Thread by @R_Denhollander

Try any of these: (thread)

- We apologize to (specific gymnasts) who warned about the abusive culture years ago. WE SHOULD HAVE LISTENED. We need their help now, and we are listening and believing and implementing what they are telling us.

2 - Survivors aren't being angry and demanding. They are right. We don't have a PR problem, we have a serious abuse problem, because we didn't listen for years.

Instead of blaming survivors, blame abusive coaches and silent enablers. The survivors are our allies (just try that)

3 - Instead of "but not all coaches are abusers!" and acting as if you are the victims of a bad press campaign, start helping us identify who the abusers/enablers are, and remove them. Prove to us you know what abusers look like, so we can trust when you say a coach isn't one.

4 - Pick something that went wrong, and just admit it. Name an abusive coach you should have stopped, because the abuse was right there for all to see.

Pick something that went on at the Ranch and say "we never should have allowed this."

Admit a mistake. Pick one. Just ONE.

5 - Pick a testimony from an elite gymnast revealing the devastation they suffered and the permanent effects, and admit the truth of what they are saying. Admit the horrific damage, and WHY that damage happened.

Validate ONE of your elite athletes who has spoken out. Pick ONE.

Until you can do one of these things (we've been asking for years), stop telling us you are treating this with urgency. You haven't admitted ONE problem yet.

You can't fix what you refuse to see and admit. Stop treating this like it's a problem with our perspective and your PR.