I fucking hate this guy. BTW sign this petition!

I think you’re confusing “normalised” with “able to receive treatment”. It’s a sickness. The goal is for the mental health community to accept pedophilia for what it is - a mental disorder. Those who act out on their thoughts should definitely be punished to the full extent of the law. But those who desperately want…

Not if paedophilia is normalised by then. Academics are pushing for it in England and others elsewhere too. It’s possible. And abhorrent.

I read somewhere else that as part of pleading guilty to these crimes he wanted to see the evidence against him. That’s right—he was able to see the pictures and videos one last time before he accepted any deal.

Asshole.

A big thank you to the investigators who had to sort through the “evidence” to get this monster locked up.

That’s exactly what youre doing.

She is a very powerful writer, I’m sitting here at work trying not to show my emotion.

But??

This girl is a BEAUTIFUL writer and it’s a real fucking shame that this is the way we have to find out about her gift.

Yep. That quote from the judge -

You can police every aspect of your speech, you can wear the right things, you can get all the degrees and expertise, you can write the most fucking eloquent and heartbreaking courtroom statement and still there are men who will not hear you because they just don’t listen to women.

I’m not in favor of state sanctioned execution but oddly enough I’m cool with vigilante justice. Meaning if the dad had hit his target and managed to end this dude’s life, and I was on the jury, I’d let him walk in a heartbeat.

This makes absolute sense and my heart aches for this man. Having said that, that's a fucking amazing picture.

Not to mention the shooters.

Shit, this breaks my heart.

It’s not like she was the only one traumatized, though. The other gorillas in the enclosure? The zookeepers who made the decision and pulled the trigger? All the witnesses to the incident? That’s what bugs me about the quoted statement. God saved her child, but you know, to hell with everyone else involved in this…

Also this word salad makes it seem like the calls the gorilla senseless and horrendous, which: rude.

She didn’t take any responsibility. And I think that’s where the bulk of the outrage is coming from. Apologize for your shitty parenting and move on. Don’t attempt to justify it or cloak it in a miracle from God bullshit.

How is what you quoted an attempt to absolve themselves of any responsibility?

That’s what pissed me off most. Lady, you and your husband are at fault for not noticing your dumb kid climbing through the fencing. Kids get away from their parents all the time yes, but parents are generally held responsible for any consequences.