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She catfished Catholic Twitter and he got hurt as collateral damage along the way.<\/a> Chase\u2019s first-hand account is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I had something like this done to me once, also on line, in a chat group. There was none of the relationship dimension that Chase had to endure. Just a person who deceived everybody about her identity. But when somebody lies to you about their identity and you believe them, you don\u2019t have to have romantic feelings about them to feel deeply betrayed. It\u2019s given me a bit of a radar (no idea how accurate) about this kind of thing. So I feel nothing but sadness and empathy for Chase and the others snookered by her and pity for the poor disturbed woman who did this. It\u2019s such a betrayal of trust and it takes you a while to regain your ability to trust others. There\u2019s so little we actually *know* about people we \u201cknow\u201d online.<\/p>\n

I wonder why people do such things. It sort of *feels* like this person just\u2026 needed to re-invent themselves. She seems to have gotten nothing monetarily out of it.<\/p>\n

I remember in the Lying for Jesus debates a few years ago, one of the arguments briefly put forward was \u201cWell, *actors* give a false name and invented identity and we have no objections!\u201d Right. Because we know when we walk into the theatre that Elijah Wood isn\u2019t *really* Frodo Baggins, but we willingly suspend our disbelief. In the same way, when I pick up a novel, I know that Bridget ban and Mearana don\u2019t actually exist and that the Michael Flynn<\/a> (who you really should read) is inventing the tale of the Spiral Arm for my amusement, not lying to me about anything.<\/p>\n

I suspect something of the attraction of acting, or role-playing games, or writing fiction is in it when people concoct these elaborate cons. ThisCatholicGirl didn\u2019t seem to be in it for money as, for instance, Fr. Corapi was with his elaborate fabulisms. She seems to have just gotten something satisfying about being this invented girl and having the friends and virtual relationships this fake person had created. Only the key element of \u201cwilling suspension of disbelief\u201d among the audience members was ignored and people became unwilling participants in a lie. That\u2019s the difference between the social contract that is fiction and lying.<\/p>\n

Mysterious. And disturbing.<\/p>\n

Anyway, prayers for the victims of this con game.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"