I disagree. I think she got over her skies a bit, like I said it's probably more the fault of the media because every report I saw made it seem like there were rioters at her door, I don't think they instagram thing was wise considering other folks were actually in the capitol with the rioters and the cop thing was not great as well. I understand why she felt that way because yeah she would have been top of the list but IMO she made it to much about her. It is a story considering how people have come for me and Neo liberals.
And that's fine, when I started the thread I was hoping there was an explanation and there was one of sorts, I just don't think it was sufficient to what the narrative had been on the news channels and yeah that's not entirely her fault but IMO she played it up. There would not have been all this vitriol if some people had not started with the Neo Liberals talk and attacking me like I got a issue with AOC.
Haven't had the chance to read through this whole thread but I do think AOC probably did exaggerate but I don't begrudge her for feeling afraid even if she was in an adjoining building. I can understand why Mace and others are jumping on this but I don't think it's a pretty good look of them to downplay it either. To me that would be like telling someone who was in Brooklyn on 911 that their fear and uneasiness isn't that big of a deal considering they were on the other side of the East River. For me the only part of AOC's story that seems over the top is her description of the Capitol Hill Officer who came to get her. Her description makes it sound like he was out to get her when he was clearly there to help her.
That is what put it over the top for me at the end of the day this probably will be a side note. Did you know she was in a separate building?
I didn't know she was in a separate building but to be honest I hadn't thought much about AOC's experience that day. To me AOC's experience wasn't something that made me think any differently about what happened.
I watched the first ten minutes of her 90 minute video......,where she played with her hair no less than a dozen times, and I can only emphatically say: NOT GUILTY!!!
The fact that tunnels were compromised and pipe bombs were found around capitol hill means AOC has every right to feel her life was threatened. When I heard there were members still stuck in the building, my first reaction was why weren't they already in the tunnels and into safer buildings? I haven't followed up on the stories about plots to gas members of congress in those tunnels, but the stories are out there for her to make the outlandish claim of Ted calling for her murder. I guess it's a question of why she needs to exagerate on making it sound worse than it already was, but on the flipside, it's also petty and silly for the opposition to split hairs over details that are mostly factual and gloss over the severity of the mob invasion.
AOC and Rep. Jason Crow just gave an interview on CBS. She's saying that her response was based on the entirety of her life's experience. Crow is saying how trauma like that is outside of normal life experience and that there often is stigma placed on survivors. Both are saying that survivors' stories are often doubted and is one reason why many survivors of trauma don't seek help. One thing that Crow brought up is that they were getting notifications that the entire Capitol complex was overrun including the adjacent office buildings. As such it wasn't clear how far the attackers of the Capitol had gotten.
It's a BS narrative that has a negative impact on society (stigma placed on survivors - just tough it out, it's your fault). One lawmaker went out of her way: Except she said this also:
AOC was right to be freaked out for her life and @jiggyfly knows that which is why this thread is so odd. Every day AOC is a target to get .... you know. Those militia nutcases on the right are ALL obsessed with her, and there would be no greater badge of honor in MAGA Proud Boy land than to be the one who had found her in the Capital tunnels and did things to her. I'm not a woman so I'll never know exactly how it feels to know the fear of sexual assault, or the trauma of having lived through it, but I can imagine that there are few things in this world more terrifying. I agree with @jiggyfly on a whole range of issues, but he's just very wrong here, and should know better.
Please actually read what I have said. I never said she did not have that right, I have repeatedly said she has that right and should have felt especially scared.
Again please actually read what I wrote, I have never said she did not have that right. Once you read what my actual issues are get back with me.
