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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumstiedrich on substack: "E. Jean Carroll is a boss"
she could have, as have so many women before her, tried to forget it ever happened. she could have said nothing. she could have done her best to tamp down the memory of the day that vile pig assaulted her.
but she didnt. she spoke out. she named his name. and she filed suit.
a brave act.
brave because speaking out cost her her job.
brave because her good name is now being dragged through the right-wing press.
brave because the gross deviant who violated her is rich and powerful. he is fueled by spite. he is obsessed with revenge. he is a destroyer of lives.
but E. Jean doesnt care. she wants justice.
right now, in a courtroom in Manhattan, a jury is listening to the facts of the case.
lets hope that maybe, just maybe, for once in his privileged pampered life, this despicable degenerate is held accountable for his disgusting actions.
E. Jean Carroll, thank you.
https://jefftiedrich.substack.com/p/e-jean-carroll-is-a-boss
Walleye
(44,807 posts)Im sure shes getting death threats by now. I really admire the courage of this woman
Botany
(77,323 posts)And if TFG is found guilty I hope Ms. Carroll wins a huge settlement. Between Ms. Carroll and
N.Y.'s A.G. Tish James Donald Trump is going to broke by 2024.
Funtatlaguy
(11,878 posts)Irish_Dem
(81,266 posts)republianmushroom
(22,326 posts)OMGWTF
(5,131 posts)Jerry2144
(3,273 posts)But more of a pinky-toe.
So dis-pinky-toe him. With a pair of rusty nail clippers
calimary
(90,021 posts)If hes deficient - um - below the belt, shall we say, no wonder hes had a lifelong hard-on for power and domination. Build the biggest fill-in-the-blank-here, grandest fill-in-the-blank-here, shiniest gold fill-in-the-blank-here, splashiest fill-in-the-blank-here, most talked-about fill-in-the-blank-here, most publicized fill-in-the-blank-here, costliest fill-in-the-blank-here, most dominant fill-in-the-blank-here, most envied because its the most superior fill-in-the-blank-here, most heavily publicized and monetized fill-in-the-blank-here, WHATEVER fill-in-the-blank-here.
Thats all.
ShazzieB
(22,590 posts)Just saying! 😊
calimary
(90,021 posts)Hes REALLY been workin it for a lot of years, hasnt he!
Demobrat
(10,299 posts)ShazzieB
(22,590 posts)So true! He's obsessed with bigness, in general!
ExWhoDoesntCare
(4,741 posts)With his being the monster he is.
He was born an awful person by nature. He was an uncontrollable, violent thug when he was a kid. His parents were no help, but they did recognize what he was. That's why they sent him to the military boarding school. Or to any boarding school that quietly specialized in children with behavior problems.
That's what parents with enough money did back then with kids like him.
I know this because it happened to bullies in schools I attended. And that was with families who were involved with their kids and did care about them. Normal families agonized over the choice they were making, but you can bet that TFG's awful parents hesitated not at all to make him someone else's problem.
dalton99a
(94,120 posts)Delphinus
(12,522 posts)Some guy was tweeting at the trial yesterday and I read what the defendant's attorney said and it certainly put a doubt in my mind - and I believe what she said, that he raped her. Yuck!
Joinfortmill
(21,165 posts)Paladin
(32,354 posts)GoCubsGo
(34,914 posts)But, outside of that, spot-on.
Pigs>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Trump.
Cha
(319,076 posts)TY, orleans..
She lost her job! That's awful!
summer_in_TX
(4,168 posts)Now she's writing on Substack, but earning far less from her 17,000 followers there.
Cha
(319,076 posts)what her job was.
Do you know why she lost it at Elle.. it seems like they would be supportive.
it's interesting that she's such a great writer.
summer_in_TX
(4,168 posts)the hateful messages and attacks Trump's cult directed at her at work were behind her employment with Elle ending.
Cha
(319,076 posts)really too bad.
And I read someone didn't think she was "brave". smh.
May she get Justice
summer_in_TX
(4,168 posts)I heard today that the rape so upended her life that she hasn't had sex or been in love since it happened, missing out on a treasured part of life.
The man is vile. I so hope he will be found guilty.
UTUSN
(77,795 posts)Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)Scrivener7
(59,522 posts)Tribetime
(7,145 posts)NJCher
(43,165 posts)I was surprised to hear she is 79. She's a few years older than trump but looks a decade younger than he does, if not more.
On many of the news shows tonight they are saying this is a "he said" / "she said." I thought there was DNA evidence. Also she contacted two friends within a short time of the rape, and that is on the record.
So I don't get this "he said she said" stuff.
Cha
(319,076 posts)those who don't think so obviously haven't walked in her shoes so to speak.
IMO..
True Blue American
(18,579 posts)Who defied the pig!
Read yesterday hi videon on the bus will be allowed in the testimony. Wonderful news if his own bragging words sealed the case. I wonder how many others Did NOT LET HIM DO IT!
For Jean Carrol!
Scrivener7
(59,522 posts)But I don't think all those women who don't report, who say nothing, who try to forget are not brave. I think the fact that those women get up every day and live their lives means they're unbelievably brave.
E Jean Carrol has said the thing she wants is her day in court. She wants to tell her story. That is how she is dealing with the rape that was perpetrated against her. I am amazed at how hard she has worked to get here and at the sheer will she has shown in doing it. I am so happy to see her doing what she set out to do. This is a victory for her, no matter how it comes out.
I wish equal victories, in their own terms, for all the women who have to deal with the aftermaths of rapes. For some that will mean telling the world. For some it will not.
3auld6phart
(1,683 posts)My thoughts exactly. Gutless orange pig.deathly afraid to give a DNA sample
One can only hope he leaves this Vale Of tears damn soon. Filthy orange slob.