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Agapeocordis 's avatar

THANK YOU, Kelly. Fabulous article. Am so disgusted and despondent at this incredibly cruel nonsense that it renders me nearly speechless. I will NOT be quiet about this. Thanks again - keep up the great work.

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DianneOh's avatar

“We insist that shame change sides”!!! Yes! That is absolutely perfect and SPOT ON. The WRONG SIDE is being shamed and feeling shame. It makes me SO angry to know that children are being traumatized and damaged by adults, even now! And even the doctors helped Epstein hide his atrocities. And people at JP Morgan. And all those modeling agencies. Infuriating!! Shame must change sides!!!

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William's avatar

Could someone please tell me why what is essentially a lot of evidence of a lot of criminal activity can just be hidden from view and used indefinitely as political fodder? I thought the point of investigating was to find out if crimes were committed and bring them to justice, not hide the results. Especially crimes this far reaching and awful.

Great article btw.

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Barbara Schutt's avatar

There are so many powerful people all across the spectrum involved in this that they can keep it hidden indefinitely, unfortunately. I feel it will never fully come out and tRump will get it "investigated" and tied up in the courts so that the public will never see it, certainly not in it's entirety.

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Jack Jacobson's avatar

A new low for the worst of the worst!

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Just the Facts's avatar

When the country elects a P -grabber in chief, twice no less, what message do we send our girls? When the judge in the Stanford swimmer rape case is more concerned with his future than his victim, when a prep school lacrosse player murders his ex girlfriend at UVA and Donald Trump gloats about walking into Miss Teen USA dressing rooms on Howard Stern, what do we tell our girls ? Trump gave Stern the Ok to call his own daughter “a piece of ass” yet somehow gets the “ Christian values” vote? God thought making it clear not to covet your neighbor’s wife would be enough and spelling out not to covet your own daughter wasn’t necessary.

After all that Trump gets away with calling hard working immigrants rapists instead of the rich prep school white boys who dominate Epstein parties?

Anyone see any undocumented immigrants in the footage of Trumpstein joined at the hip in pervy creepiness?

I made sure my daughter had a black belt by middle school, but she tells me about boys in high school who seem to quote incel Reddit and surf porn. My parenthood books are apparently missing a chapter.

When Trump used his Bible photo op to attack a peaceful BLM protest, I couldn’t help but wonder why a lightning bolt didn’t strike him down. Did he know it says, “thou shalt not commit adultery,” and “it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.”

Speaking of soulless people, after all the sexual harassment of her female ex-colleagues and Trump saying, "There was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever," about Kelly herself, what kind of twisted sicko tries to normalize grandpas forcing themselves in 15 yos? She, Ted Can Cun Cruz and little Marco should a Biggest Loser competition to see who has the least self-respect.

Nothing remotely Christian about Trump.

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Lana Che's avatar

All rights are human rights.

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Jen's avatar

What about all the young boys that were also abused and exploited. Who will speak for them? Expose all the perpetrators and hold them accountable.

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Philip Martin's avatar

If you'll excuse a15 year old being raped because she looks older then you'll excuse a 13 y.o that looks 15, then an 11 year old thay looks 14.

Do you see how this works ?

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Barbara Schutt's avatar

Thank you for using your voice to stand up for these issues that are impacting society. Bless you and I wish you all the best!!

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AI Doctor Citizen's avatar

It is going to be VERY important after we get rid of these mon sters, to raise our voices to shame (yes, shame) the Naziesque behavior we have seen. This was done after WWII also, and the REASON shame exists is for this moment.

Shame has been retained in our DNA for just this moment. It is not INAPPROPRIATE shame, this is APPROPRIATE shame.

Why do we do it? Because it is how we keep people with those dark beliefs from rising up again. It is the only way to do it.

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B.B. Wood's avatar

This is so incredibly painful for me. “They’re asked things like ‘what were you wearing? What were you drinking? Were you encouraging him?’” In 1976, I faced the same disgusting criticism after I was sexually assaulted by a burglar at 4:30 am, in my own bedroom. Since I was an adult, it’s hard for me to imagine how these young girls will ever recover. It took me years and years, with the help of my friends, to stop waking up screaming every night. But I will never forget that first night without reliving that horrific nightmare.

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