. Im sure this will be judged harshly and the true intent overlooked so I send this and put it all behind me and stay on Ayla Reynolds Ayla's Angels and keep my focus on who deserves it not me but Ayla Bell. Laurie
ReplyDeleteLaurie, for what it's worth, I believe you're sincere. I'm glad you're seeing this from another perspective and can see, at least on some level, what Justin goes through. Obviously, he has it much, much worse, but I'm sure having your words & intentions questioned have helped you to have some compassion for him. And that's always a good thing. I appreciate you taking the time to share that. I hope you stick around.
DeleteLaurie, We don't know each other but I feel you have been experiencing a lot of pain through what you just wrote. Hopefully you feel better after getting that off your chest.
ReplyDeleteI have had friends interviewed for the newspaper before, and without exception I hear "that's not what I said (or meant)." They are good at putting things out of context and misquoting. They cast people in whatever light they choose. Likely everyone that's been interviewed in this case would say the same. Luckily for you you are on the "fringes" of this case and this crap will not follow you for the rest of your life, as it will for some.
Just keep doing what you're doing, what will matter to you in the end will be what you know you've done, not what other people think.
What about team Ayla?
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