So let me understand. because this man was hired in the house at some point it is not considered a kidnapping? Somehow this girl asked for it?
You do not understand, or you are deliberately oversimplifying, and therefore distorting, what I said.
I don’t find the narrative about how the abduction occurred to be satisfying. Having seen documentary footage of the Smart home, I don’t find.the narrative about how the abduction occurred satisfying.
The fact that she was exposed to this man in her home - we have no idea to what extent - is troubling. The nine months of her disappearance makes me wonder.
I also am not inhibited by a prejudice about who is or is not ”a nice girl” - I don’t care. I am simply responding to the presentation of the narrative, and since I find it to be weak, I see another possible explanation.
By the way, I am, among other things, a writer, and I have worked in the movie industry. I have read hundreds of stories that have become movies. A narrative has to hang together, and make sense. This same sense of story was what got me to change from remaining a liberal - the way I was raised - to becoming conservative. I went somehwere, saw some things, and aked, how is this possible, if what I’ve have been told and believed is one one thing, but what I am seeing is something else? So I started reading and looking for clues - which is how I learned about Walter Duranty lying about the the Ukrainian famine — and the entire structure of my liberal upbringing and education began to unravel. I apply the same rigor to every story, whether it is news or fiction.
I’ve just looked on the internet and seen that there are others who have questioned the Elizabeth Smart narrative. It seems that there are even more holes in her story than I realized. Take a look.