Thanks for your response. I love the Bernie story you tell here about not wasting food. Sounds so Bernie! #StillSanders

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Honestly, when I watched the video of her in the elevator I got the impression that she was trying to locate and trigger (in a quirky manner)a sensor to make the doors close. I didn’t know her so I can’t speak to her personality, but I have friends who have mannerisms and quirky personalities and if this was a video of them, I’d think the same thing. Just some food for thought.

This is truly great journalism. Thank you.

For instance, this comes from Elisa’s Tumblr:

“I don’t know to explain myself and I have a feeling that I never will know who I am so instead of an abstract and useless description I will assure you that I am not a nutjob that hunts for their next victim on the internet. I, however, will think everyone else is a pedophile thanks to To Catch a Predator. I’m logical like that.”

Weirdly, these detectives have been written about at great length in a completely different context, Jill Leovy’s fascinating book “Ghettocide”. I feel like I know them.