It is really weird to me that so many of you are making jokes about the whole Armie Hammer cannibalism thing while his victims are still so ashamed and terrified of those very same details that they’re literally suicidal.
I promise that your “he bit off more than he could chew” joke can wait a few weeks instead of adding to an already growing pile of reasons that victims are embarrassed to come forward because they don’t think the claims are being taken seriously.
Maybe I’m being over sensitive but I think it sucks that the vast majority of replies to updates about the Armie Hammer case are jokes about cannibalism instead of literally any kind of solidarity or support for the victims.
I can’t imagine how much it would suck to come forward about something as dark and horrific and traumatic as what Armie Hammer’s victims went through only to be met by constant cannibalism puns whenever I tried to tell my story or get justice.
These are all in response to just ONE tweet about the Armie Hammer situation... No wonder victims are terrified and ashamed to come forward when everyone is treating it like a joke.
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Last night, @billmaher discussed the Armie Hammer case on his @HBO show. The conversation included several completely inaccurate details. With a platform as large as his, the misinformation he spreads is incredibly harmful to domestic violence and sexual assault victims.
Bill Maher and his guest @MattWelch repeatedly said that the incidents of sexual assault and domestic violence alleged by Armie Hammer’s victims were consensual.
This is absolutely NOT the case.
Armie Hammer is not some guy with a kink. He committed domestic violence and rape.
Bill Maher claimed the women “who were objecting this now, who went out with Armie Hammer willingly and stayed in willingly and apparently there wasn’t physical bad stuff happening.”
This is inaccurate and perpetuates a culture of ignorance about the nature of domestic violence.
When we frame abuse in the music industry as some kind of dirty little secret instead of a known, ongoing problem that people actively choose to disregard, we are doing a serious disservice to victims and skirting overdue accountability of the many people who are complicit.
For decades, so many people knew exactly who Marilyn Manson was, and they did nothing. There were so many times when Manson proudly shared stories of the abuse he inflicted on others. In response, his label, managers, colleagues, and music executives chose to look the other way.
In 2009, Manson hired an Evan Rachel Wood lookalike and filmed a disturbing music video of him beating her. This was completely public. We watched. We did nothing.