The “apology”:

i hate to have to point this out, but....ALL places where there are humans have a serious problem with sexual assault. it happens just as much here as it does in developing countries. i know we like to think of ourselves in the western/developed world as “more civilised”—but when it comes to things like sexual assault…

This is probably the fourth-most-pedantic thing I’ve ever read on the Internet.

Tangent: Someone told me once that they could easily go gluten-free because they don’t even LIKE wheat bread. They only eat white bread.

A Nice Guy™ who knows that women are banging 25 asshole dudes a night instead of him.

Good lord, thank you. Even if this was all consensual and cool by all parties- now that she’s pregnant and reality set it? Time to blame her. Because you know, our bodies shut it down if we don’t want it.

Gotta love how all the judgment is thrown that the woman, and not at any of the 25 dudes who had sex with her, presumably quite well aware of what was going on.

I remember the mother who called CSPAN when her two sons were on. One was a republican and the other was a democrat. You should have seen their faces when they realized who it was and the polite tongue lashing she gave them on TV. It was epic.

Bet he gets hella tail with that classy ensemble

Let’s hope he was raped repeatedly like he wanted. He was clearly asking for it.

Except Leelahs parents abused her through isolation and gay conversion “therapy”, and are unrepentant about doing so.

That’s the same thing as teaching kids that it’s OK when they’re abused. We SHOULD judge abuse, it’s the only thing we should judge.

I have read all the words you have written, and it seems clear to me that you would very much like all of us to forget that her family is choosing to erase this dead child’s identity and move on with our little lives and leave these bigots in peace. No. That is not okay. I won’t do it. It is not just a name on a…

I’m just flagging your defenses of transphobia as hate speech at this point. Have a shitty day. I wish you the worst.

“What people experience before attempting suicide is a combination of panic, agitation and franticness,” he said. “A desire to escape from unbearable pain and feeling trapped.”

There’s such a thing as situational depression, though. In other words, you can be free of any definitive mental illness entirely but being harassed or hurt on a daily basis can induce suicidal feelings. And it doesn’t take long. Weeks, months. A person can go from never having a suicidal thought in their lives to…

There was a rash of suicides at my middle school, starting with two 8th grade boys who made and carried out a suicide pact, when I was in 7th grade.

It’s kind of circular though - we define the desire to commit suicide as a sign of mental illness.

And that means 98% > than 2%. Now if you believe these women fall into that two percent despite having made claims of sexual assault and found themselves having to prove those claims against 2 of the most powerful and well connected institutions in the state - not to mention the large rabid fanbases that make life a…

And by the way, did you see what else happened in Florida this week in a similar case? Another QB was accused of sexual assault, the school suspended him immediately but also got him a bulldog lawyer who published a letter stating they intended to go after the accuser as the aggressor in the case (listing her…