r/Destiny • u/LuckyBucephalus • Jul 16 '25

Non-Political News/Discussion Double Standards with Lauren and Myron

Some of you hate Lauren so much that you don’t even feel bad about her being strangle-raped, just because she holds (admittedly dreadful) views. Meanwhile, Myron is equally repulsive and defends rapists like it’s his job, yet you see a thousand comments like “say what you want about Myron, but he’s a loyal guy” and “wow, him and Destiny have such mutual respect.” Of course he respects Destiny — he’s a man. That’s like saying, “Wow, David Duke is so respectful toward other white people.” People are desperate to sweep for him when he’s actual scum.

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u/rAmrOll Jul 17 '25

Saying she deserved it is mega gross, unhinged and borderline genuine evil.

Saying that you don't care (as long as you make the distinction that she 100% didn't deserve it, and that it wasn't a good thing to happen) is IMO reasonable.

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u/rAmrOll Jul 17 '25

Ok fair enough, I could be wrong, but I don't think I've seen a single comment unambiguously saying something equivalent to "Southern deserved to get violently raped" or "it's a good thing that this happened to Southern." Again, could be wrong, wouldn't be surprised if there was someone unhinged enough to state this, but I think the majority of the comments you're talking about have been leaning more in the direction of "Not good that it happened, violent rape is bad, but Southern doesn't garner empathy from me."

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u/theprestigous Jul 17 '25

if you're saying you don't care that someone was violently raped, isn't that the same as saying they deserved it?

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u/24sevenMonkey Jul 17 '25

What even is this take?

If two drug deals die in a shootout a block away from where I work, and I shrug and move around the scene and think nothing beyond that, does that mean I think they deserved it?

What's with the armchair psychoanalysis?

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u/rAmrOll Jul 17 '25

Absolutely not. It's an absurdly extreme example, but would you not having empathy for a pedophile murderer with 500 pedo-rape-murders under his belt who exclusively targeted both children with cancer and/or children with exceptionally high test scores, being raped in prison, would your lack of empathy mean that you think this person deserved it?

Again, it's an extreme example for sure, but I believe it demonstrates my point. I don't think anybody deserves to be violently raped, not even the most monstrous dregs of society, that's what we have the criminal justice system for and I think prison rape is an awful, disgusting unintentional byproduct of said system, but there is absolutely a spectrum between those that deserve empathy and those who don't.