https://www.facebook.com/Regulate-Ch...25680/timeline
I've just had my flyer for an upcoming event shared on their page, insinuateing that we are unsafe to be around children. HOW INSULTING! Does anyone know who is driving this crazy train? I need some answers because I am a professional and NOT a threat to children...at ALL! What do I do??
Now I have to go to work with this nonsense on my mind, grrr.
I bet its someone that went to Merfest last year because they are bashing the event and all mermaid stuff in North carolina. What a loser!
I highly recommend go to the page and report it
That's what I was going to post too, but ya beat me to it!Originally Posted by shimmygoddess
Formerly known as ireneho
Everyone needs to go on the page and report it!
Is it possibly that one dude who went to Merfest and started attacking Raina and Carribbean Pearl? Greenman or whatever his username was? It's been a while since he stirred up trouble to get himself some attention, and this seems like the kind of thing he'd do.
I reported it too. While its messed up that they're attacking everyone in this community, does anyone know why they specifically attack Twig in the name of the group?
They have some links to websites for costumes performers that they consider to be safer. Is this just made by someone who wants to bash their competition?
That was my first thought as well.
Their Elsa does not have the braid on the correct side. The traditional style, the one used by Disney, is a single braid is worn over the heart. I wonder at their competency, and wonder if the only way they can get business is to slander others.
Last edited by Merman Storm; 05-02-2016 at 01:43 PM.
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This is just plan slanderous and awful, I have also reported the page.
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I reported the page, but Facebook has already responded that they don't see anything violating their terms and recommended reporting individual content (ie, photos) that do violate terms. So I would suggest people report posts, not the page, and maybe Facebook will eventually take the page down if they see that 90% of the posts violate their terms.
- Here's the context
This woman is upset because at merfest 1 christomer assigned her daughter trina. They paid a lot of money for trina, and trina was inappropriate at merfest 1. I think her first words to me in public, in front of kids was "hey Raina, give me a fucking book!" not even kidding. So trina has a criminal background and had recently been arrested just before merfest, and like I said, she's a porn star (not judging anyone in the sex industry but I think we cant pretend it wont affect working with kids. if a kid can google you for a birthday party and find your porn?). The mom paid a lot of money that was supposedly going to a "charity". (side bar, I dont think any of us were asked if we wanted to participate in the adopt a mermaid thing. not that I minded my kid was lovely. but it was just kinda thrown on us) The mom goes home after feeling weirded out by the experience and first hits on google are trina mugshot and porn. I totally get why she felt duped. She's assuming that the people working with her kids at the very least aren't criminals you know? Like I said, I have no problem with porn or people working in the sex industry, but I dont think we can pretend it doesnt affect working with kids and I can appreciate why that came as a shock to her.
Anyway, she brought these concerns to christomer and apparently he just laughed them off. So this super upset her and thus the rampage you see here.
She's not wrong in suggesting there needs to be checks in place. We have that in Canada. I am shocked it's not mandatory in the US, and we are making in mandatory for staff and volunteers of mermania for liability purposes.
It's just the fact she's going after EVERYONE. I sent her a big long message explaining the whole thing and that she's throwing people who actually are amazing, and innocent of her issues, under the bus. Going after twig is 100% not ok and I question the validity of that photo (though christomer was big on taking photos of people like that, he tried to do it to sean and I too) I asked Twig specifically, and this woman was already on the war path by the time she got to twig. She wanted twig to not do MERFEST 2 based on the experience with Merfest 1, but twig explained trina was not involved this time around and she is already under contract for it.
I'm confident that because I actually own rights to a bunch of the photos that they will get taken down, and though it keeps saying it doesnt break terms, you can keep reporting it, and it will flag it. it's an automated system so takes a bit to get through it.
you can also have a lawyer do up a generic letterif your image appears under this slander/libel, and send it to FB and they will remove things. it's a bit of extra work and will probably cost 100$ from a lawyer, but we have done it before when dealing with the person we fired. So I know it can be done.
This woman had sent around a propaganda document just before merfest 2 basically shaming mermaids for drinking and doing anything sexy.
I do think SOME aspects of her concerns are fair, and I think if christomer had handled it properly the first time around, or at least did background checks on his kids performers, this wouldnt have escalated. I am not making excuses for this woman but it seems like christomer really snubbed her genuine concerns about things.
Shelly I think she wrongfully assumed you're working with christomer, which I recently witnessed happening thanks to him stealing your website URL (fun fact he has a bunch of mers listed on that website who DO NOT work for him, he doesnt even live in NC, and he claims he is "sponsored" by a bunch of people he isnt. We recently had a woman email ncmermania complaining thinking we were affiliated with him)
WOWZERS.
I'm completely speechless at this...
I feel awful for everyone this page is personally singling out...how despicable.
looks like we need to post another " I am not nor have ever been associated with NCMerfolk" sigh.
Also...everyone is yelling 'slander' when it's really 'libel'
http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/bus...el-and-slander
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And she's using the same page to vilify the left wing, queer activists, and sexuality philosophers. Way to go.
Thanks for all that helpful background info Raina!
Shall we have it on a t-shirt or a flag? Just because we happen to be in the same area and state does not mean we are affiliated with them. I could barely sleep last night over this..
I only just found out about the page and haven't been to Mermania... but geez... not every entertainer is a pedophile! I don't know how it works in America, but in the country I am in now, you have to have a screening before anyone works with a child and you have to have a document stating that you have been checked. Yeah, sure... the entertainment industry has its bad eggs... BUT NOT EVERY SINGLE PERSON IS A THREAT. This page is just making hate.
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