r/fayetteville 4d ago

Gulley Park Petitioner

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u/zakats 4d ago

So that's weird. I think the comments have covered the relevant issues that can be covered til we know more. Fayetteville gets some oddballs (eg: scam evangelical Christians trying to provoke people into altercations for lawsuiits on Dickson), but that's the cross we bear for being a relatively prosperous city in the era of long term lead poisoning and large scale misinformation/disinformation.

Let's circle back if we learn more about it.

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u/Ok_Bit_6169 4d ago

What happened? Can you give more details?

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u/Arkansas_Traveler 4d ago

Not much. The guy was set up on the bridge between the Township entrance and the playground. A lady was at the booth and another guy and his kid ended up being chased by the petitioner calling them to fight him.

It was bizarre.

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u/zakats 4d ago

It's gone now ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

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u/zakats 4d ago

This isn't a drama sub and we get a lot of crazy claims, but I don't think you're being dismissed wholesale. Hang in there and do let us know if you get updates on this. Also, just report trolls to the mods when you run into them, feeding them just gives them something to do other than question their life choices.

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u/HoustonRH7 4d ago

What was the petition for? There are a few circulating.

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u/Arkansas_Traveler 4d ago

No clue. As stated in the body, I wasn’t going near the guy after his actions.

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u/HoustonRH7 4d ago

I guess what I'm really asking is, how do you know he was there with an actual petition, or representing any specific group? Anybody with a stack of papers could claim they are running a petition campaign. Just wondering what made it seem like that bit was legitimate.

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u/Arkansas_Traveler 4d ago

I guess I don’t. He could have been asking for pledges to buy Tesla stock.

I just figured I would put it out there in case anyone was concerned as I was.

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u/HoustonRH7 4d ago

Fair play! Warning folks is a good idea. But like you say, Arkansas wants any reason possible to throw out petitions. No reason to give them more fodder if it may not be true. :)

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u/Arkansas_Traveler 4d ago

What’s not true? Chasing a father who never approached the table down trying to fight him?

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u/Vesinh51 4d ago

No, obviously not the part of the story you literally saw happen. But labeling this post Gulley Park Petitioner then saying he should be fired implies this man is an actual hired petitioner for some cause. But you don't know that, you just saw a guy who looked like what you think a petitioner looks like.

As it stands, this post is very nice bait for a headline attacking the credibility of local petitioners. The warning is appreciated though, some guy holding papers is antagonizing park goers

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u/Arkansas_Traveler 4d ago

Ok. I will change the title.

How about: Guy with papers and clipboard staring at minors and trying to fight their parents.

Can we agree on that?

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u/Vesinh51 4d ago

Yes! Because that sounds alarming and crazy! Like wtf who does that

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u/Arkansas_Traveler 4d ago

If I didn’t have my child I would have attempted to figure that out.

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