Brad Ruwe

Did @nothenrygale foreshadow his alleged betrayal by posting this Instagram photo this morning on Slack? When he posted it I thought it was a new photo but it’s from July.

You guys haven’t seen much of me recently.  I have been out of town much of the last few of weeks. Doing some doctor stuff, too.  You know… life.

The last few days, I have been rearranging a few things in my life. 
Furniture.  Fixing window latches.  Locks re-keyed.
Battening down the hatches, you might say.

I’m not going to say much.  Frie…[Read more]

Ok these questions that he asked… what was Mike digging around for?

The OOA asked us why we were here. The investors asked us about our level of satisfaction with The Tension Experience. The System asked us what we hated about ourselves. Everywhere we turn, more questions. From Joyce, from Mason, from Morgan. Now tonight, Mike asks Brad what…[Read more]

Thanks for sharing this @nothenrygale. I appreciate your detailed report, but I’m not gonna lie: I wish you’d demonstrated some of that assertiveness when it came to determining the fate of one of our own.

I wonder how Morgan would have handled the situation if he’d been there. :-/

Here’s some fresh data for you:

-We still don’t know if @russell is okay. No fault to Brad, there’s only so much he can do to get that out of Mike but damnit. Is Russell okay?

– @mike seems to be with the Briarberg Institute/Foundation/whatever because those questions that he asked @nothenrygale were suuuuper similar to what Lisa asked me…[Read more]

@nothenrygale Brad, I don’t want to be all “you need to do this,” or “you need to do that” but YOU NEED TO FIND OUT IF @RUSSELL IS OKAY.

@nothenrygale – you may have said those things but I certainly didn’t. When I’m spending the morning *actually* upset because friends are actually upset, and I’m worried for real about where things are headed…then yeah, it’s dark.

@mkarrett @remrelganaps I had the same thing happen to me (and I assume one is the same post, did you get an email for it too @wanda102). I also received a second notification about a post that @nothenrygale had tagged me in.

At the time I figured it was just some forum weirdness, but now, who knows? Can you tell if your post was edited at all Brad?

Wait wait wait @nothenrygale what the heck are you talking about?!

@nothenrygale It was a direct quote from the book. “He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling.” It was attributed to the author, William Golding, but was in reference to Jack the character. I could see it being argued either way.

@nothenrygale my dude, you know Amanda wasn’t looking for Mackenzie because whoever was in the room with the man brought over a pony.

@nothenrygale, that’s an interesting take. If we vote to dissolve, they could be killed. If we vote to absolve, they could be relocated and repositioned to Briarberg and harm more people. This is like that Joker/Batman dilemma. Damn…

@nothenrygale She hung up when I tried to clarify, but “dissolve” and “reduction” were the first-mentioned options in both cases.

Exact-ish language from my notes:

“There are two options in this poll. Dissolve or absolve them. One person votes at a time. Starting with you.”

Consequences as quoted above.

@nothenrygale Mmm…actually, Brad, it is directly relevant, which is why I told the story. As a citizen who lobbied the city council to burn it down, the ashes are very much on one’s hands — the guy asking, “How did this happen?”

So much so, that my 13 and 16 year old daughters, after I described the situation, said in unison, “Uh, Bitch, damn…[Read more]

This is an organization who has been known to pull this shit to people.

This is my point, @nothenrygale. You knew what they were capable of, which is exactly why more care should have been taken.

What’s done is done at this point so I’m good to let this go. And I know you have nothing but good in your heart, and that’s where you come from with…[Read more]

@nothenrygale I’m not shifting any blame. I find this horrible across the board, and it’s forcing me to think through a lot. But I am interested in your answer to the question I posed. If you’d known children could be harmed as a result, would you have followed through with your vote?

Again, this is not a troll or a gotcha. I actually think it’s…[Read more]

@nothenrygale I’m sure their kid Mackenzie is really feeling you on the nobility of your struggle.

Real question: If you had known your vote would potentially result in the death of children — who are inherently innocent because they’re, yaknow, children — would you have gone through with it? Not trolling; this is a legitimate moral quand…[Read more]

This will probably get clarified when the email comes in, but could this not also be Sabrina talking about reductions within the OSDM, rather than the BOS or the community?

In her call to @nothenrygale, Sabrina seemed to reprimand him for voting without worrying about the people it would actually impact. Perhaps that’s who is the target of The…[Read more]