Mommy Blogger Of Pink Headband Fame Hospitalized For Mental Evaluation

[Recursion]

http://www.queerty.com/mommy-blogger-of-pink-headband-fame-hospitalized-for-mental-evaluation-20130807/

The Florida mother who climbed to the highest peaks of the Internet to shout the tale of a giant, burly man that called her two-year-old son a “faggot” in a local Walmart has been hospitalized against her will pending a mental evaluation.

31-year-old mommy blogger Katie Vyktoriah (real name Kathleen Carpenter) originally wrote about the incident on her personal blog, AMotherThing.com. She claimed, among other things, that without provocation, her son Dexter was assaulted and called a “faggot” for wearing a pink headband during a recent trip to Walmart in Davenport, Florida. Her site later “crashed” due to the overwhelming response the post had received, so HuffPo ran it as an op-ed piece.

Today, HuffPo has removed the piece amidst claims that the author is a “pathological liar” and most likely fabricated the story entirely. It only took about 40 seconds for readers to question the validity of the story after we reported it earlier this week—many of you pointed to Carpenter’s previous claims that she survived four kidnapping attempts, was “meant to be [on the American Airlines flight that crashed] in NYC on 9/11,” and allegedly suffers from a number of self-diagnosed ailments.

Following the backlash, Carpenter deleted her personal blog and all social media accounts. She then called the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and told an officer that she was thinking of killing herself.

[snooper2]

1. Should we pull up the original threads on this now

or is a game of online "told you so" too much

[msanthrope]

2. I'm not sure they kick once they reach a certain point in the archive...

you could try, but I don't I think it serve much purpose....after all we know the people who actually believed this.

[loli phabay]

5. i think we could see this coming

[PearliePoo2]

3. I clicked to enlarge the photo of her little boy and..

something is wrong with that poor little guy.
He has VERY unhealthy blue/purple circles under both eyes. They look like bruises they are so dark (but I don't believe they are).
What causes these dark circles, anyone know?

[2naSalit]

6. I have seen this on other children

and it usually appears when they are under stress of some sort, usually stress that they cannot identify or express. Most of the cases I have seen occur when the child is stressing about their parents/home environment or not getting the attention they need to facilitate their emotional health and well-being. It seems to be a stress indicator.

[Lars39]

7. I've seen it on kids with allergies, too.

[2naSalit]

8. Could be that too n/t

[Jenoch]

4. I hope this woman gets the help she needs.

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. sad

[snooper2]

10. Original Thread, 149 Replies, Follow up, 9

I love DU

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023397366

well, 10 now

[Scurrilous]

11. LOL