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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think very few people here are arguing that masterson isn’t a disgusting monster.

But I do have some empathy for the people in his life who presumably didn’t know this. I have empathy for anyone who has to come to terms with the fact that their family member/friend is a violent criminal. As much empathy as I for the victims? No. But I also wouldn’t go on some crusade to crucify his loved ones whose worlds have also been very negatively impacted by his actions, albeit differently than his victims. [/quote]

Yeah, I agree. Some people are defending Mila and Ashton’s right to write a letter, and some are saying the sentence seems harsh. For some reason people are equating that with victim-blaming. [/quote]

No one is attacking their right to write the letters. We are questioning the content of the letters and their response to criticism, which was pretty tine deaf.

My problem with the people saying the sentence seems harsh is that the argument is "this happened a long time ago." But that's weird to me-- the reason the trial happened so long after the rapes is not because the victims wanted to wait or because they were having such a great time in the interim. It's because Masterson and Scientology worked hard to silence and discredit these women when the came forward back then. And have harassed them in the intervening years. While Masterson continues to enjoy his wealth, work, and family. In that light, the time since the rapes occurred is not some healing balm for the original trauma. It's a continuation and redoubling of the harm caused. Engaging in a 20 year cover up doesn't mitigate the harm caused, it makes it worse.[/quote]

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