That is a very common modus operandi at play here. Think Pandora, Ken, Marty, Purgatrix, Orientstar, Mendi Cohen, Eliane, etc ad nauseum ... possible a small coterie (of one?) employed to wreak havoc on these threads with incessant red herrings, scarlet sardines, luring down rabbitholes and culs-de-sac, and putting on of dramatic histrionics of feigned martyrdom.