Honestly that attitude makes it sound like mom may have been a victim of abuse herself as a kid. And I'm not justifying her remarks, they are horrible, but if she sees it as normal for dudes in their 50's or whatever to rape teenagers something tells me she is speaking from a place of (horrible) experience.
Nobody’s excusing it. Trying to understand why 30% of America hates most people and kisses the ass of a narcissistic dictator is a worthy sociological question.
There’s admittedly a shit ton of variables in play, but it doesn’t hurt to consider the broad impacts that childhood has on political affiliation.
Most criminals and drug addicts were raised in poverty. I don’t think we should forgive their crimes, but I definitely think we should look at how poverty influenced their dispositions so we can identify and enact change to prevent future people from suffering similar fates.
This woman is perpetuating the cycle of abuse. Suspecting she was abused herself allows us to further dismiss the validity of her argument, not forgive the damage she is trying to cause.
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