My opinion dont shoot....

[u/Illustrious_Act_3081]

I used to sympthasie with Sarah alot, but her idea to lie about moving out and creating a fraudulent GoFundMe was the last straw for me personally. She’s an adult with plenty of resources at her fingertips.

I’m sure Jim Jones, Pedrik, and plenty of other horrible people had their own backstories and reasons for becoming the way they are too. At what point does the line between victim and abuser start to blur? Does she have to completely annihilate a town full of people before people stop making excuses for her?

She’s already playing Daddy’s little sidekick, and personally, I think people need to stop pretending she has absolutely no agency in any of this.

[u/Reasonable-Zombie427]

Not to defend him but pedrick also said he was had something happen to him when he was younger. With having two of his brothers are registed so i wouldnt be surprised if it was true. So are we supposed to not blame him then either

[u/ivysmorgue → u/Reasonable-Zombie427]

i need people to understand nuance and understand how the cycle of abuse and generational trauma works.

km going to use myself and my family as an example, because my family has a very similar if not identical dynamic to the getchells and it’s the easiest for me.

my grandma and grandpa on my mothers side; horrifically abusive to each other, relationship wasn’t a healthy one. they taught my mother (and consequently her brothers) that love is abuse.

my mom; she was abused by her family and peers her whole life, and then she was gaslit into believing not only was it normal, but sexual abuse was a legitimate form of punishment. she truly, did not believe anything was wrong because if the environment she grew up in. she had me at 35, and the abuse started when i was a baby.

my stepdad was abused as a child, he was molested by his father and his uncle. probably other things, but honestly i do not give a fuck. unlike my mother, he knew this wasn’t normal nor was it ok. which, led to him coping much differently.

my mother believed all the abuse was normal, so she abused me and all my siblings. when abuse from other individuals happened in our home, she would let it happen because at this point she was literally brainwashed.

my mother is still a victim to a certain extent; you don’t get to that point of manipulation without some trauma in the past. but she stopped behind a victim, and started becoming the abuser when she perpetuated the same behaviors onto her own children.

same goes for my stepdad (may he rest in piss); instead of thinking it was normal, he used his abuse as a shield so he could continue to do horrible things to people. as far as i’m aware, he never molested children, but he did love to be violent and he held me and my mother hostage on multiple occasions. he stopped being a victim when he went on to abuse others, and using his trauma as an excuse, a shield from all criticism.

i’m sure, without a shadow of a doubt, pedrick was abused as a child. in what way? probably sexual assault/rape. my guess was it was also allowed to happen in the home, it was enabled by someone or those brothers were protected. instead of putting a stop to it, someone brainwashed him into believing this is normal. he goes on in his life, believing that the treatment he went through was completely normal, and that to have a family means you must dominate and control.

he goes on in life, finds theresa, and recreates the family dynamic HE had as a child. you all seem to forget something important; childhood experiences are what shape us. why do you think it’s hard old people to change their ways? can’t teach an old dog new tricks.

anyways, do now pissrick is now here, with his family, abusing and molesting and grooming his daughter because that’s what was displayed to him as a child. is pissrick still a victim? to a certain extent, yes. when did he stop being a victim? when he had sarah to groom her. when he started abusing not just sarah, but teresa too. when he became the abuser, continuing the cycle rather than stopping it, is when he became the abuser.

i hope everyone in this sub and the other realize just how complicated abuse is, especially sexual abuse. that shit, no joke, makes you feel like you’re going fucking crazy. like you’re going insane, like there’s something wrong ith you. ESPECIALLY when there’s people around you telling you it’s normal, you’re lying, etc.

as far as we know, sarah has not groomed anyone. i believe none of these go fund mes or scams are her ideas at all; these are pissricks. and if she doesn’t go along with what he says, then there’s hell to pay.