New lawsuit alleges M*rilyn M*nson groomed and abused an underage girl in the 90s

[silverstarry]

A new lawsuit was filed by a Jane Doe in Nassau County Supreme Court on Long Island, New York. This is the first suit to focus on sex crimes that allegedly took place earlier in Manson’s career. Brian Warner, as well as his former labels Interscope and Nothing Records, have been named as defendants. The charges against Warner are sexual battery and

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[motivace]

I wonder if given the power and admiration would every person just be awful piece of shit?

[dropdeadpirate]

Mostly the men. Hell, they don't even need the help.

[peddlestools]

I don't think so. I don't think everyone is capable of being that awful.

[inandoutofgrace]

I think everyone is capable of being that awful, so often I find myself thinking to make the immoral choice is so much easier. I think many people are capable of recognising right from wrong and choosing not to be awful.

[swissbeauty23]

idk I think there's layers to it and what he did was so, so calculated and malicious and repetitive that while we can be conditioned to act in evil ways, he's a different breed if that makes sense

[inandoutofgrace]

Sure. Some people are truly genuinely evil. I suppose I consider there to be levels of awful and many people are capable of the type of awful they wouldn’t demonstrate in their everyday lives, just because of consequences. Being a rockstar is its own set of privileges and power that enables far more awful than your average Joe and his misogyny

[swissbeauty23]

ia and I think it's a spectrum! but yeah, sadly, some people just lack empathy and genuinely enjoy hurting others and need no prompting

I think Manson is one of those

[possiblewerf]

no

[cricket]

I don't really believe that and I'm saying that as a pessimist.

We know that unchecked power and wealth corrupt, leading to diminished empathy, but I don't believe that everybody has the capacity or predilection for this kind of behaviour. Certainly, there are a lot of covert psychos out there who dream of being able to inflict abuse on others (especially men who feel they've been wronged by the universe), but I still have enough hope in humanity to doubt that the majority would take this route given the chance.

[poisonapple73]

Yeah, as a fellow pessimist, I agree. I think wealth does corrupt, often, but there's also an element of selection bias. The people who attain wealth and power are often able to rise that high because they have a lack of empathy and ethics. Better people dip out at some point when they realize what that level of success is going to ask of them.

[ty]

No, I don't think so.

[unintentionalty]

Maybe not but at that point you're surrounded by plenty of awful people which def normalizes awful behaviors.

[aleksie]

I don't want to put it out there, but I can think of several female celebrities who are almost if not entirely universally loved and there aren't murmurings about them being terrible.

[halevy]

Idk about that. A lot of men don't have power and admiration (outside basic male privilege) and they are still awful pieces of shit.

[swissbeauty23]

nah

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