gracietalking

Writer in training, abuse survivor, Joan of Arc fangirl, friend of a small black cat. One-person ecumenical movement.

[Tammy Duckworth @SenDuckworth]

When a foreign adversary threatens our troops, we expect our Commander in Chief to act.

If Trump has done anything to stand up to reported Russian bounties, we still don't know about it.

It’s been 24 days. We need an open hearing to find out if our troops are protected.

[gracietalking @gracietalking]

Well, he had to say something sensible someday, and yesterday was the day.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

We cannot give up liberty for security. Local law enforcement can and should be handling these situations in our cities but there is no place for federal troops or unidentified federal agents rounding people up at will. https://t.co/vkSHmlOzDW

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

Surgeon General Jerome Adams says on Fox News, "I'm pleading with your viewers, I'm begging you, please understand that we are not trying to take away your freedoms when we say wear a face covering."

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

BREAKING: @AOC and @EleanorNorton to introduce bill that would require federal law enforcement officers to display identification when on duty, staffers tell me https://t.co/q4W1g0k5P5

[gracietalking @gracietalking]

@DavidBrodyCBN @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @WhiteHouse He had the clergy of that church and peaceful protestors TEARGASSED and shot with rubber bullets so he could hold a Bible upside down. Does that meet with your approval?

[gracietalking @gracietalking]

@Thom_Hartmann Whom would Jesus teargas? #wwjtg

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@SenBobCasey Whom would Jesus teargas? #wwjtg

[gracietalking @gracietalking]

Whom would Jesus teargas? #wwjtg

[gracietalking @gracietalking]

@JohnAyr12294351 @oliverdarcy The Bishop is a woman.

[gracietalking @gracietalking]

@Pontifex I will pray for all the survivors who are not believed.

[gracietalking @gracietalking]

@ArmisteadCheryl @jannaKlos His letters quoted in this piece are deeply disturbing, as though he realizes his own abusive behavior but is hiding it behind piety and calls for forgiveness.

[Cheryl Armistead 🇨🇦 @ArmisteadCheryl]

One of the better insights available. MUST READ: Johnson: Moral blindness and the fall of Jean Vanier https://t.co/QGngq9TTvU

[Reverend Michael Coren @michaelcoren]

It simply won't do to try to minimize the crimes of #JeanVanier because of the good that he did. That good, those works, created a reputation that then enabled him to hurt others, and because of his status and lack of accountability to get away with it.

[gracietalking @gracietalking]

This. And all he would have had to do was single out the nonverbal ones, and no one would ever know.

[Liz @Lizbeth_City]

Here's the problem folks.
These 6 women are not the end of it.
He LIVED in L'Arche community ities with developmentally/intellectually Disabled folks for years.
They have a WAY higher risk of abuse/assault. https://t.co/bvc56Lc69A

[gracietalking @gracietalking]

@DanHoranOFM We are all capable of good and evil. Many of us choose not to practice both deliberately for decades and lie about the evil.

[Prof David Clough @dlclough.bsky.social @DLClough]

Once we’ve recovered from the shock of the news about Jean Vanier, we need quickly to move on to how we recognize and stop the men currently using their spiritual authority to abuse women and children. I’m hoping this conference at Chester is one place to start.

[gracietalking @gracietalking]

@DanHoranOFM We have few resources because the Church has covered up the evil for centuries. The case of Vanier's mentor, Thomas Philippe OP, is telling. He was censured in 1956 and then allowed to minister for decades.

[Laila Mickelwait @LailaMickelwait]

People have been calling on me to start a petition to shut down Pornhub and hold its executives accountable. Here it is. Please sign and share. https://t.co/llzoBsr1Jd

[gracietalking @gracietalking]

@washingtonpost If you do not reverse your actions against Felicia Sonmez, I will unsubscribe. She did nothing wrong and your actions are censorship.

[gracietalking @gracietalking]

@maddow GOP line about "he was nice in this call so he can't have been extorting in another" is the classic defense of abusers: if he wasn't abusive every time, he wasn't really an abuser.