I HAVE BEEN USING THE TERM TARGETED INDIVIDUALS ALL WRONG

As you may know, I became a radical political activist at 15. (I was already a somewhat infamous "bad girl/tragic girl" by then, especially to law enforcement.) For ten years (from roughly 1982-1992) I was with what is now called Revcom. I got arrested a lot, followed a lot, my phone was bugged (back then you could hear the clicks), etc.  For at least a decade after that I would be watched around May 1st, i.e., International Worker's Day (which had become Bealltain for me).

So,  I was a "targeted activist". I was almost always arrested first, separated, questioned, etc. (Especially in Los Angeles). And when I came back to St. Louis, I had a few encounters and I still have some issues. (Some from Ferguson, but some, ironically, from the time before "Red" Rachael, and the businessmen and cops I knew as a bad girl decades ago. Thankfully STL is a tiny place and I know enough people that when something comes up I hear about it. More on documentation in a minute.)

When I heard people saying "targeted individual" in political activist circles here, I thought they meant situations like mine. They don't.  Targeted individuals may or may not be political activists.   I have been misunderstanding this term since at least Ferguson! 

"Confirmation bias" is another term which I have heard a lot but didn't really understand until now.  Confirmation bias is actually something everyone does, but mostly subjectively.  I suffer at times from emotional polarization, but if I continue to believe something that is proved untrue, it gets marked "subjective reality" and I generally will keep that in mind. 

I believe A LOT of crazy things.  Aliens, Angels, Multiple Universes and Dimensions and Deities, the afterlife and spirits, etc., etc.  I do think there is something like HAARP, and whatever is causing the US Diplomats in Cuba to get sick, and even crazier than that, I believe that those things may not be human in origin! 

But, as I have said many, many times, if I can't prove it in shared human reality, if I can't demonstrate it to you, it's just a theory.  I am only psychic when I am right.  I am only a spiritual Medium if I can communicate with your  (each individual's) spirits. I believe the body can heal itself, but until my body can heal itself and create immunity from diseases that is proven in a laboratory, I will get the vaccines. 

And if I am talking to someone that does not believe in whatever it is- god, ghosts, aliens- I recognise that to them, I am basically crazy.  Also, I live in the empirical world.  If it is real, it will eventually be proven.  I've learned that I can just wait and be patient. (I learned this early on, as an activist, with Oliver North.  And over the years, many things that were considered crazy conspiracy theories have been proven. Recently, technology has proven that mind reading and telepathy can be reproduced with machines, and I am part of study at Yale on psychic phenomenon, and what differentiates psychics from the mentally ill.) 

And as far as being an activist that was targeted, there is enough of a trail of proof that if anyone was ever really interested, Sunshine requests could be filed, witnesses could be deposed, etc.  When it comes to anything having to do with the government, there is paperwork and there is payroll.  To watch someone around the clock requires man hours. Cameras and other recordings are worthless unless someone watches the film and listens to the calls and reads all the blogposts. (I actually feel sorry for anyone who has to watch me lol!!)

And if "they" are preventing you from getting a job or stopping you from seeing your family members, eventually someone is going to tell you if you seek out documentation.  

(I used to always ask why a place didn't hire me, if I'd been interviewed and in the running, because this is how I would find out if I was getting a bad reference.  If someone was angry with me or one of my neighbours started behaving strangely I would question them, ask what I had done. For example, at one place I had this crazy landlord and I had reported him a few times.  So he would tell new neighbours to watch out for me and etc. They learned about him fast enough, often without me, but the point here is that there is a way to get verifiable evidence. Don't be afraid to talk to people and be willing to hear what they have to say! Because sometimes the answer is actually unpleasant like "I really don't like how you always use the washer all day on Saturday" or "We didn't think your personality was a good fit for the office.")

And surveillance goes two ways.  If you think your house is getting broken into, set up cameras, or sensors. Or at the least, do the old "piece of hair in the door frame" trick.  Look for patterns.  Especially with local law enforcement you will see the same vehicles. Get to know your neighbourhood and your neighbours.  And, contrary to all the advice you hear about varying your routine (which is mostly aimed at reducing break-ins or assaults from criminals) stick to your routines for a while, and then change them, and see what follows you.

And serious things- like poisoning, altering medications, etc- these things can be traced and documented.  Poisons leave a residue. Medication can be checked by a pharmacist chosen at random.  ("This doesn't look my old medication, can you tell if it is correct?") And with meds, you can check the appearance on line these days.  It is very difficult to make fake meds.  (Except on television shows.)

Like a person who is psychic, you are only going to be believed when it is verifiable. So get the proof, and expect to have to show it over and over to each person you meet. And really understand that all of these people that are harassing you are human and have to eat and sleep, and they are getting paid to do this. (Or if it is a random stalker, they will be much easier to trace and document, and also have fewer resources.)

Also, most humans are not going to harass someone who is doing nothing for years and years.  After awhile, the LAPD stopped checking in on me around May 1st because it was obvious that I was going to be frolicking around the Maypole, not demonstrating and organizing for revolution. 

And if it is a big corporation, in order to keep up that level of harassment, there would have to be a very powerful committee, and those people will have secretaries, and family members, and shareholders that will question the budgets and financial reports.  These are people so they will get sick and go on vacation.  They can't do it alone, which means that there will be a lot of people involved.  And eventually at least some of those people will speak out.

A lot of targeted individuals are probably mentally ill.  Many of the stories I read sound exactly like psychotic episodes. But there are some people that are truly targeted.  What happened in Cuba should be taken seriously. But those that are truly being targeted will be able to find documentation. 

However, my main point was meant to clarify that I do NOT consider myself a "targeted individual" and if I have used that term incorrectly in conversation or communications with you, I apologize.