I have an acquaintance who was accousted by Cosby in the 1970s at an industry event. He backed her against a wall and repeatedly asked her for sex. When she refused he told her that he’d ruin her career-and he did. She never worked in that industry again, despite her prior, stellar reputation.

I thought I heard the judge say that he will be forced to pay restitution from his prison duty wages; but I’m sure some asshole will start him a GoFundMe. 

He’ll be on 23 hour lockdown for a while, but soon enough he’ll be known as Dicksucker Derek

His tax evasion trial starts next week. I hope they garnish his commissary account.

meh- no one else has the cult of personality going for them to have secured the votes on his behalf. The real risk of losing there would be that all the people who got out this time to make sure trump didn’t get a 2nd term would have been just as complacent as they were in 2016.

Thank you for pointing out that this is cultural genocide. People need to be reminded about this more often. These children were not allowed to speak their native languages, not allowed to follow their cultural traditions or worship the gods of their peoples, were forced to adopt “christian” names, and were completely…

All I can think of is that abusive clergy folks (from all denominations and religions) use their perceived holiness as a shield from moral reproach. It seems like an actual mental illness at this point, since abuse of children and the vulnerable is like the lowest you can get. I was raised Catholic and my parents…

Oh god I hear ya about living a life ignorant of these places. They weren’t exactly talked about. I grew up near one of the biggest schools, in an area that teaches a very weird version of First Nations history (I’m from Brantford, named for the Mohawk chief Joseph Brant, who fought for the British in the American…

Absolutely—none of this is “in the past.” It’s not even the generational trauma suffered by people who are children and grandchildren of now-dead people who suffered through this system. It’s a live legacy, and the legacy lives on in the oppression of and danger experienced by First Nations people.

But did anyone want him (at least those that voted for him) to change? His base wanted that level of crazy with a nationalistic chaser. The establishment thought they could control him, while still getting what they wanted (gutted government, taxes removed, etc.) and while they couldn’t steer him, they still got…

Yes, the last school closed in 1996. It’s important to note that the last generation of kids sent to these schools were millennials. At their youngest these survivors are in their very late 20s and early 30s today.

There’s a lot of talk about how “this just happened to your ancestors, it was a long time ago, move on”…

Prison work camp in my region. I’m a recent immigrant. A few years back I wandered into a public community center while I was out exploring. They told their story along the walls with photos and descriptions. It was the first I’d heard of it in my 25 years visiting the area. Nobody fucking talks about it.

Yes; not just well into the twentieth century but for the vast majority, thereof. See also: Australia. 

Also, could we not call residential schools “boarding schools”? They were, in that children lived there. But they were mandatory.  You couldn’t decide to not send your kids.  They were prison camps.

I don’t know why people keep hoping sociopathic old assholes are going to get some moment of awareness and start being nice people just like that

You had one job, Covid!

751 human lives abused and lost. At this point no one is surprised that the Catholic Church has nothing to say. But I’m genuinely surprised they don’t use this as a spring board to somehow pontificate on the evils of abortion.

Our national shame. Although Canadians like to pretend that we don’t have racial tensions like our southern counterpart (no offense slash offense), white settlers have (and continue) to commit genocide* on Indigenous peoples in Canada. We will continue to find graves at residential sites across the country because…

Shocker, narcissistic sociopaths never change. 

Right then, Redfield knew it was over. Trump showed in that moment that he hadn’t changed at all. The pandemic response wasn’t going to change, either.