I Understand the Takedown

I understand why you had the public birthday wish taken down. Let me be clear about what I recognize:

What I Got Wrong:

• I don't know you in a personal or intimate way

• At best, we had what could be called a business relationship

• More accurately, it was a landlord-tenant relationship where you were the landlord

• You wouldn't want people believing we were equals or friends

• I didn't have permission to use your image publicly

• I shouldn't have shared your age without asking if it was okay

• You may not want to be associated with my ministry (which some incorrectly interpret as anti-Semitic, though it isn't)

I accept these boundaries. I understand why you'd want control over how you're represented online and by whom.

What Makes This Interesting: What I find revealing is the stark contrast in how information is being shared between us. I made a single birthday post without permission - and it was removed. Yet you are:

• Sharing information and images of me without my consent

• Attaching false narratives to everything you share about me

• Doing this on a national level, not locally

• Sharing my age with strangers I don't know

• Engaging in what can only be described as a whisper campaign

The Reality: What you're doing is defamatory in nature. You don't know me personally. We don't even have a legal landlord-tenant relationship. Yet you feel free to share intimate details and false narratives about me across the country.

The difference in our approaches is telling:

• I said "Happy Birthday" - and you had it removed

• You share false narratives about me nationally - and I have no way to stop it

I have no mechanism to get these false narratives removed from the public domain. I have no way to hold you accountable because you operate through whispers and backchannels instead of direct communication.

The Bigger Picture: My single birthday wish may have been inappropriate in your eyes, but it was genuine. What you're doing is calculated, widespread, and damaging - yet you face no consequences for your actions against me.

The double standard is impossible to ignore.