I think there's a difference between knowing your mother is sexual and actually seeing her be sexual in a very direct way. And at 8, I think it's okay to not be fully aware of your mother's sexuality. That's still pretty young.

I think what happened is that the rescuer saw that Obie was getting famous and wanted him back so they could be the one taking him on shows and doing the fundraisers. Nora did a great job and really loves animals and I didn't think it was right that the rescuer didn't care to keep him until Nora had been taking care…

The battle ensued because they believed that Nora was making a profit off of Obie, which she was not. It is not cheap to take care of a dog that needs so much special attention. And I'm GLAD Obie was on tv because it helped to show that making sure your pet is at a healthy weight is a sign of love, not letting him…

Capitalizing on weird looking pets has the potential to be terrible. After Lil Bub became popular, people have begun actively seeking out cats with severe deformities in hopes to be the next internet sensation—people still ask Lil Bub's owner what breed she is so they can find a cat who looks like her! And the numbers…

It looks like there were some serious flaws in judgment on the part of the couple who overfed him until he got so damn fat. I've had to have a vet's approval every time I shipped a pet, I don't know if that is the case every time an animal is shipped on a plane, but I'm sure they didn't just throw Obie in a carrier…

An elderly man had dumped a chihuahua where I worked. She was older (neither I, nor the vet, have any idea how hold she was), she was severely overweight, and her teeth had mostly rotted out. She was also terrified of everything, but she latched on to me pretty fast, and followed me around everywhere (including my…

While this is far from THE worst thing you can do to a dog, it is ONE of the worst! Gosh, it makes this dog lover's heart warm that Obie can walk again (which is what my dogs LOOOVE to do).

That's not quite true. Nora was the foster for Obie, and after she put him in the hold of an airplane and shipped him east to appear on a primetime TV show, his rescuer asked for him back, and thus ensued a very bitter and very unpleasant custody battle, which Nora won after funding the legal battle by selling…

He still said a bunch of horrible shit and spoilers they didn't go social media until the charges were dropped. What else were they supposed to do huh.

Recommended 100 times. How an article starting out praising Elizabeth Smart could turn out to be so disgustingly unnecessary is quite a feat.

Him not to blame the mothers? Him not to tell them to get over it? Him not to say that they went back to where they came from? Him not to say that the mother clearly had issues? Him not to be relieved that all this is behind him (as if ah well sure a rapist went free but at least it's over)?

He hasn't been treated unfair , he's been treated better than he deserves. His comments are unacceptable

How do you ignore everything he said. The police blame the families for the case not proceeding, the families, the same families who are brave enough to show their names and faces to fight rape culture. He clearly implies they didn't belong in town. He clearly dismisses the rape (yes he dismisses the rape) by saying…

"In a weird way, because of Dugard's decision to remove herself from public life, she has become defined by her name and what happened to her."

Coward.

You didn't read the full source. 90% of his quotes in that article are blaming the mothers, telling them to get over it, and saying they went back where they came from. Shit Jez summed it up fine.

The fact that there is any amount of snark and derision towards Jaycee Dugard is FUCKING ASTONISHING considering what site we are on. That little girl was not only raped pretty much daily for the better part of a decade, she was forced to give birth to two children. She was in captivity for 18 years, which is an…

What's interesting is there's no quote saying he believed there was rape.

I feel like this article could have been written without the "Elizabeth Smart is awesome, in contrast to Jaycee Duggard" angle.

Telling a rape victim and her family to just get over it is unforgivable.