“Your trauma is not your fault, but it is your responsibility.”
He has had a number of days to organize his rebuttal and you know what he hasn't done? He has never denied that he has a relationship with a 16-year-old when he was 37. He's also claiming that all his relationships were 'consensual', apparently thinking that a 'consensual relationship' gives him free rein to do what he pleases - because he also has not said that these incidents never happened, just that the relationships were 'consensual'.
So you know what? idgaf what his excuses are, I don't care what he claims. And while I have sympathy for the abuse he's gone through, you work through that on your own, in your twenties - you don't take it out on other people in your late thirties. There's a point where you move from abusee to abuser, and Brand has long since crossed that line.
DLSchichtl@lemmy.world 9 months ago
tegs_terry@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Well, that kind of reductive thinking is massively helpful. Do all the abusees who are over thirty know about the rules you’ve made up? People don’t realise how simple the matter is!
I’m not even defending the guy, I’m asking for people to avoid tunnel vision and take in the full facts, when they are all available.
athos77@kbin.social 9 months ago
I may not know the full facts, but I do know that Brand isn't saying "These things never happened", and that's enough for me.
tegs_terry@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Enough for what, exactly? Keelhauling? Chemical castration? Written warning? What level of censure do you deem appropriate based on that fact?