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15. When you dehumanize your opponents, this sort of thing is what you get

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 11:15 PM

Nov 3

They committed monstrous acts, but they are all too human.

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"Blood Libel" was mentioned Shellback Squid Nov 3 #1

"Stabbed in the rectum with a sharp object " questionseverything Nov 3 #2

I doubt that they all are Jilly_in_VA Nov 3 #4

All of them that surrounded this victim so he could be raped are monsters questionseverything Nov 3 #5

Do you understand Jilly_in_VA Nov 3 #7

I said, all those surrounding him to hide him being raped were monsters questionseverything Nov 3 #8

You said, AND I QUOTE Jilly_in_VA Nov 3 #9

She was their former top lawyer Jilly_in_VA Nov 3 #12

When you dehumanize your opponents, this sort of thing is what you get EdmondDantes_ Nov 3 #15

The "abuse" being finessed here by the BBC is sexual assault and rape Prairie Gates Nov 3 #3

I imagine they're quoting directly from a report of some kind? AZJonnie Nov 3 #11

She sacrificed her career and probably her freedom DavidDvorkin Nov 3 #6

There are video clips of the prison and incident and also PufPuf23 Nov 3 #13

And they arrest the whistleblower instead of the perpetrators? Iggo Nov 3 #14

Of course Jilly_in_VA Nov 4 #16