She's actually said in the past that Amanda Berry "was one of those girls that just didn't get it" because she was treated so differently by their captor—including being allowed to carry a child to full-term, while Lilly had 5 different pregnancies beaten out of her because Castro didn't want her to carry a child of…

"Eat that hobo!" sounds like a fun game show.

Except she announced her name change on TV, so derp.

"Sometimes in life, you have a dark past that makes you who you are, but it doesn't define who you are,''

Power, money, ego.

Holy crap, did any of you see the look in her eyes when she recounted comforting one of the other kidnapped women after that monster did terrible things to her? That look, taking her back to a moment when she had to be on the very verge of insanity, chilled me to the spine. This woman has more guts than I will ever…

And her abuser may have used her name often and it is just hard for her to hear it.

skeptical? I don't know... I don't think anyone has a right to be skeptical of (almost) anything these women do. After what they went through I can't imagine how you'd find peace. LRL has always sounded as though she is approaching that challenge with positivity and hope.

You left out the best part: she's enrolled in cooking school. :D

I'm blown away by the positive attitude. I'd be angry and bitter.

Thank you for using her new name when identifying her! I know it seems like a "duh" thing but... people today...

You bring up an excellent point. I think the reason the working poor are brought up so often is because the GOP trope is that anybody on welfare is a lazy sponge who sits at home collecting checks for children or getting drunk/high. They never bring up the working poor, the poor who are trying to get a job, the poor…

Quit you! Well have none of that derogatory speak about America's job creators! That isn't corporate welfare, its all the little people thanking them through our government for all they've done for the greatest country in the world.

Mom and I had to go on food stamps once when we hit a rough patch.

she's right! in fact, it's not just food stamps that make it too easy. Grocery stores = dependence! Time to hunt for your food, America! Hunt for every. single. meal. Don't live near any wilderness? Hunt that rat! Eat that hobo! It's the American way.

I work 40 hours a week, and I am qualified for, and depend on food Stamps.

Watch for 100s of replies from people who have never lived near food stamp recipients!

My brother is a nurse and feels the same way about the poor. He didn't always - this "viewpoint" has evolved over time. In part because of what he sees as part of his profession everyday - the poorest people, accessing the emergency health system for varying degrees of illness (because they can't afford it otherwise),…

One day scientists are going to isolate the "empathy" gene and then we will discover what we all suspected: conservatives are born without it.

When is the GOP going to start focusing on all of those welfare queens on Wall Street? Their culture of tax exemptions and dependency on handouts whenever they tank the economy....sorry, sorry, what was I thinking? Those guys are accepting handouts because they love America. Not like those brown people who are just…