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6 Months Just Was Not Enough

No one deserves to be hurt like her, but Brock Turner deserves everything that he gets.

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6 Months Just Was Not Enough
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To The Girl Behind The Dumpster:

I am so sorry. No human deserves what happened to you. All that I can honestly say is that I'm sorry. If I would've seen you there, I would've helped you. I would have protected you. I would've made sure that you got home safely. But, I wasn't there. He was. He hurt you. He made you hate yourself, and for that I am so sorry.

You did nothing wrong. This is not your fault. You are not the first person to drink too much, and you most definitely won't be the last.

I have never been hurt by a man like you were. I can't say that I know how you feel, and I won't say it, because I don't. I never will be able to know your anguish and how this affected you. Even after reading your letter, I am still not able to feel your anguish. I am just so sorry.

Even if I cannot feel how you feel, and I cannot give you advice on how to handle your feelings, you have support from me. I do not know you personally, but I support you. You are beautiful, you are kind, you are worth more than you know. You are more than just "20 minutes of action." You are a human being, and you should've been treated as such. Please do not ever forget that you are worthy, and you are dear to and loved by many people.

To The Boy Who Hurt Her:

You are a boy. You are not a man. A man wouldn't hurt a woman like you did. A man would've taken care of her if he found her. He would've put her in a cab and made sure she got home. But you didn't. You took advantage of a young woman. She did not give you her consent. She didn't even speak. Just because someone is drunk, doesn't give you a right to please yourself. And just because someone doesn't say no, doesn't mean that they are saying yes. You had no right to do what you did, and six months is not enough time to serve for what you did.

Six months is for petty crimes. What you did was a serious offense and should've been treated as such. An article that I read had a photo of you smiling and your swimming times at the bottom, and that sickens me. I do not care that you swim well, and I don't care that you have a nice picture of yourself. You deserve to have your mugshot all over the internet and the news. You deserve to be called an offender, not an athlete. You deserve every bad thing that can happen to you. You deserve to serve 25 years in prison, not six months in jail. The world would be a lot better place if everyone serving time had to stay until they truly felt sorry for what they did. If this were the case with you, you wouldn't get out for a very long time. You don't feel sorry for what you did, which is appalling. No one deserves what you did to her, no one. The only good thing about your conviction is that you will have to register as a sex offender, so everyone will know that you are a monster. I truly hope that one day, you feel sorry for what you did, for her sake. You owe her at least that.

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