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[theweaselking]

I looked at the comments at all three places and found that the comments were restricted to two major themes:

What a great kid Wendell is and how we should all raise our kids like him.
What terrible little shits the cat-torturers were, complete with condemnation of a society that lets this behavior flourish.

Missing from the discussion: Wondering if the cat was asking for it by being so cute and easy to torture.

- Amanda Marcotte, "If Only We Could Talk About Abusing Women Like We Do Abusing Cats"

Comments

[skiriki.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's why I tended to stay quiet about Bad Stuff That Had Happened when I was younger, because I hate-hate-hated the idea that people would see me as permanently damaged goods, or guess that X is because Y happened, poor poor dear, now she's all wrong.

Pisses me off, it does. :(