Sentences with phrase «speak against their abusers»

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It goes against our basic instincts to speak up, particularly when the abuser is a superior.

And this nonsense several keep spouting that to speak up against abuse is just as intolerant as the abusers are themselves is completely ridiculous.

The ultimate reality that I live with is that if my abuser had been Nathaniel Morales instead of Larry Nassar, if my enabler had been [an SGM pastor] instead of [MSU gymnastics coach] Kathie Klages, if the organization I was speaking out against was Sovereign Grace under the leadership of [Mahaney] instead of MSU under the leadership of Lou Anna Simon, I would not only not have evangelical support, I would be actively vilified and lied about by every single evangelical leader out there.

Also, even though they know who the abusers are, having seen what happens to those who risk standing up, speaking out and working against the wrong, they'd rather just clam up.

Cinderella's unwillingness to speak out against her abusers is, no doubt, part of the original fairy tale; the problem is that this film posits her stance of being courageous and kind as the equivalent to being passive and letting people steamroll over her.