My brother abused me, and my parents’ poor reaction to it re-traumatized me, so I hear you. I’m so very sorry you were hurt, and hope you’re doing well these days. 

Y’know, everyone always says that, but when you ask “What are you going to do FOR the victim?” there’s a long silence, usually for decades. 

This kind of familial abuse happens more often than people can imagine. It happened in my family.

Admitting it may have happened makes them feel like “bad parents”. They would rather be bad parents and go into denial than deal with the issue and subsequent guilt.

My wife was abused as a child by a family member babysitting her when she was around five. Her parents knew and ignored it and hoped she was young enough to forget and it wouldn’t impact her. They even let that family member babysit again. And he abused her again.

If one of my daughters were to tell me something like this, my first instinct would be to grab the sharpest or heaviest instrument I could find and annihilate the perpetrator.

Ugh... I’m sure when she wants your opinion on her makeup or choice of men she’ll ask you for it. Dude.

That was actually pretty calm and reasonable for Alec Baldwin. Low bar, I know. But still not very different from what a lot of commenters here were saying here when the story broke.

I was expecting something completely difficult with that Jeannie Mai article—but was pleasantly surprised. It’s refreshing to hear a female celeb (or any woman) talk frankly about how they don’t want children.

Did they pay her on time and in accordance with labor laws? Did they require her to work a reasonable number of hours? Did they refrain from verbally or physically harassing her? Did they expect her to perform work reasonably within her job description, or offer to pay her extra for additional duties? It sounds like…

“Income Inequality? These Simple Little Stabs Are Guaranteed Sympathy!”

Why the fuck would they offer an employee money for nothing? They weren’t her friends, they weren’t her family. I would never expect my employer to loan me money.

I strongly, strongly disagree. From all the reporting, the Krims were fair and compassionate employers, but Ortega was bitter and unhappy about her financial situation compared to theirs. Regardless of her personal grievances or grudges, nothing — NOTHING — the Krims did or didn’t do has any bearing on the unthinkable…

This was cold blooded murder of innocents. Can we please not cloud that with bullshit justifications of workplace grievance?

Class schmass.

I can’t put my finger on it, so please don’t take it as harsh criticism... But this whole thing, not just your article, is leaving a really bad taste in my mouth about the equating of mentally ill with “evil”, as if this is even a conversation we should be entertaining outside of philosophical discussion.

This article is incredibly unfair to the Krims. No, Yoselyn Ortega’s complaints weren’t legitamite. She made bad financial decisions; she sent her son to expensive private schools, she chose to sublet from a someone who kicked her out shortly after she moved in. They paid her, they offered her extra work when they…

Agree. There is no justification for slaughtering two innocent children, even if you have a beef with your employer.

It is an injustice to paint these parents in any other light than grieving fucking parents.