Steve QJ
Oct 24, 2021

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No, clearly I don't believe that. I believe that the vicious and unfair abuse she received for defending the jokes in a comedy special were damaging to her already fragile mental health.

Nobody in a healthy mental state kills themselves, full stop. And no one factor is responsible for the decision to do so. As you said, I clairified that already.

Dorman's family were vague about the cause of her suicide because a) they probably don't entirely know, and b) it's nobody's business.

But again, if some "right-wing" shill had unleashed his fans on a trans person and they'd been subjected to a huge pile-on online, I don't think for a second that you'd be struggling to see the issue.

It's the selective nature of this empathy and outrage which is the entire point of the piece.

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Steve QJ
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