Take your damn star.

This is why I’m not bothered by this at all. It’s one thing if they were victims of outside forces beyond their control, but this is entirely cultural in cause.

In the early aughts, I was a freelance journalist in a major US city. The Church of Scientology had just set up it’s “learning centers” in low-income areas where they’d indoctrinate immigrant kids and then rope in the parents. I decided to do an investigative story about this, and it was to run in a two-part series in…

Whew... I commend your work. Be careful, though. I was actually in Scientology about 40 years ago, a hapless teen sucked in by the fact that some of my musical heroes at the time were in it. I lasted two weeks, and it was scary even back then. There was harassment and intimidation of a fairly virulent type. I shudder…

Pretty scary that this cult has enough clout to get a missing persons case dismissed by LAPD in a matter of hours.

Agreed. At least Durkin is gone now.

I am impressed that you were able to buy anything at all - the few times I’ve been there I’ve walked away empty-handed. There are just so many awesome choices that I get overwhelmed and just don’t buy anything. I love that there are containers that go inside of containers that go inside of containers. You can get a…

Like most predators, I am sure he was very nice to people he didn’t get “handsy” with, so her “I didn’t know the man” is probably accurate.

I don’t know. One of the happiest days of my high school career was working in the office and pretending I didn’t know the name of the Big Man on Campus when he strolled in late.  The look on his face...well, it sustained me through many long and lonely days as a high school outcast.

Men are so sad when a violent, repugnant man is murdered. They save all their sadness up in case the murder happens; that must be why they have no fucks to spare for the victims of these men.

I was thinking the same thing.  I know one thing. People are TIRED of this mess. It has to stop.

That’s some kind of fucked up. I mean, shitbirds of a feather, but damn.

Most likely. They’re shuffled around the country like pedophile priests.

This makes me so mad every time I see it and reeks of some sick sexual shit along with the over the top physical abuse.

Should have gotten more money.

Watching that video made me fucking livid.

Unfortunately, until these assholes can themselves be sued for damages and have their wages attached when they move on to their next police job, they won’t give a shit and will continue being assholes.

Thanks for this perspective, and I’m sorry for making a generalized statement based on a really limited number of samples. Of course the negative stories are the ones that are repeated as well.

I think it’s pretty common with surrogacy in general.

Yeah, that design dude that Oprah anointed, Nate something, acted the same. He and his husband were all excited about their future child but talked about their surrogate like she was a vessel. She got sick somehow and their attitude was “OMG what about the baaaaaaaby” and no concern for her. I was so grossed out by…

At the very least it’s probably safe to assume that anyone using the “ fear that they’re unable to tell “an attractive associate that they’re wearing a nice outfit.”” line is guilty of sexual harassment.