Emailed to me from Amanda:
To members of the Fierceboard:
I have stayed away from this site since I left because I was done having a name attached to me that I don’t want attached. It wasn’t until Jamfest when I came to look at updates and read the thread dedicated to “me” that I knew I had to say something. The witch hunts against innocent people by people who are so anti-bullying and call themselves adults and some even mothers has got to stop.
I got called out as being Whoadeedle and from the beginning stated that I wasn’t, guess what? To this day I stand by the fact that I am not the person so many hate. What many don’t know and what has never been explained is that there were TWO people behind that account. While I logged in and used it to talk about cheerleading on this message board, I NEVER talked to anyone from this board privately and personally online or on the phone. I knew what was going on with the account seeing as how it happened at my home so that makes me guilty for knowing and never saying anything. The person so many got to know was my best friend and that it why I never said anything.
When that name got called out I wanted nothing to do with it because the lies created to me were all on her. That is why I haven’t apologized to anyone on this board. Should I apologize for knowing what was going on? Definitely because I ignored them and went along with them for her so it makes me guilty. For that I am sorry, but I am not going to apologize to the things she did because that isn’t my place.
I came back to this site as peanut so that I could start fresh and be myself and talk cheerleading, what this board is all about. I wasn’t trying to be someone that I am not which is why I didn’t go around posting personal details of my life. All was good until someone got wind that the IP for the two accounts were the same and BAM I got called out. I probably should have said something then, but that was embarrassing to have that come back at me when I wanted nothing to do with it.
I stayed away and when the board moved wanted to once again talk about cheer. In my mind since the board moved I could really officially start fresh, I was wrong again. The fact that somehow an admin or mod thought it was okay to give out the fact that my IP was linked to that act hurt a lot because I thought that was 100% private.
When that name was called out my plan was 100% to stick around and fight it out because I wanted to be here for the purpose of this board and was tired of running. I took a sign picture and even screen capped my Facebook for a poster in order to prove that I was who I was. I wasn’t pretending to be someone else, I was me but that still wasn’t what people wanted to hear. I posted very little person details of my life because I wanted to remain pretty private. After you state over and over again that you aren’t the person they hate and they don’t believe you it begins to feel as if you are defeated.
I left thinking I was going to leave this account and entire forum behind me and I did really well with that until Jamfest weekend. When I read that now I apparently have 3 or 4 fake twitter accounts and am a poster claiming to be from Indonesia I just shook my head and thought about if I were going to close this for good and get it over with. When I read the posts towards another poster on here, from ADULTS, because they “suspected” someone of being me it sealed the deal.
I am sorry to those of you who were hurt by Whoadeedle, truly I am and I hope that you can move on from it. I am sorry to any poster or twitter that has had fingers pointed at them because people just “KNOW” that they are me. Here is a little info for everyone, I don’t have a twitter account and the only time I look at twitter is during comp season by a simple Google search. These people are not me and you have gone out of your way to blame innocent people. Maybe instead of moving on to the next person you should stop and apologize to them.
There are some amazing people on this board and I wish them nothing but luck in the future, but after reading this thread I have learned there are some nasty people as well who need to take a step back and read what they are writing. Don’t stand up and say you are anti-bullying and then go about posting the way that you do regularly.
I don’t plan on returning to the Fierceboard because I have learned that even if you apologize for something or are proved to not do something you are never really forgive by some and it will continue to follow people around. Good luck to all athletes, coaches, and parents on a successful season and seasons to come. "
