If you want an example of “worst kind of person,” the kind who seem to have no self control whatsoever… well, here ya go:
Yeah, the guy shouldn’t have followed her. But the way she femsplains to the officer puts her about two seconds from a taserin’. Entertainingly, the subject here, one Tara Dublin, wrote up a blog post explaining her side of the event and, wow, is it just jam-packed with all the “boo hoo poor me the whole world is out to oppress me” stuff we’ve all come to expect. Instead of considering that, just perhaps, she comes across as an unhinged nut, she leaps to the conclusion that the reason why the cop dares to tell her to behave in a rational fashion is because it’s a Manspiracy from the Patriarchy. “They use the words “unhinged” and “crazy” to belittle me and revictimize me.” No… “they” use “unhinged” because you demonstrate an inability to control your emotions.
Additionally, her explanation of the origins of the event does not jive with the actual video evidence, taken by a security camera. She was sufficiently unpleasant that the other guy took her to court to get a restraining order against her for stalking; but they only caught two episodes of stalking on camera and apparently Washington state law requires three. Still, she apparently got a talkin’ to from the judge.
One good thing: she’s got herself an IMDB page. I *suspect* that, just maybe, there might be just a wee bit of snark in the bio:
Tara Dublin has recently become known for her one-woman web-based satirical black comedy, “Public Meltdown”. The show follows the trials and tribulations of a desperately unlovable and unwanted failed radio presenter, “Tara Rocks”, as she navigates through life in a state of permanent mental break down, lurching from self-made invented drama to self-made invented drama. Shot in a guerrilla fashion using limited equipment – and often encouraging members of the public to become willing (or sometimes unwilling) characters in the complex comedy – the show has managed to gain significant viral success. As a method actor of DeNiro styling, Tara has made a point of creating social media accounts for “Tara Rocks” and continues to post in character.
The National Alliance on Mental Health (“NAMI”) publicly heralded the September 2016 episode, “Flipping the Bird”, as an “…intense, emotional, yet compassionate exploration of what it means to live with mental illness. The wit and humor of the situation, along with her protracted battle of wits with an imaginary green frog ‘Pepe’ and the unnamed imaginary ‘Racist Roider’, successfully examines the great tragedy of uncontrolled mental illness without making it seem fake or contrived. In this episode, Tara Dublin has done more for bringing the plight of the mentally disadvantaged into the public eye than anyone else in 2016.”
I dunno. Just have a feeling that that might not be her *authorized* bio.
And because why not, I took a gander at her twitter page/feed/whatever so you don’t have to. All I can say about it… Trump has successfully invaded and colonized her mind. What must it be like to be so obsessed?
So it might be fair to inquire as to why I care enough about this incident froma year and a half ago to post about it. Well, two reasons:
- On one hand, it’s jsut plain entertaining. That’s reason enough.
- On the other hand, politics aside, this level of obsession and lack of self control and lack of self-knowledge is not only bad for the individual… it’s bad for *society.* Society would be a whole lot better off if people were on the whole more dispassionate, not more passionate.
Now, everyone can go a little emotional from time to time. For example, I would not have liked there to have been videos of me from after Raedthinn died. It was… unseemly. How about when Obama was elected? Meh. I believe my reaction was on the order of “well… poop.” But like everyone, driving out among the great mass of other crazy drivers can make emotions go into overdrive. But that’s when you *most* need to be calm and logical. And something I’ve noticed since becoming a concealed carry license holder: the knowledge that I have a pistol in my car or on my person? That makes me *more* thoughtful. If you have any sort of brain at all having the physical manifestation at hand of the concept of “sometimes there are consequences” it makes you think, even if only just a little bit more. And sometimes “only a little bit more thought” is all you need, the difference between doing a U-turn in the middle of a residential street in order to get out of your car, curse someone and flip them off, leading to unknown and unknowable consequences… and just grumbling under your breathe and driving on and going on about your day.