But what about the 17 year old girl? We are focusing entirely on the perp's rights and future, what about the victim's? It would suck to have one's future put in jeopardy with a sex offender registry, but it also sucks to have one's future put in jeopardy because some spiteful little turd wants to publicly sexually…

I don't think it sounds like overkill. I think the burden of declaring who is in a pornographic picture and proving it's consensual should fall completely on the person posting it. Moreover, this type of harassment should be a crime with real, significant consequences in the real world. If you post revenge porn, you…

I find that completely unsurprising.

And what costs more time and aggravation- tweeting nudes, or "proving" to Twitter that it's you, that it was taken without consent, whatever that would entail? This is Twitter going through the motions of handling the situation without really giving victims any practical recourse.

Yes, this is totally backwards, and designed to fail.

This is the problem; the money doesn't care about this shit, the powerful men who seek this organization's blessing do not believe any of this shit- that culture war stuff is for pandering to very stupid people. Half of the people in that org probably don't believe the majority of the hate they spew, so arguing serves…

I guess I am misjudging how legit and powerful this organization is, since I'm a far-left leaning Canadian. I only hear about the Family Research Council through articles such as these, which don't take them seriously, sort of like the Westboro Baptist Church. I didn't realize that they weren't in the exact same…

I suppose there's a certain logic to that, but I also think it's futile to argue with insincere trollish stances because it lends them credibility. I think the correct response to this level of idiocy is "you are too stupid to talk to", not engage in a dialogue where they can score points in the eyes of their…

I think they get more attention from the left for their purposefully outrageous statements such as these than they do from the Christian right. Why give them a platform?

These guys advocate child abuse a.k.a. "conversion therapy" so why the fuck do we care what they have to say?

The Vatican is a rogue, criminal state and should be treated as such.

He's spawned at least two other effective "fake" newsmen in John Oliver and Stephen Colbert, so I'm hoping that this genre will become a mainstay in the media long after he's gone.

Only in America would anyone call that show liberal. Everything has shifted so far to the right, the middle isn't in the middle anymore.

Isn't it strange that, as enraged as we all are, no media or political entity will call out this blatant sociopathy when it is aimed at poor women of color.

I'm an atheist too, but I believe it was wealth and status that allowed them to bypass the "regular people" system, not religion. They are using religion as an excuse for being neglectful, abusive and reckless caregivers. Do you really think this politician believes in demons? I don't. I think he thinks the rules…

The fact that they were taken out of foster care, to be placed with these heinous people, then to be passed to a predator before being returned to a responsible caregiver... I don't understand how these people aren't in jail and the person "pressured into" this decision isn't fired.

None of that excuses neglect, abuse or negligence, because these people failed to call the state for help, even though there are resources available for all the ridiculous excuses they are trotting out.

Also: thank god for the internet (ask me again in 5 minutes if I would like to retract that) because the girls can move on with their lives and this story will still follow these despicable people to their graves.

Let's hope that's the case, but you'll excuse me for being pretty cynical about getting a "reasonable" judge or an appropriate punishment. These pieces of shit haven't even been charged with a crime.

I don't think there's much chance of long sentences for child endangerment or neglect. As a society we don't really prioritize those crimes, and our criminal justice system reflects that. What I was wondering is if these girls could grow up to sue these evil bastards into the ground.