"imaginary" comes from two places in your "the full story" LJ post.
http://shadesong.livejournal.com/4509356.html "During their "investigation", they sent me nastygrams that showed that they were focused on the utterly imaginary idea that I was calling the cops on them to the exclusion of much else. "
"I'm no longer invited because of my imaginary "threat to call the police"."
I very much agree with the second paragraph of your response to me. And I understand that the presence of dangerous people at social events is the heart of the issue for you -- and probably the heart of the issue for our community. But the threat/promise/prognostication of police involvement was the heart of the issue for Scott, and saying that was "imaginary" matters.
Given the similarity in wording between the text to Rachel and the first part of the third-party text, it seems unsurprising that someone could conflate them. The distinctions between a threat and a prediction, and between calling the police "on them" and calling them "to their property" are more important to you than to them.
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Date: 2014-07-11 02:40 pm (UTC)http://shadesong.livejournal.com/4509356.html
"During their "investigation", they sent me nastygrams that showed that they were focused on the utterly imaginary idea that I was calling the cops on them to the exclusion of much else. "
"I'm no longer invited because of my imaginary "threat to call the police"."
I very much agree with the second paragraph of your response to me. And I understand that the presence of dangerous people at social events is the heart of the issue for you -- and probably the heart of the issue for our community. But the threat/promise/prognostication of police involvement was the heart of the issue for Scott, and saying that was "imaginary" matters.
Given the similarity in wording between the text to Rachel and the first part of the third-party text, it seems unsurprising that someone could conflate them. The distinctions between a threat and a prediction, and between calling the police "on them" and calling them "to their property" are more important to you than to them.