Just because I'm sick of the mis-truths and outright nonsense:
Funnily enough, I thought Rudy was avoiding eye contact with me. I figured I'd sus him out, because previous experience with him in real life has been far more amicable than his forum persona, but he always seemed to be otherwise occupied when I walked past.
So I didn't bother pushing the point.
He may have called out to me, but I sure didn't hear it.
There was certainly no effort from young Rudy to come and find me at the event, FWIW.
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More generally, I'm sure that anyone who has ever met me knows how wide of the mark Rudy has been.
I've found it baffling that he's spewed so much vitriole at me, based around a stack of totally inaccurate assumptions - this morning he got so bad that I finally realised that he was simply trolling for a response from me, but it looks like I was wrong - he was serious.
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Edit upon further thought:
A few weeks ago, I pointed out that I'd become the focal point for the unresolved issues in his life. I think that his homophobic ranting shows this pretty clearly - even if I was gay, it would have zero influence on my forum persona and even less influence on Rudy's life. Clearly, in Rudy's mind, I'm everyone who has ever pissed him off, and he's out to 'get even' - he basically says as much at the beginning of this thread. The problem is, that apart from political views, we're pretty much on the same page so he's had to grasp at straws and simply fabricate untruths to turn me into the demon he wants me to be.
The blokes that are part of the PM group that worked him into a lather would be well advised to do some research on mental health issues, particularly given the inner demons that Rudy is clearly wrestling with. You don't have to like me - but if you consider Rudy to be a mate then you should be encouraging him to deal with those demons properly. (NB: I've had to deal with enough mental health issues among loved ones that I do not ever talk about mental health as an insult or a dig).
I've actually tried to talk to Mark via PM, but he doesn't reply.