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marble falls

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1. It hits home. We had a friend like his. Ed treated all women badly. And we'd be embarassed ...

Reply to Mosby (Original post)

Thu Mar 11, 2021, 03:12 PM

Mar 2021

... we'd laugh it off uncomfortably saying, "That's just Ed, you just hafta know him."

And now we know this: Ed's a rapist. And now I know in a serious way I allowed it to happen. Never encouraged it, but it happened in increments until the final outrage. I never confronted him. I never talked about him with our friends, never warned women in our circle, "do not hang with Ed alone or in context with alcohol, do not invite him alone into your home".

Women can fight rape, but men can stop it today.

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It hits home. We had a friend like his. Ed treated all women badly. And we'd be embarassed ... marble falls Mar 2021 #1

When i click on the link, it says... 3catwoman3 Mar 2021 #2

Care to share the actual tweet? PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #3

Sorry, I'm trying to find out what happened to the video Mosby Mar 2021 #4