lpetrich
Contributor
Given that right-wingers don't howl in outrage at that, it's evident that they believe in being soft on this sort of crime.Then she said that the criminal-justice system often fails victims of sexual assault....
She cites the statistic that 80% of sexual assaults are by someone that the victim knows, and that 80% of sexual assaults are never reported to the criminal-justice system. She then says that an assault victim has to decide whether or not to tear their family apart, to suffer the extra trauma of turning in a father or an uncle or a boyfriend or whoever.
Jon Krakauer is a great writer of non-fiction. So when I saw his Missoula in a used book store recently I bought it without even checking to see what it was about! It is a detailed look at college rape scandals in Missoula, Montana, apparently typical of how college rapes are handled across the country. The victims who sought prosecution of their rapists were often victimized again for their efforts.
Or the January 6 attacks. I haven't seen right-wingers howl with rage over the attackers and what they did. I've even seen right-wingers like Marjorie Taylor Greene championing them as martyrs, as if these are criminals that ought to be coddled.