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In reply to the discussion: THIS IS THE GUY WHO MURDERED Renee Nicole Good [View all]stopdiggin
(15,071 posts)35. No, son. You aren't quite GETTING it.
Rape is a concrete evil. Should be perpetrated (nor advocated) against NO ONE. And the degree of sympathy arising from such - visa this victim verses that victim - has nothing whatsoever to do with it. It's just WRONG period!
Prison rape is a bigoted and tired trope - containing not a single shred of humor (despite the lowest of low brow sensitivities) ... And it needs to permanently retired. Unless we feel like accepting and perpetuating that bigotry here. It's about that simple.
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Some people might deserve sympathy and compassion over crimes which might be
Jack Valentino
Jan 7
#13
On top of the shittyness of hoping for anyone to be raped in prison because, well, rape sucks
AZJonnie
Jan 8
#45
My bet is he was out of Minneapolis within an hour and out of the state in not much more than that
AZJonnie
Jan 8
#46
Granted, 'masked gunman' is also accurate in this case, but it's because it's (presumably) a known LEO as the perp
AZJonnie
Jan 8
#63
With mistaken identity a real possibility in this heated environment, I'd like to take the time to:
summer_in_TX
Jan 8
#49