tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067817219216094782.post4757436396858344544..comments2023-10-21T01:54:29.888-07:00Comments on Feminist Christian Socialist: A personal storyLunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06068882913386501048noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067817219216094782.post-821131795031825642020-02-14T12:13:01.928-08:002020-02-14T12:13:01.928-08:00Don't feel bad at all. I worked with him for 4...Don't feel bad at all. I worked with him for 4 years, we were even friends for a period of time. I always knew he was gay even though he hadn't officially come out, but I just never realized that it was for little boys. No one he was close with EVER saw this coming. Right before this happened, he had been let go from his job and was in the midst of spiraling out of control, and this was a conscious, premeditated action. No amount of friendship or kindness can stop a person from making the choices they make. We all have damage. We all have our stories. We all have the option to make the right or wrong choices, and he made the wrong choice. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067817219216094782.post-33384950076214056292015-07-07T16:38:30.846-07:002015-07-07T16:38:30.846-07:00Same smile:
https://twitter.com/rentthesespaces
I...Same smile:<br />https://twitter.com/rentthesespaces<br /><br />I was thinking about him today with the headlines about Subway Jared since I always thought they looked alike.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067817219216094782.post-16603986826510817372011-05-27T19:37:27.171-07:002011-05-27T19:37:27.171-07:00Oh Anonymous. You cannot say that with 100% certai...Oh Anonymous. You cannot say that with 100% certainty. There are lots of things that happen and no one knows. All you can say with 100% certainty is about your own personal experience.<br /><br />Trust me. There are plenty of people who appear to be nice normal people who aren't. Plenty.<br /><br />That being said, of course, it could be someone else. Cadets always struck me as a possibility. He seemed weirdly stuck on his cadets experience.Lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06068882913386501048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067817219216094782.post-60108885114322030762011-05-27T16:46:59.260-07:002011-05-27T16:46:59.260-07:00I know Brad Hanaback as well as I am from the same...I know Brad Hanaback as well as I am from the same small town. In August of last year he wasnt actually released, just released from the American justice sytem. He was sent to PA to do more time and was actually just released recently. As I said, I am from the same town so I do know his parents and I can say with 100% certainty that they never abused him, but that's not to say someone else couldn't have. His family is all really nice, normal people. It's crazy to see what can happen to people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067817219216094782.post-7839596958907824932011-01-01T11:09:01.137-08:002011-01-01T11:09:01.137-08:00Yeah, he always was good at computers. That'd ...Yeah, he always was good at computers. That'd help somewhat, but still... Child rapists do NOT do well in prison. I feel for him. I don't condone rape of ANYONE.Lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06068882913386501048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067817219216094782.post-50259217910875980002011-01-01T10:04:10.484-08:002011-01-01T10:04:10.484-08:00True, I doubt he's grinning much these days. I...True, I doubt he's grinning much these days. I can't imagine how Brad would cope in prison - he seemed kinda soft. Then again, he was always pretty good at ingratiating himself with those above him by helping them with their computers (he did a computer course post-Education degree), so I could see him getting by doing some sort of office support or even teaching adult ed classes while doing his stretch. Probably the real challenge will be the rest of his life.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06230569869771820460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067817219216094782.post-19416395127355183872010-12-29T12:45:17.016-08:002010-12-29T12:45:17.016-08:00Hi fester,
I sure wonder if that big grin is stil...Hi fester,<br /><br />I sure wonder if that big grin is still around after doing hard time as a sex offender. :(<br /><br />Yeah, I know exactly what you mean about him and his utter lack of street smarts. Your entire description fits him perfectly. I wonder about him so often. It's weird how some people jump into my psyche and stick around.Lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06068882913386501048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067817219216094782.post-72070185554096139252010-12-28T23:41:06.873-08:002010-12-28T23:41:06.873-08:00OMG! I worked with this guy about 9/10 years ago a...OMG! I worked with this guy about 9/10 years ago and had a similar impression. We were kinda situational friends due to the workplace scenario. He could be very helpful and friendly but also insufferable. I recall frequently pitying him and yet wanting to chase him out of my office.<br /><br />At first I presumed he was gay due to some stereotypical mannerisms and later I just thought he was somewhat socially stunted or asexual. There were a few times when he seemed overly interested in things that were childlike, like stuffed animals. At the time I found that stuff atypical for a man his age but innocuous enough. He also seemed to have a bit of a fixation on a childhood friend of his who is gay. His friend was partnered and lived in a different city. I got the feeling it might be a "Chuck and Buck" (obscure movie reference) situation ie. they were close friends as kids but his friend grew up and moved on while Brad was still stuck in childhood. I think the friend was still kind to him but kept him at arm's length.<br /><br />Anyway, after I changed jobs we did not keep in touch, but a couple of years ago his name randomly popped into my head and I searched him out on Google, only to make the same discovery as you did.<br /><br />It really threw me. I spent a lot of time wondering about the case - hoping that there was a glimmer of possibility that Brad was not as guilty as it appeared. Perhaps he'd never acted on this proclivity before and maybe he never would have if he hadn't been enticed by the sting operation. I do not have much faith in the American justice system either, so I wondered also about entrapment and trumped up charges. Brad always struck me as having absolutely no street smarts and as someone who believed himself to be more clever than he actually was, so I can see him being an easy target.<br /><br />Whatever the actual scenario is, it is sad and shocking. All the times Brad had a big grin (which was most of the time), I wonder what internal struggles he was having. And I wonder what his future holds.<br /><br />According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons database, he was released in August.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06230569869771820460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067817219216094782.post-14607467182405871122010-02-19T14:40:19.761-08:002010-02-19T14:40:19.761-08:00I sympathize with you, really I do. My guess woul...I sympathize with you, really I do. My guess would be that the reason the guy was so unable to socialize with his peers in college was that he was already twisted. And therefore nothing you could have done. Yes, there are probably crimes in his background, which have now repeated themselves in his own adult life.Ciarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00294830782961989856noreply@blogger.com