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UncookedSpirit ago

I was drugged and sexually abused and photographed (the video game Life Is Strange is DEEPLY, DISTURBINGLY close to my experience). I didn't even know what had happened to me until photos were shown to me months after the fact. And then I went into shock and did not consciously think of it again after that day for years, until my abuser was elected to public office and got a glowing hagiography in the New York Times. After years of suffering and as I was finally starting to recover, I was shocked back into trauma by seeing my abusers face again, smiling and in full color, in the shit rag that covered up the Holomodor for fifty years. So this is awfully personal for a lot of us. I thought and still think that if I had gone alone to authorities, it would have gotten worse for me. I don't know what other photos they had that made me look bad. I think we may only have safety in MASSIVE numbers.

pitenius ago

If the abuser is dead, why not dox? At least a PM?

UncookedSpirit ago

The statue of limitations is up and this person is rich and connected with an Ivy League degree and who knows what connections.

pitenius ago

So... "personal safety" and "lack of incentive"? Here's my interest: if it's you, there's others. I've never known a pervert to mess up just that one time. I was hoping to see if there are rumors. I assumed the "hagiography" was an obit.