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D Burlin's avatar

I am gobsmacked. Yes, people. Do not doubt these accounts. Many, many years ago, when I was working at the Manhattan DA's office while I was in law school, an ADA showed me photo that was evidence in a case. It was a man in his late 30s/early 40s raping a baby. She looked to be 18 mos old. Someone took that picture. An accomplice. All these years later, the memory still makes me feel ill. I am writing this here to affirm, yes, This.Is. Happening. But the numbers, the magnitude, is shocking beyond words. We must not let this moment pass us by. There is nothing more important. Nothing.

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Danimal28's avatar

This describes many of us, dear Elizabeth:

The Men Who Wanted to Be Left Alone

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone. They try, so very hard, to mind their own business and provide for themselves and those they love. They resist every impulse to fight back, knowing the forced and permanent change of life that will come from it. They know that the moment they fight back, their lives as they have lived them, are over. The moment the Men who wanted to be left alone are forced to fight back, it is a form of suicide. They are literally killing off who they used to be. Which is why, when forced to take up violence, these Men who wanted to be left alone, fight with unholy vengeance against those who murdered their former lives. They fight with raw hate, and a drive that cannot be fathomed by those who are merely play-acting at politics and terror. True terror will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy… but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

– Author Unknown

The reckoning is coming.

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