What happened after the occupation of Parliament
- Amanda Riddell
- Oct 14, 2023
- 4 min read
Well, for me, not much. But for my brother, that was the start of him becoming part of that conspiracy buff crowd. They totally groomed him, but I'd like to point out that there was no substantial difference between that and the way that ALCP/Greens blooded me as an activist, except that they used my statements against him and told him to repudiate those. I'd always thought 'agree to disagree' about Emanuel's conspiracies, but now that he's giving me advice on trans issues that's getting to be a bit much, and that's why I'm openly telling people about the phantom texts that often appear on my phones. I wonder if I'm the only one who has that happen... maybe other activists do too? 👋 - I'm thoroughly sick of being punished for Stephen's documentary. I wasn't involved in it, and I told him to make another piece for balance. You'd think that RNZ hiring me would have solidified my reputation as someone who believes in the truth (whatever that means in these fragmented times), and I'd hope that people would stop assuming I'm 'just paranoid' -- it's probably not paranoia regarding whether the SIS or GCSB are interested in my Facebook posts or my thoughts generally. Which, bluntly, is probably because of Gary's anti-war views more than for our pro-weed views, though they told me to stop making the Dakumentary. Yes, seriously, they told me to stop. That was utterly ridiculous, and I was more than glad to clear up some of the many misconceptions that those people had about me and my motivations for making the film. I made it for me, and I made it for Gary and Dakta. I didn't make it for Chloe: I dedicated Pan's Preludes movement V to her, and obviously Shipwrecked is partly based on her. 🎧 - What I want: I want my 'friends' who oppose my views and my lifestyle to leave the community of people who spy on my every move. I think that's fair. I've shown that I'm not going to respond to their pressure to detransition, and honestly even suggesting that should be cause for a legal challenge (if it wasn't those phantom texts, I would challenge them in court over those views). Plus I'd like not to feel ashamed about anything to do with my sexuality or gender. 👍 I'd also like people to acknowledge that I really do own my scripts and songs, and their suggestions that I rehabilitate myself via performance is simply a continuation of this attitude that loving me is entirely dependent on performance. That's honestly wrong. This is why I can't love the people who I want to love: this. I was told to be celibate when I was in uni, though I didn't realise at the time how many conversations were planned for me to be in earshot of them when I was young. - Seriously, my classical education was very much the same as one of those fundie Christian schools and that's not just because there's a shitload of Christians in the classical culture. I'm so sick of that pressure, and I'd like Jane, Owen and Mark (among others) to stop advising me. Your opinions about how I should conduct my affairs aren't welcome, and I think that your attitudes about my life have made my last several years a living nightmare. I'm sick of feeling like my every wank will be filled with pressure to 'be Tim and imagine being Tina' -- that's insulting to the extreme, given I've spent YEARS living openly as a transvestite. Autogynephilia has been thoroughly debunked. I'm sick of feeling like you won't accept me for writing Pan's Preludes, and demanding that I perform something for someone who was crippled in an accident that I had nothing to do with. I wasn't likeable enough to go on holiday with Jane, so I wasn't in Raglan that day. Pressuring me to stop smoking weed and calling my real friends a bunch of creepy stoners isn't helping. You were all wrong about Dakta, and I hope that when you watched the documentary that you realised that I genuinely like those guys more than you. They supported me, they backed me when I came out, and they backed me even through all the indecent exposure bs that is yet to be charged or proven. People thought that a bulge was indecent, but it wasn't. NZSM can take me to court, but this has to end. OK? 👍 - I'm not slagging off B anymore, though. I wrote my piece to her about that moment, and she has yet to reply. But, despite that, she was genuinely supportive, and I'm mostly just angry that she wasn't physically there for me over Covid. I do think that she expected me to medically transition though, and that pissed me off, much as it pissed me off regarding Mary and RNZ. I loved that job, and I'm upset that they lacked the balls to speak to me about their concerns. - Seriously: charge me, pursue civil action, or cease and desist with the unwelcome advice. I'm willing to defend myself, and I think I've done a bloody good job of that for the last 8 months or so. If the Police had genuinely believed that I'd broken the law regarding my penis, they would have charged me, but it's all hearsay. That's my interpretation of the situation.
To FTAC: seriously, there is no way that I could have messaged Chloe without her explicitly allowing that.
I mean, until that day where I found that I saw different pages based on whether I was using my business or personal page, Chloe wasn't contactable via FB messages. Then, suddenly, she was... that's why I'm unhappy about being pulled up over those. She was reading those messages, and that was obvious from one or two of her posts. 🌿