"Inconvenient victims": another brilliant piece by Victoria Smith

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RoyalCorgi · 10/01/2023 08:00

She is so good. She puts her finger on something that has disturbed me for a long time - the minimisation of violence against women if the perpetrator belongs to a group that progressives regard as underprivileged:

thecritic.co.uk/inconvenient-victims/

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FunnyTalks · 10/01/2023 09:38

Excellent article.

Male pattern violence is male pattern violence. It remains so important to be able to know and talk about and keep data on this.

The current "progressive" thinking is so binary, for want of a better term. It cannot conceive of any other positions than liberal misogynists for whom women are public property, or right wing racist misogynists for whom women are private property.

Boiledbeetle · 10/01/2023 09:28

that's a good article. The reporting of the recent case has driven me nuts so I shall just say my version of what their headlines should have been then I'm off to forage for breakfast.

Beverly Guenther was stalked, raped and brutally murdered by a man called Scott McLaughlin. That Man has now been executed.

HerringBoneBlanket · 10/01/2023 08:33

Really good article with very thought provoking points

And I'm v glad she spells out her objecttions to the death penalty too.

MoltenLasagne · 10/01/2023 08:18

Yes, it's a very worrying trend.

I know on Lipstick Alley they talk about the pressure on black women in America not to call the police on abusive husbands and partners because of police brutality against black men. And also how they feel they can't highlight the number of domestic murders because of how the statistics may be misused.

WorkingItOutAsIGo · 10/01/2023 08:17

That is such an insightful article.

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