Liz Flock

And the title of the blog is changed from a gay girl in Damascus to, let me find it, a hoax that got way out of hand. I never meant to hurt anyone.

And the title of the blog is changed from a gay girl in Damascus to, let me find it, a hoax that got way out of hand. I never meant to hurt anyone.

Yeah. Well, actually, he retitles it A Hoax. Oh, OK. And then there's that subtitle.

Yeah. Well, actually, he retitles it A Hoax. Oh, OK. And then there's that subtitle.

She says to her editors, So I interviewed Paula, but I actually didn't interview Paula because she's deaf. And I talked to her father because she's deaf. And he said she can't speak on the phone. And her father, like, weirdly knew a lot about the story. And basically now I'm doubting that everyone is real. Do you guys think that Paula Brooks is also not real?

She says to her editors, So I interviewed Paula, but I actually didn't interview Paula because she's deaf. And I talked to her father because she's deaf. And he said she can't speak on the phone. And her father, like, weirdly knew a lot about the story. And basically now I'm doubting that everyone is real. Do you guys think that Paula Brooks is also not real?

It's the exact same thing as with Amina. Like, I can't talk on the phone, so I'll have to do it in this alternate way. But in this case, I'm deaf. And, you know, I didn't want to doubt Paula being deaf. Right. The dad was so weird. Right. And now I'm basically like, is every single person on the internet actually just a white dude pretending to be someone else?

It's the exact same thing as with Amina. Like, I can't talk on the phone, so I'll have to do it in this alternate way. But in this case, I'm deaf. And, you know, I didn't want to doubt Paula being deaf. Right. The dad was so weird. Right. And now I'm basically like, is every single person on the internet actually just a white dude pretending to be someone else?

So I call back the dad and I basically say, I know you're Paula Brooks. Oh, wow. You just went straight for it. I think we just went straight for it. Maybe we said, are you Paula Brooks? And he basically just said yes. Oh, what? My name is Bill Graber. Yep. He said, I'm Bill Graber. Then I said, like, who are you? Bill Graber.

So I call back the dad and I basically say, I know you're Paula Brooks. Oh, wow. You just went straight for it. I think we just went straight for it. Maybe we said, are you Paula Brooks? And he basically just said yes. Oh, what? My name is Bill Graber. Yep. He said, I'm Bill Graber. Then I said, like, who are you? Bill Graber.

And it turned out he was like a retired construction worker who lived in Ohio.

And it turned out he was like a retired construction worker who lived in Ohio.

Basically, Bill said that by running Les Get Real, he was surfacing issues for the lesbian community and helping in that way.

Basically, Bill said that by running Les Get Real, he was surfacing issues for the lesbian community and helping in that way.

Yes. I mean, I would have loved to get those chats between Amina and Paula, a.k.a. Tom and Bill, two white men flirting with themselves, each thinking the other one is a lesbian. But I never got those chats. So we'll have to let our imaginations run wild on that one. But he, yeah. And Bill, you know what's funny? I still remember this.

Yes. I mean, I would have loved to get those chats between Amina and Paula, a.k.a. Tom and Bill, two white men flirting with themselves, each thinking the other one is a lesbian. But I never got those chats. So we'll have to let our imaginations run wild on that one. But he, yeah. And Bill, you know what's funny? I still remember this.

I was like, Bill, how does it feel to know that you were flirting with another dude thinking it was a lesbian? And he was definitely like put off by that. And he said this thing to me. He was just like, it was a major sock puppet hoax. Crash into another major sock puppet hoax.

I was like, Bill, how does it feel to know that you were flirting with another dude thinking it was a lesbian? And he was definitely like put off by that. And he said this thing to me. He was just like, it was a major sock puppet hoax. Crash into another major sock puppet hoax.

I mean, to the point. At this point, you can tell by how plugged in everyone is because we don't even need to explain more than that because everyone knows what's going on and is like glued to their computer's I mean, some people and Syrian activists in particular were like really upset by the whole situation, especially about Gay Girl in Damascus because it was taking like needed.

I mean, to the point. At this point, you can tell by how plugged in everyone is because we don't even need to explain more than that because everyone knows what's going on and is like glued to their computer's I mean, some people and Syrian activists in particular were like really upset by the whole situation, especially about Gay Girl in Damascus because it was taking like needed.