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On Penn State: Victimhood can be so lonely

thepoliticalpartygirl:

Watching these Penn State riots/protests/whatever, I can’t help but think of the students at Penn State who have been victims of monsters like Sandusky. To watch your classmates chant the name of a man who not only permitted but enabled the sexual abuse of young children, some as young as 8-years-old must be so awful. I remember in the wake of my sexual assault, both the immediate and long-term aftermath, the loneliness could be devastating. And I never had hundreds of my friends chanting the name of and praising the cop who ignored my pleas and accusations and refused to act to stop two dangerous sexual predators.

My heart aches for Sandusky’s victims but also for every Penn State student who has survived abuse and who has to step onto that campus tomorrow, look around, and wonder just who is callous enough to have been rioting last night in support of a man who could have stopped the abuse but didn’t.

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