• GormadtOP
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    For context: Louis Rossman is a prominent figure in the Right to Repair movement and a YouTuber with over 2 million subscribers.

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      I do appreciate the work he does but his obsession with calling bad consumer practices rape is very manospheric and minimises actual SA and rape.

      • Treble
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        Meanwhile, I object the normalisation of shitty, dishonest businesses changing the terms on their customers and not taking ‘no’ for an answer.

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          Then don’t you think it’s a shame that someone who is so outspoken against those practices is alienating a chunk of his audience?

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            By saying what needs to be said? No.

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              Can you explain why you believe the word “rape” needs to be said in this context?

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                  6 hours ago

                  Honestly, as a survivor of sexual assault, we find this comment to be really awful.

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                    I am too, kindly don’t presume you speak for anyone but yourse thanks.

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          As someone who was raped and violently sexually assaulted, I’d very much appreciate you not doing that. The impact of those things are incomparable to the electric bill that was forced on me from before I moved into my property. Money might be the kind of thing that you need to properly support life but sexually violation of the body requires completely adjusting your thought patterns. It becomes a core part of your humanity. Money is money.

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      Don’t get me wrong, I’m totally here for it,

      But I’m not entirely sure what context that’s adding to the subject of the image

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      Ok sure, but is he breaking into people’s houses to give greenies to strange cats and fix random boards?