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davidcorn.bsky.social • 75 days ago

Just read this.
https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2024/12/grip-my-unexpected-healing-at-san-quentin/

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Powerful words. I shared this with my son, who is a CA Public Defender, to remind him that even violent criminals desperately need someone in their corner fighting for them.

vicki-harpster.bsky.social•75 days ago

Thank you for sharing. ❤️😢🙏

tenaciousdeb.bsky.social•75 days ago

No words can match the enormity of this piece so I’ll just say… thank you, thank you for sharing it.

kb80550.bsky.social•75 days ago

WOW! Life brings opportunities and blessings in mysterious ways. We need to recognize these opportunities and honor them. Thank you Robert J. Rosenthal for sharing your journey.

cherylfl.bsky.social•75 days ago

📌

sjlady.bsky.social•75 days ago

Reading that has touched my soul beyond what words can really say. When one has a child who has, or tried, to commit suicide the pain and anxiety never leaves. The grief is in that story, within each and every word.

sonomacrystal.bsky.social•75 days ago

Thank for sharing this beautiful read

icantfindmykeys.bsky.social•74 days ago

Words escape me. Thank you for sharing this. Thanks also to the author, everyone he met, and Mother Jones for publishing this.

patti13.bsky.social•75 days ago

How touching! How beautiful!

onefeistyone.bsky.social•75 days ago

This is such a wondrously beautiful story- growth from tragedy, assisted by unlikely people. My heart is full for Robert, and feels peace for Ben. Thank you for sharing this journey with us.

tamigoldmann.bsky.social•75 days ago

Beautiful and heartbreaking.

marshadarsha.bsky.social•75 days ago

This wonderful piece shows us a few things. One about moving through grief, another about the strength of fellowship in unthinkable moments, and how childhood trauma—when not addressed—can shape a whole life.
Required reading.

slferguson.bsky.social•75 days ago

I don't follow command posts. But I did open the door because of your lead.

Thank you.

publicnomad.bsky.social•75 days ago

🙏thank you Robert and Ben’s “Note of Gratitude” 🙏

kinneret.bsky.social•75 days ago

Thank you for this

smernit.bsky.social•75 days ago

Rosie is the real deal, and this is powerful. Thank you.

peaches18.bsky.social•75 days ago

very, very moving

kathymcmonagle.bsky.social•75 days ago

Wow! Just beautiful.

halushki.bsky.social•75 days ago

Beautiful

kukla2.bsky.social•75 days ago

Thank you for sharing this.

oldtiredangr.bsky.social•75 days ago

Wow. How potent and beautiful.

lc1summit.bsky.social•74 days ago

Thank you for sharing this. Peace.

guscharliejazz.bsky.social•75 days ago

Such a poignant piece ... and so wonderful that life can continue to hold promise despite horrendous odds.

naroop.bsky.social•75 days ago

I dumped @nytimes.com for Mother Jones as they didn’t sane wash Trump day in and day out. So glad I did

dee20002.bsky.social•74 days ago

What a moving story. And what a great service, the author, to go to the prison and listen, just to listen and let the prisoners talk (this is before Ben died). Wish there were a way we who are motivated could all share with prisoners in this way.

leliadoura.bsky.social•74 days ago

Thank you! Very touching! ❤️

kidplanet6.bsky.social•75 days ago

Very moving.

joyouswarrior.bsky.social•75 days ago

Wow. Deeply moving. If we lived in a gentler world, I think these men could be trusted to at live outside the prison walls, maybe with a spiritual leader and breathe the air and walk in the woods. We aren’t set up for redemption. Maybe someday.

eeileen.bsky.social•74 days ago

Thank you. I am very deeply moved by this. It brings home the fact that even for the most wounded & broken, redemption is possible & maybe someday even a right.

niajo16.bsky.social•74 days ago

Powerful @unitewomenorg.bsky.social @uw-fl-lelone.bsky.social @theguardian.com @sufa-indivisible.bsky.social @theguardian.com

chaikenmiriam.bsky.social•75 days ago

Really beautiful and moving. Thanks for sharing.

unapologetichuman.bsky.social•75 days ago

I read it too, such a good story of humans becoming better humans.

katpick.bsky.social•75 days ago

youakim6.bsky.social•75 days ago

Wow so intense and mostly moving 😭

kuskwah.bsky.social•75 days ago

Very touching. Thanks for sharing.

slauds.bsky.social•75 days ago

Beautiful! Very emotional and enlightening.

gregj1.bsky.social•74 days ago

Thank you for recommending this David.

an incredible story

sdshors.bsky.social•74 days ago

I was a court-appointed post-conviction attorney and visited SQ many times. This gorgeous essay captures the hard-won positive aspect some can men create for themselves. Great piece.

kate-mcpeak-man.bsky.social•75 days ago

Thank you for sharing this. Powerful.

loldmen.bsky.social•74 days ago

Thanks for sharing.

jsxena.bsky.social•75 days ago

Unbelievable piece. We need to hold each other. We need to hold each other tightly, because every one of us hurts and needs to be held. I will read this again after a good cry. Thank you.

mamaday514.bsky.social•75 days ago

Thank you, Robert and Ben.

mamaday514.bsky.social•75 days ago

📌

rockheadedmama.bsky.social•75 days ago

For me, it affirms we are all connected and it is our individual and collective duty to help each other. Beautifully written and very inspirational

cajunblue.bsky.social•75 days ago

Everybody hurts.

ocrn.bsky.social•74 days ago

Wow…I have no words. Amazing

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