Reminder that abusive people like Ren who are internet and attention addicted have a habit of trying to come back into a community (often under a new name) a few weeks or months after getting busted and deactivating. Stay vigilant and if you spot him trying to come back, let people know.
a response was made by ren, so i am going to respond here.
first i would like to say that i do not want reparations. i would very much prefer if you made donations to some local shelters/charities that focus on helping black women. i will link some i found today at the end of this thread.
Like I say this because looking at the name and not the behavior is why Ren got away with this for so many years. He was manipulative, yes, but not everyone was being actively manipulated in little friend groups.
When an abuser deletes from socmed it is FAR more important to remember their behavior than their name. A name can be changed. People can make new socmed accounts. The behavior does not change. Pay attention to people's actions and listen to your gut.
Remember how like a week ago we were all talking about how walls of text meant to flood you with problems to overwhelm you and force you to be unable to answer everything at once is an abuse tactic? Remember how we acknowledged that a big part of the problem is manipulation of therapy language?
If you're gullible enough to believe the guy who continued to obsessively monitor everybody who ever unfollowed and blocked him, who faked strokes for sympathy, who created sockpuppets every time he faced anything resembling a consequence for easy sympathy, you're not a safe person yourself.