The thing people (mostly white people) don’t get about situations like this is that context matters. It’s the same issue that comes up when white people get mad because they aren’t allowed to say “nigger.” The fact is, all words get their meanings from two places. There’s the denotative meaning (i.e. the dictionary…

their mothers work multiple jobs

So, uh... Can we stop worshiping this shitbrick as some sort of legend now?

So at this point we can decry this as an excuse, find her guilty in the court of public opinion, and begin constructing a gallows.

Unfortunately, many people with severe physical/learning/mental/emotional disorders have to simply make do because we don’t have a good system set up to assist them. She also could have had help from her family or friends or neighbors, or maybe she’s able to complete tasks like doing the wash, cooking, and cleaning.…

A disabled woman interrogated by the FBI without representation? My money is on the FBI not getting accurate information out of her.

I know everyone is ready to crucify this woman and all, BUT.. my child’s father has these same sorts of problems. It isn’t anything you can see and it is due to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. We’re not together anymore and its something you need some time with someone to recognize. We only had him diagnosed at about 25. I…

....she was probably so scared...and none of the adults helped her...

This is really breaking my heart. I mean...how fucking DARE the school come up with all these bullshit excuses when it’s so fucking obvious that girl was hurt by a gang of asshole kids! That poor girl.

Holy fuck!

no one helped her to her feet.

Why does that matter at all? Last time I checked, women are killed by men in every country.

Okay, where to start...

Margaret Atwood.

Brazilian here. Although the article is factually correct, I think it would be useful to expand the information a bit, in order to get more context. Since I already sort of did that with my comment in the article about the Italian woman burnt alive by an ex-boyfriend, here it goes:

I mean this gently but: does it matter?

A good friend of mine was recently released from prison. In five years, her hair went from dark black to completely white: stress, trauma, and malnutrition. There are certain foods she can no longer consume due to memories of those foods being served either rotten or infested on a constant basis.

As a woman who has done a collective 27 hours of labor and delivery between two babies, I assure you, assholes who insist on continuing to shackle women giving birth, that the chains are not what’s keeping her from escaping you.

Semi-related but school buses (the big yellow ones) still don’t have seat belts either. It’s weird that we’re transporting unborn and young children but, nope, who gives a shit about their safety?

Your guilt is showing. You’re projecting your own psychological issues with parenting all over the comments of this article. Your own kids probably don’t want to have anything to do with you so you look online for substitutes to abuse in their place. So pathetic. Piss off back to the lonely corner of the world you…