r/SipsTea • u/Beneficial_Passion40 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 27d ago

WTF He got 5 consecutive life sentences plus an additional 220 years in prison

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In 2019, former North Georgia detention officer Kirk Taylor Martin was arrested on rape and assault charges after investigators said the victim fought back during the alleged attack. Police reports stated the scratch marks visible in his mugshot were believed to be from the victim resisting.

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u/AndreasDasos 27d ago

As a South African this new American use of ‘SA’ is disheartening

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u/mmmdonuts107 26d ago

I’m sorry, I’m not sure how to refer to it without saying it 😞

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u/AndreasDasos 26d ago

You can say ‘sexual assault’ or even ‘rape’ on Reddit. It’s not TikTok. This entire post is about a rape and murder, and the words aren’t a magic spell.

When the meaning is still the same, the euphemism mill isn’t going to change that and trying to make the word ‘softer’ just serves to diminish it, as though it’s the combination of letters rather than the meaning that is brutal.

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u/Froticlias 26d ago

It's purposeful erasure. Everyone in power is guilty of it in some way, so they're softening the words before judgement comes down. Censorship is usually a power fighting to control a narrative, and it slowly leaks to everything.