• RandAlThor@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    Is the girl in question the one blurred out? And is he not touching her? How is that appropriate? It’s not JUST the inappropriate sexual comment, but also TOUCHING of a minor, during a public meeting.

    • Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca
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      They’d have to blur her because otherwise she’d be doxxed, and have incels claiming she’s ugly and should be grateful that a man noticed her, and worse. As it is, her name is probably readily available and she is probably getting worse attention than the asshole who harrassed her.

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        4 days ago

        Well… that tells us all we need to know then

        Off to the dungeons with him

        EDIT: Aaaaaand I’m now finding out they didn’t even stop the meeting. Come the fuck on

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        4 days ago

        Since when is that a thing? Or they didn’t want to be on the news.

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          Protecting the identity and privacy of victimised children is the default stance for journalists here in the UK. I just assumed that was true in most of the western world… Does Canada identify child victims in news articles then?

          The reason this girls been anonymised in this case is likely because she’s already been objectified, and would be subject to further trolling/ harassment from people outraged with the situations outcome and looking for a target to blame.

          Just look at what happened to Virginia Guiffre, after publicly coming forward with her allegations she was subject to consistent death threats and harassment. Sparing anyone that situation seems merciful in my eyes.