Surprised at the relative lack of discussion on my TL about the Lowery piece. However bad you might think it could be, it's worse. (And, to be clear, as an alcoholic!, alcoholism is never an excuse for sexual assault jfc) www.cjr.org/feature-2/we... - ThreadSky

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carigervin.bsky.social • 6 days ago

Surprised at the relative lack of discussion on my TL about the Lowery piece. However bad you might think it could be, it's worse. (And, to be clear, as an alcoholic!, alcoholism is never an excuse for sexual assault jfc) https://www.cjr.org/feature-2/wesley-lowery-sexual-assault-journalists-attest-experiences.php

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saralang.bsky.social•6 days ago

I'm surprised, it's easily 40% of my timeline right now. It's such an upsetting series of stories

carigervin.bsky.social•6 days ago

Maybe it's bc I'm following fewer DC people than I used to on Twitter? But ugh, it's so so upsetting

betsyphillips.bsky.social•6 days ago

My two cents: I'm not surprised. Oh, some cool dude who is doing great things sees women as his due, not his colleagues? It's just tiring. Second, I don't for a second think his alcoholism, if it's real, has anything to do with this. Maybe, maybe once signals get crossed and you hurt someone you

betsyphillips.bsky.social•6 days ago

like. But he had a method! He assaulted all these women the exact same way! How can he be so meticulous and supposedly too drunk to know what he's doing? He just drugged and raped women and he thinks if he blames alcohol, no one will notice.

carigervin.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yeah. I was raped by a drunk dude who was probably so drunk he doesn’t even remember it, and it was awful but not predatory, if that makes sense? He was just a stupid drunk teen. This is methodical.

betsyphillips.bsky.social•6 days ago

Exactly. Terrible shit does happen when people’s judgement is impaired, but the second this dude figures out another woe-is-me angle, he’ll be back at it.

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