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A Letter to Supporters of Brock Turner

I don't think we're on the same page...

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A Letter to Supporters of Brock Turner
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First of all, why would you even support Brock Turner? Honestly? He is a rapist. He has been convicted. There is no longer any question in the matter.

The Stanford rape case wasn't some sort of "drunken misunderstanding." The victim was unconscious. Brock seemed to feel that he was entitled to her body for whatever reason and sexually assaulted her. She did not consent. She could not consent. She was unconscious. It literally does not matter how drunk she was or if she had been flirty earlier. She honestly could have (though she didn't) said "Hey, let's bang" and that still would have been invalid because she was unconscious when he assaulted her.

If one of your arguments for defending him is that he was drunk and shouldn't have been held accountable for his actions but you have said or agreed with someone who has said "She was drunk, what did she expect to happen?" I need you to know a few things. Firstly, you're a hypocrite. Totally and completely. Why does alcohol erase his bad deeds while simultaneously make her look like she wanted it to happen? No. Secondly, you're just a jerk. What did she expect to happen? Really?

Want to know what she expected to happen when she went out drinking at a party that night? A hangover. That's it. She did not expect to be sexually assaulted. She was in no way asking for it just because she was drinking. His drunkenness doesn't excuse his actions. He felt entitled to her body for some reason I will never understand. That is why this happened. Not because they were drunk.

Another thing, don't you daretry to say the victim is lying because she won't come forward with her identity. Firstly, what the heck? What kind of logic even is that? Being sexually assaulted is, from what others have told me and my own imagination, a horribly traumatic experience. It's bad enough that she has to see posts about this on every social media platform there is, but some of you want her to allow the general public to know her identity? Why? Why should she have to endure that as well? The entire world already knows exactly what happened to her, but she is lucky enough that they do not know that it was to her that it happened. If her identity was released, her friends, family acquaintances and coworkers would all know what happened to her and it would change her image to them. Not to mention the fact that some supporters of Brock would, I have no doubt, turn to harassing her. Certainly on her social media accounts and perhaps even in person. She has been traumatized enough. She does not need to be traumatized more just to satisfy your curiosity. She has the right to her privacy. Get over your nosiness.

Lastly, I want to explain to you all that Brock was convicted because he committed a CRIME. I'm sure some of you reading this, such as those of you who, like me, do not support Brock, are really confused reading this. Perhaps you're thinking something along the lines of "well no duh..." but clearly there are those who do not think that Brock was convicted due to committing a crime (uh, OK?). These people, from my understanding, think that Brock was convicted purely because of "political correctness," whatever the heck that is supposed to mean.

(Seriously though, what?)

He was convicted because he committed a crime. He sexually assaulted a woman while she was unconscious. He felt entitled to her body and performed sexual acts on her while she was unconscious. She couldn't consent to that. Plus, she had a boyfriend and probably wouldn't have consented had she been conscious.

Brock needs to be held accountable for his actions. I am very glad that he was convicted, but it seriously sickens me that the judge gave him such a lenient sentence. He didn't apologize for the assault. He only apologized for drinking, which is not the crime.

Supporters of Brock Turner:

You frustrate me terribly. I don't understand your logic, and quite frankly, though I have tried to consider your point of view and failed, I don't want to understand your logic. He is a criminal. I truly hope that someday you open your eyes and see that. I hope that you open your minds and realize he and his family do not need or deserve your support; the victim does.

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