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How many other news stories about the horrors of people being raped in jail have you read recently? And then one news story that does come up is "Isn't it terr
by Karellen 3y ago
How many other news stories about the horrors of people being raped in jail have you read recently?
And then one news story that does come up is "Isn't it terrible that this innocent person was raped in jail?". Not "Isn't it terrible that this person was raped in jail?" with the fact that they're innocent being in the 8th paragraph of the story.
I think there's definitely an inference to be made that the author probably wouldn't have written the story if the victim didn't appear to be obviously innocent. Clearly implying that the rape of guilty people isn't quite as worthwhile commenting on. Because... that doesn't matter as much?
The article doesn't have to explicitly suggest it. The fact that this article was written at all, when hundreds of articles about incidents which were similar in many ways except one, is suggestive enough in itself.