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Aug 20, 2019 6 tweets 2 min read Read on X
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.

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No, we aren't moving on from the Epstein Files. We aren't moving on from trafficking and child rape. And no, @realDonaldTrump, we aren't buying the idea that the files never existed, or were faked by Obama, or whatever new story you come up with.

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We remember "Katie Johnson", who sued you for forcible rape, alleging that when she was 13 years old you and Jeffery Epstein violently assaulted her at four events in Epstein's home in 1994.

We remember "Katie".
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Tiffany Thigpen, and Christa Brown, because the wounds, especially of betrayal, are poured out every day, and again today.

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Tiffany and Christa's stories and the cover-up and mistreatment is painstakingly documented, even in audio recordings.

There is no reason, ever, to not simply tell the truth and refute lies.
A conversation I had with a male leader in the SBC is everything:

"Was what I said in that meeting untrue in any way?"

"No, it was true, and I actually agree that it needed to be said."

"Was I disrespectful in my tone or words at all? Something I should do differently?"
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Notable findings from the dismissal of Hunt's lawsuit -

1 – “alleged sexual misconduct involving clergy members and how such matters are handled” are “matters of public concern”. Including the letter sent from the Credentials Committee to a church platforming Hunt.
Meaning, yes, there is a public interest need and benefit in properly communicating allegations of sexual misconduct.
2 – Guidepost and the Executive Committee were neither reckless, nor negligent.

“The undisputed evidence demonstrates that Guidepost actively sought to compile a factually-accurate and complete report."

The Court's words are enough:
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Another precious survivor I've had the privilege of communicating with, who was crushed by MacArthur and Grace Community Church. She won full custody of her children with her abusive ex limited to supervised visitation only. If you know anything about this process, you know...
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Men of God, does it not concern you at all, that you missed this? That you counseled so dangerously? Do you not want to understand how and why, you could not or would not see?
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Would create serious harm.

The errors noted in the ruling from a few days ago were entirely preventable. They were warned of directly. Sound alternatives were recommended repeatedly.

Model systems used in other entities were recommended.
No less than four attorneys, all of whom have levels of expertise in this field and one of who specializes in the constitutionality of offender registries, repeatedly warned of these risks and urged adoption of clear, measurable policies. All went unheeded.
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I know conservative Christian therapists in the area who, while tightly protecting confidentiality, have likewise expressed serious concern at what they have seen in their professional sphere, from students coming out of HLS.
The words of those who have spoken out are worth heeding. Read them for yourself.

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