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Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis apologize over letters of support for Danny Masterson (abcnews.go.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The three women were members of the Church of Scientology, as is Masterson. All three women said they were initially hesitant to speak to law enforcement because they said church teachings discouraged reporting to police. The women eventually left the church.

Cults are bad, people. Religion is bad because it's a normalized / accepted cult. Eff this guy.

I noticed that Topher Grace didn't get mentioned for writing a letter to the judge. I've never thought he's a great actor (he was pretty good in Traffic), but I like him a bit more now.

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[–] [email protected] 86 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

I don't know about you guys, but if a great friend and coworker I knew to be an upstanding person got accused of raping people I didn't know, I'd be with my friend all the way.

When it comes out they actually did the thing? You condemn what they did.

This isn't some weird 'gotcha'. This is people who like to scrutinize people who watch the Kardashians essentially doing the same thing on the internet lol.

Having your trust and integrity betrayed is one of the most human and humbling moments possible. One which anybody who's had more than two friends or a family in their life has ALREADY gone through.

What a pile of low life tabloid shitmongery.

Don't be a fucking hypocrite. Do you want people to change their opinions with new information or not?

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I mean, their letter wasn't written after he was accused though, it was written after he was convicted of it. They weren't merely expressing shock or disbelief, they were trying to provide a character witness to try to reduce his sentence on his RAPE CONVICTION.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I absolutely hate this situation and I was going to write a whole thing about how we wouldn't do the same thing if an upstanding husband and father was convicted of murder, except oh yes people literally actually do do the same thing. You'll literally have letters written like "he made a mistake but he has kids at home please go easy on him" as if actual murder isn't a pretty big disqualifier.

I guess we humans have a blind spot to the most common sins versus the mythical perfect criminal who spits on babies and hails satan...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I still believe in forgiveness when people admit their wrongs and explain their thought process without bullshit. We all make mistakes, sometimes really stupid ones.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure if anyone involved actually admitted their wrongs, it sounds like Ashton is sorry people felt bad not that he did it