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Shaming victims into silence You really need to calm down and think things through. Just because jsprinkles said that blogging about this accomplishes nothing
by rumpelstiltskin 15y ago
Shaming victims into silence
You really need to calm down and think things through. Just because jsprinkles said that blogging about this accomplishes nothing (and he's absolutely right btw), doesn't mean he's saying that she should stay silent. Since when is blogging/tweeting about this the first line of action?
Go to the police. Period.
P.S. Try not to throw the word 'victim' around. All we have is her word. If the allegations are proven, then yes, she's a victim. Till then, she's a blogger.
- jamesaguilar 15y agoIMO, she's a victim if the events happened. It matters little whether they are proven.
- rumpelstiltskin 15y agoAnd how do you know the events happened? Besides her blog post I mean.
- starwed 15y agoPlease keep clear in your mind the context of the discussion. The question in this particular thread of comments was, what should someone who experiences these events do? There is no particular person whose words can be proven or disproven, just a hypothetical person who ("by construction") is a victim.
- rumpelstiltskin 15y agoYou should take your own advice and pay attention. We're not talking about some hypothetical person. We're talking about this specific person. It's ok for Tammy to refer to herself as a 'victim' since in her mind, it may very well be true. But we can't call her a 'victim' since, in this specific case, we don't know what happened.
- starwed 15y agoNah, you for some reason thought the other poster was talking specifically about Tammy, but you were mistaken. Look again at how they used the word: I think there's an appreciation to the dangers of a very public airing of dirty laundry - but the alternative (shaming victims into silence) seems far, far worse.
- rumpelstiltskin 15y agoDo you have a reading disability of some sort? That comment was...you know what, you clearly lack the rudimentary reading comprehension skills required to grasp what's going on here. And my time is far too valuable to waste in giving you a lesson. So if it helps you sleep better, go right ahead thinking that. I am done with this nonsense :)
- eropple 15y agoThere is nothing illegal that's been done (if the blog post is honestly reported). This is a social problem.