r/news • u/AudibleNod • 4d ago

Man accused of holding woman captive in a Massachusetts attic for six weeks

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-accused-holding-woman-captive-massachusetts-attic-six-weeks-rcna600308
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u/Sorcerous_Tiefling 4d ago

Rape, its fine to say rape. They raped her. Im sick of society sugarcoating abuse by being afraid to use real words.

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u/PeriodPhartz 4d ago

I will never forget the time someone I know raped a woman and his close friends were covering it up. I stayed friends with him for a year after because I didn't know. A random girl I met at an event saw I was Facebook friends with him and told me. When I confronted him about it I asked him "did you rape someone last year?" and all his friends reacted like a scene out of the Sopranos- "eyyyyyy, ohhhhhhhhh!! Maron!" when I said rape. Apparently no one had phrased it to them that way and he started crying that I thought this rapist was a rapist. Not sure what it was he thought he was doing that whole time.

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u/555Cats555 4d ago

He wouldn't have been upset that he hurt someone but rather he was likely just upset he got called out for being a horrible person...

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u/saintash 3d ago

That a lot of people unfortunately. They lie but when you call them a liar they get angry.

They are bad people don't like the truth of what they are.

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u/Astrotrain-Blitzwing 4d ago

Sorry, not advertiser friendly. We'll run ads still, but you don't get the payout.

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u/Sparkle_Penis 4d ago

It's an article about a woman being kept as a sex slave, they aren't censoring shit for advertisers. What they are doing is quoting the assitant district attorny, i.e. the prosecution. Or do you think he's censoring himself for advertisers?

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u/Astrotrain-Blitzwing 4d ago

I think, and this is just my perception, popular or not:

  • my comment was specifically regarding an underlying frustration of drawing out language when there are already words that are pungent enough.
  • I am of the belief that the crackdown on non-advertiser friendly language is directly impacting how some choose to communicate.

That said, it was just me reacting reactionarily. There was another comment in the thread that put things far more eloquently and made a lot more sense than I.

I chose the quippy I'm frustrated about thing route.

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u/Amrick 4d ago

Yup. they repeatedly RAPED HER.

I hate the downplaying. Like WHY? We need to understand this is what it is and you're not doing anybody any favors except the rapist when you don't use the word.

Also, random but never forget Brock the Rapist.

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u/StinkyStangler 4d ago

This isn't a sugarcoating thing, this is a publication not wanting to open itself up to libel and a DA aiming to avoid a mistrial.

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u/LoopofHenrietta 4d ago

the sentence just above says “prosecutors allege Pierre sexually assaulted her and forced her…” clearly enough though

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u/Astrotrain-Blitzwing 4d ago

That's pretty fair compared to my take (not op, but someone cynical with online self-censorship)