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To say F**k the Sun publicising this disgusting abuser.

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colouringindoors · 11/06/2020 23:29

I keep thinking I can't be more appalled by our media and our misogynistic society.... and then....

To say F**k the Sun publicising this disgusting abuser.
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colouringindoors · 11/06/2020 23:30

this.

To say F**k the Sun publicising this disgusting abuser.
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user1473878824 · 11/06/2020 23:31

They’re not giving him publicity, is he even a figure that needs PR? He’s also said he slapped her. He looks like shit.

Missproportionate · 11/06/2020 23:31

They really are ***

AnneLovesGilbert · 11/06/2020 23:32

You can swear on Mumsnet.

user1473878824 · 11/06/2020 23:32

A woman has called out being treated badly. Her abuser says he hit her and he’s not sorry. Should we not hear from shitty men? I hope anyone who has any dealings with him Googles him, then they get that.

HeIenaDove · 11/06/2020 23:33

Werent they doing some campaign in collaboration with Womens Aid a few years back. A few of us on here were saying then they would just revert back to type.

ShebaShimmyShake · 11/06/2020 23:38

Hmm, I'm actually almost pleased that he's outing and shaming himself and validating her like this.Of course she will still get shit for it but only from the lunatics who were attacking her anyway and above whom she has consistently risen like the transcendent queen that she is. Might also reinforce the question of why Radcliffe and Watson, those fine talented people who have received so much critical acclaim for their work, didn't see fit to comment on this while lecturing us on what a woman is.

Littlepurpleflower · 11/06/2020 23:38

It looks like the new Sun editor is trying to make Rebekah Wade look like a total softy.

AIMD · 11/06/2020 23:39

Urgh what a shitty person and a shame they needed to publish his view at all. Be interesting to see the whole piece though- how he is portrayed in it .

Smallsteps88 · 11/06/2020 23:39

YABU to not actually say the word fuck.

Smallsteps88 · 11/06/2020 23:40

@Missproportionate

They really are *****
Confused

They’re asterisks?

OceanOrchid · 11/06/2020 23:42

The “I’m not sorry” bit is on the fucking front page of tomorrow’s paper. Bastards.

Frozenfan2019 · 11/06/2020 23:45

It's absolutely disgusting. They are giving a voice to violent criminals.

It wouldn't happen if the victim were not a woman. The victim.being a powerful, successful, intelligent and wealthy woman probably pisses the sun's average reader off even more.

This kind of headline normalises abuse and there will be plenty of men who will see this and feel vindicated or even spurred on in their own abuse and misogyny.

LellyMcKelly · 11/06/2020 23:49

What a knob, and the Sun is a fuckwit for publishing it. They really are the absolute dregs.

colouringindoors · 11/06/2020 23:49

www.ipso.co.uk/complain/

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HeddaGarbled · 11/06/2020 23:49

Actually, I think they’ve given him a platform to out himself as a domestic abuser and confirm her story.

iswhois · 11/06/2020 23:52

At least people can't claim she's making it up (as I've seen already)

What a sick fuck though. I feel so sorry that she had to expose herself this much to make her voice heard.

ShootsFruitAndLeaves · 11/06/2020 23:55

They doorstepped him in Portugal. Is that wrong?

colouringindoors · 11/06/2020 23:56

Smallsteps you are totally right.

FUCK THE SUN

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Longdistance · 11/06/2020 23:57

He’s in the Daily Fail too Angry

EmeraldShamrock · 12/06/2020 00:00

It puts a face to a name for many the abusive manipulative arsehole much like the editor.

FliesandPies · 12/06/2020 00:03

Actually, I think they’ve given him a platform to out himself as a domestic abuser and confirm her story.

Yes, I would agree with that. They're not saying anything to condone it, they are printing his own words to condemn him for the violent bastard he is and refute pp suggesting JK only put out her story to get sympathy after the trans uproar.

Bookoffacts · 12/06/2020 00:07

Maybe theyre trying to be pro GC sneakily by being offensive? So people will be outraged and side with JKR? Istandwithjkr btw. Just trying to understand this paper.

Seems odd otherwise. Totally against humanity decency.

SirVixofVixHall · 12/06/2020 00:08

They may be outing him. But for Joanne and other victims of violence this is like it happening all over again. I imagine she has lived in fear of this happening for years.

FliesandPies · 12/06/2020 00:10

I notice they are also having a go at Emma Watson on the same page so it looks like a clumsy attempt to side with JKR

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