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29 Apr, 7 tweets, 3 min read

https://twitter.com/magiciansbook/status/1387894854735351811

The principal that we all thought was creepy to us 7th-8th grade girls is in jail now.

Trust your instincts.

https://twitter.com/magiciansbook/status/1387894854735351811

here's that principal. it wasn't until a former student ran into him teaching at her own daughter's (different) school that he was finally investigated and prosecuted: washingtonpost.com/local/crime/fo…

and, when he finally was convicted, Ken Starr, Charlie Gibson, Nat Geo CEO/EIC Gilbert M. Grosvenor, and other luminaries pleaded for clemency. KNOWING HE MAY HAVE MOLESTED IF NOT THEIR OWN KIDS THEN THEIR FRIENDS.

gawker.com/he-took-the-ti…

Here are all the the disgusting letters that various famous and powerful parents wrote on behalf of this child molestor: documentcloud.org/documents/8351…

Here is but one paragraph from a SIX-PAGE letter that Laura Bush's aide wrote on his behalf, for example:

This is gutting: slate.com/human-interest…

slate.com/human-interest…

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I swear if you think of asking men to wear a mask as asking them to wear a condom, all the rage and disdain makes sense.

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