Laila Mickelwait
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A lot of it is 18-year-olds who look underage, but a lot of it was actual teens that were in these videos and tweens.
A lot of it is 18-year-olds who look underage, but a lot of it was actual teens that were in these videos and tweens.
Yeah, I think that I have just been so immersed in all of this that it just doesn't really, I don't want to say it's like that I'm detached or that it's like a critical thing.
Yeah, I think that I have just been so immersed in all of this that it just doesn't really, I don't want to say it's like that I'm detached or that it's like a critical thing.
Yeah, I think that I have just been so immersed in all of this that it just doesn't really, I don't want to say it's like that I'm detached or that it's like a critical thing.
But see, this is the thing is that maybe at first it was uncomfortable for me to talk about it, but I forced myself because the thing is that I think people have to hear it. I don't want to talk in vague terms too much. And I was really trying to balance because I undershared. You may feel like this is so graphic and descriptive.
But see, this is the thing is that maybe at first it was uncomfortable for me to talk about it, but I forced myself because the thing is that I think people have to hear it. I don't want to talk in vague terms too much. And I was really trying to balance because I undershared. You may feel like this is so graphic and descriptive.
But see, this is the thing is that maybe at first it was uncomfortable for me to talk about it, but I forced myself because the thing is that I think people have to hear it. I don't want to talk in vague terms too much. And I was really trying to balance because I undershared. You may feel like this is so graphic and descriptive.
Yeah, I just got a Ukrainian translation book. offer. So we'll see how that goes. But I thought that it was important not to be vague, to be specific, because I think that a lot of people want to just disregard this as you're just oversensitive about this is really consensual content. You just don't understand. You don't know consensual.
Yeah, I just got a Ukrainian translation book. offer. So we'll see how that goes. But I thought that it was important not to be vague, to be specific, because I think that a lot of people want to just disregard this as you're just oversensitive about this is really consensual content. You just don't understand. You don't know consensual.
Yeah, I just got a Ukrainian translation book. offer. So we'll see how that goes. But I thought that it was important not to be vague, to be specific, because I think that a lot of people want to just disregard this as you're just oversensitive about this is really consensual content. You just don't understand. You don't know consensual.
Yeah, I would just say that, you know, one instance like the 15-year-old girl from Florida who's missing for a year and found in 58 videos on the site, that would be too much. But we know that the site was actually infested with videos of real sexual crime. That would be the spectrum of abuse. And this is not exaggerated.
Yeah, I would just say that, you know, one instance like the 15-year-old girl from Florida who's missing for a year and found in 58 videos on the site, that would be too much. But we know that the site was actually infested with videos of real sexual crime. That would be the spectrum of abuse. And this is not exaggerated.
Yeah, I would just say that, you know, one instance like the 15-year-old girl from Florida who's missing for a year and found in 58 videos on the site, that would be too much. But we know that the site was actually infested with videos of real sexual crime. That would be the spectrum of abuse. And this is not exaggerated.
Like most of the content on the site was legal and consensual, but too much of it was illegal. And that they were profiting from all of it and it was knowing. And so I guess that's just whataboutism too, because a lot of people say, what about this site? And what about that site? And say, okay, well, let's hold them accountable too. I'm focusing on this one predator.
Like most of the content on the site was legal and consensual, but too much of it was illegal. And that they were profiting from all of it and it was knowing. And so I guess that's just whataboutism too, because a lot of people say, what about this site? And what about that site? And say, okay, well, let's hold them accountable too. I'm focusing on this one predator.
Like most of the content on the site was legal and consensual, but too much of it was illegal. And that they were profiting from all of it and it was knowing. And so I guess that's just whataboutism too, because a lot of people say, what about this site? And what about that site? And say, okay, well, let's hold them accountable too. I'm focusing on this one predator.
We don't do that with individuals. Like when we see Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein, we don't say, we're not going to hold Jeffrey Epstein accountable because Harvey Weinstein was doing it too. Or Bill Cosby was also raping
We don't do that with individuals. Like when we see Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein, we don't say, we're not going to hold Jeffrey Epstein accountable because Harvey Weinstein was doing it too. Or Bill Cosby was also raping
We don't do that with individuals. Like when we see Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein, we don't say, we're not going to hold Jeffrey Epstein accountable because Harvey Weinstein was doing it too. Or Bill Cosby was also raping