The new clues that suggest missing Richey staged his own dissapearance

[sofarsideways]

I can’t believe someone ostensibly speaking for Richey’s family would have the cold gall to be looking to take his friends’ memory of him and shit all over it in the name of ‘the real story’. They’ve been ‘telling their version for 25 years’ because it’s real. The band hype and mythology is not their love for and friendship with Richey. To conflate the two is just even more insulting. The band have always been so respectful of everyone else in Richey’s life in their grief, but are not being afforded the same respect in return. Like theirs doesn’t matter. Grief isn’t top trumps. Jfc.

I’m so angry. Is this what it feels like when a bully at school spreads vile rumours about your kid? That’s the closest analogy I can imagine. I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE FREAKING HEAD TEACHER BUT THERE ISN’T ONE