Serena Williams was Right?

[n david]

Originally Posted by J4Truth

The simple reality is its good advice to give to a non-victim, but the moment you tell a victim of all the mistakes they made that led to them being a victim in the first place you're going to come off as blaming them for even being a victim. Can't really escape that reality, especially when most people that is a victim to some kind of traumatic experience would probably rack their brains on all the "wouldas" "shouldas" couldas" that made them a victim in the first place. Essentially, on some level, they already blame themselves at least in part.

Hit the nail on the head with this. It would have been fine if Serena was talking anonymously about girls in general; I agree it's great advice. However, because she was talking about a victim, it was an insensitive and stupid statement to make.

Her non-apology apology was just as insensitive and offensive as the original statement, IMO. In the link given, she refers to what she "supposedly" said; making the insinuation that the Rolling Stone lied and made it up. Then she said the rapists "did something stupid." She didn't say it was wrong, at least not per the article in the link. She didn't say it was reprehensible. She didn't say anything other than it was "something stupid."

Tagging (spray paint vandalism) is doing "something stupid." "Twerking" is doing "something stupid." Yelling at tennis Judges and whining about penalties is doing "something stupid." Serena knows a lot about that. However, plying a teenage girl with alcohol, then raping and taking nude photos of her is NOT "something stupid."

Serena should shut her mouth about others and focus on her own issues. She's a home-wrecker. She's dating a man who is a husband and father and is now getting a divorce from his wife.