A kid shot a teacher in the stomach in Virginia. They tried to say “workman’s comp”. A Walmart employee in Virginia shot up the employee lounge (and the rest of the store) and guess what they said. Workman’s comp
RAPE will continue to be a problem until we no longer have to bleep the word when discussing it...Plus, the person doing the rape should not be called a "rapist" which sounds to close to "artist, scientist, activist and florist". Instead, they should be called RAPER!
You'll have to excuse my ignorance, American isn't my first language. Doesn't this mean that it occurred during her employment/work activities so for a private case that would have to be done under employment law? Rather than the suggestion that the act of being raped is a job requirement.
The captain, Yamil Sanchez Padilla, voluntarily surrendered his merchant mariner credentials (MMC). It's typically a permanent and irrevocable action, in which he waives any rights to hearings, appeal, or judicial review. An MMC is the documents which allow a sailor to work at sea. He got fired permanently, and won't be allowed to work on any vessel at sea again (military or commercial).
Hegseth needs to have a train run on him by an entire battalion. They gotta salute afterwards, as they are simply following their duty. He can't tell anybody either, as it would violate the don't ask don't tell policy.
I think it means that she was raped while within the course of completing her duties, since you don't get time off on a ship. If you get raped at any workplace that is partially responsible for that action, you would also file a workman's comp claim against the employer.
1: I'm so fucking tired of the assaulted person's name is never protected and always in the news but yet we never drag the name of the assaulter never gets put on blast in the news 2: the fact they didn't use a military rank behind the person's name and given workman's comp makes me wonder if she was a civilian and they are just letting her drop not only cause she is a woman but because she is a civi. 3: the military has a huge history of this and maybe 3 hour command briefs isn't the answer
I get what you mean but often these are the ways in which some news gets any visibility at all, considering news channels are owned by special interest groups that are not interested in giving you the news.
The goal is to get women out of the military. By making the military unwelcoming or even hostile toward women they can point it out and say, "see. I told you. women aren't a good fit for the military."
Typical GOP play. break the thing you don't want people to like so you can show them how broken it is.
Yes and no. Rape in the military has been an issue for a long time and Republicans have been basically pro-rape for a while now too. I'm sure they want to "de-woke the military" or whatever but this was also a problem back in the 90s and all throughout or failed war on terror. These are not new problems.
Who's joking? Its a terrible thing. Like the american military. Well merica in general actually. Yall love rape so much you elected a convicted rapist.
But yes. IM the piece of shit for pointing out facts. How very murican of you.
I dislike the fact that the word Rape gets censored. It's the act that is horrible, not the word. I feel like we censored it to soften it, like "boys will be boys". The idea of the act should instill unease and we should be outraged what happened to Elsie and the injustice she is dealing with. I feel like the censorship is for people who get more offend at the word than the act.
The people that get offended are advertisers who don't want their products next to words or content dealing with rape, torture, suicide, killings and all the other not so fun stuff, to prevent negative association.
This might sound weird and I'm probably in a distinct minority judging from the comments but I find that the jarring gaps in audio make it *more* impactful because my brain is forced to say the word instead.
That's interesting your brain breaks down the information that way ( I mean that sincerely, it's like some people don't see pictures in their head only words). I'm curious what happens when they use silly fill words like "unalive" or the worst "grape.?"
Yeah I can't see shit with my mind's eye either. Those fill words are sorted a bit like autocorrect - 'grape' is a rhyme so unless they put really heavy emphasis on the 'g' there's minimal distance between the words. 'Unalived' is more of a translation between languages so there's a bit of a lag from that point on because I spent a second substituting the word and I'm playing catch-up.
Yep. It's to avoid bot moderation most times. They scan something and find the word said or printed/subtitled on screen the thing's either removed or blocked in some form because the platforms don't want to be associated with it. Same for various other words/topics.
It's the same as the whole 'unalive' thing. It started with youtubers not wanting to be demonetized and has spiraled into this whole thing where people are afraid to say suicide, rape, murder, and a whole slew of other things. It seems like white washing because it is.
I'd love to get to a place where this stops. Swear words like fuck, I mean... grow up you, your ears won't melt... but I can somewhat understand it. However, not being allowed to use words like death, rape, suicide, paedophilia, genocide etc just takes away from how fucking awful those things are. No one is censoring the victims' agony.
In IRL conversations I've started blatantly saying "fucking children" instead of the dreaded P word. People flinch at that and get uncomfortable - good!
Even worse. Self-censorship is only the start, but if it goes on for long enough people will become unable to clearly address problems because they lack the vocabulary.
If you control the language, you control the thinking and the ways to influence how people think and feel about stuff. e.g. If the word rape gets you demonetised, the talking about it will be left to the people who can afford being demonetised, not everyone who has something to say about it.
I think the issue is more that content creators understand that a platforms algorithm may reduce who sees the content if they don’t censor some things. And people won’t even see the content they just put out. Or comments don’t get seen, etc. Obviously demonetization is part of that. But for accounts that aren’t, it’s still an issue.
But I agree. It’s gotten to be ridiculous with censorship.
Agatsu74
It may be time to stick a dildo up Hegseth's ass when he visits a military installation.
NothingPrince
By the Captain, so what else has he done?
forgotiwasfine
A kid shot a teacher in the stomach in Virginia. They tried to say “workman’s comp”. A Walmart employee in Virginia shot up the employee lounge (and the rest of the store) and guess what they said. Workman’s comp
RetrogradeLlama
No tok on Imgur.
defensivebackhair
Brought to you buy the country that rapes women and children
I wish this nazi and every rapist a very hot poker up the ass, Vlad the Impaler style.
Pantallideth
Well here's hoping when Hegswth goes to prison he gets raped to death.
OrkenMork
RAPE will continue to be a problem until we no longer have to bleep the word when discussing it...Plus, the person doing the rape should not be called a "rapist" which sounds to close to "artist, scientist, activist and florist". Instead, they should be called RAPER!
Ijustwantquiet
I bet Hegseth would support 'comfort women' the way. the Japanese military used to.
brownribbon
This isn’t on Whiskeyleaks. It’s on the judge.
Magus25
Who wants to take one for the team and give Hegseth what he deserves as part of the job? Ladies strap ons are valid.
Che07
What do you expect when a convicted rapist and an alcoholic moron are in charge? This is so disgusting, it makes me want to puke.
xeoxion
Hey look another talking head repost from tick tok by you again with no source to what she’s talking about.
You are just a bot point farmer.
snailbait
Seems to me like there would be a separate civil and criminal case.
GuMaiChaiFarangWoi
https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1eDRzZjU2N3JzMHgzZnN2NGU2NWxkdnp5b2ViYzU4Y3ZpYjBpODI5ZyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/TdiblV5cHPItPKqD4O/200w.webp
dashers
You'll have to excuse my ignorance, American isn't my first language. Doesn't this mean that it occurred during her employment/work activities so for a private case that would have to be done under employment law? Rather than the suggestion that the act of being raped is a job requirement.
GrandFubar
You're right, and this is why her case was dismissed and she was told it had to go through a different court.
GrandFubar
The captain, Yamil Sanchez Padilla, voluntarily surrendered his merchant mariner credentials (MMC). It's typically a permanent and irrevocable action, in which he waives any rights to hearings, appeal, or judicial review. An MMC is the documents which allow a sailor to work at sea.
He got fired permanently, and won't be allowed to work on any vessel at sea again (military or commercial).
TheVillageGrouch9000
Normalizing rape. 2027 is going to suck.
TheOneFreiman
Hegseth needs to have a train run on him by an entire battalion. They gotta salute afterwards, as they are simply following their duty. He can't tell anybody either, as it would violate the don't ask don't tell policy.
Sonicschilidogs
I think it means that she was raped while within the course of completing her duties, since you don't get time off on a ship. If you get raped at any workplace that is partially responsible for that action, you would also file a workman's comp claim against the employer.
igetit41
The captain?? The captain was raping her?? jfc
Scahrossar
While disgustring, this has nothing to do with Hegseth or the current administration but the US military as a whole.
Niagaran
US military is full of war criminals. ACAB - and the military is cut from the same cloth as cops
getadogupya
That is a hyperbolic reading.
ASkepticalGamer
Sauce
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2026-08-25/lawsuit-workers-comp-sexual-assault-navy-ship-22658787.html
Covidien8768
1: I'm so fucking tired of the assaulted person's name is never protected and always in the news but yet we never drag the name of the assaulter never gets put on blast in the news
2: the fact they didn't use a military rank behind the person's name and given workman's comp makes me wonder if she was a civilian and they are just letting her drop not only cause she is a woman but because she is a civi.
3: the military has a huge history of this and maybe 3 hour command briefs isn't the answer
RetrogradeLlama
No, no, no, watch the “influencer” presented version.
How are these people supposed to make a living if you don’t watch their channel?
ckmnstr
I get what you mean but often these are the ways in which some news gets any visibility at all, considering news channels are owned by special interest groups that are not interested in giving you the news.
RetrogradeLlama
Or... follow me on this: you could read in five to twelve seconds what these point suckers take three minutes to tell you.
ckmnstr
How did you discover this bit of news? I discovered it by watching this video.
J3lek
The goal is to get women out of the military. By making the military unwelcoming or even hostile toward women they can point it out and say, "see. I told you. women aren't a good fit for the military."
Typical GOP play. break the thing you don't want people to like so you can show them how broken it is.
figuringeights
These tactics work though. This is why things like rape are an everyone problem
VoidScreamer
Less about women in military (she was a civilian) and more about legalizing rape, at least that's how I see it. One step at a time.
cytherians
The Republican Party needs to be outlawed.
Haemaelaeinen
They fucking rape other men in the military too. It's no wonder why so many US merc army vets killed themselves.
riverpubby
She wasnt even in the fucking military, she was acting in a civilian capacity
(Not cussing at you, to be clear, just absolutely fucking furious at the situation)
GiantShortstacks
Yes and no. Rape in the military has been an issue for a long time and Republicans have been basically pro-rape for a while now too. I'm sure they want to "de-woke the military" or whatever but this was also a problem back in the 90s and all throughout or failed war on terror. These are not new problems.
Scahrossar
Its also not just a Republican thing. Its an institutionalised thing.
JaceCameron
Isnt that the only way murican soldiers can get any? That and "ooh look i have health care that works sometimes"
bamblebimble
Joking about being raped as the only way some people can get any? What an absolute piece of shit you are
JaceCameron
Who's joking? Its a terrible thing. Like the american military. Well merica in general actually. Yall love rape so much you elected a convicted rapist.
But yes. IM the piece of shit for pointing out facts. How very murican of you.
Niagaran
The US is taking a page out of Israel's playbook where rape is part of the culture
JaceCameron
And pointing it out is FAR worse than the allowance, encouragement, and act.
Niagaran
The downvoters seem to be a big fan of American war crimes and rape 🤷🏻
Guisso14
If she stayed on for 2 years and took a year off... woud that have been under biden?
Zeridos
It says in the text that is shown in the video that she was raped on December 18, 2021. So yes, this happened in Biden's first year. Why?
QuitLookinAtMineAim
Because the post says it was drunk Pete's military, probably.
getadogupya
That is talking about the court ruling.
QuitLookinAtMineAim
When was the ruling? Be neat to have some sauce handy, eh?
getadogupya
Sure would.
Zeridos
This month. https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2026-08-25/lawsuit-workers-comp-sexual-assault-navy-ship-22658787.html
herrklank
I dislike the fact that the word Rape gets censored. It's the act that is horrible, not the word. I feel like we censored it to soften it, like "boys will be boys". The idea of the act should instill unease and we should be outraged what happened to Elsie and the injustice she is dealing with. I feel like the censorship is for people who get more offend at the word than the act.
MarsIsAfire
This is probably the worst timeline.
YouRadicalizedMe
Fucking rapests
Ein0r
The people that get offended are advertisers who don't want their products next to words or content dealing with rape, torture, suicide, killings and all the other not so fun stuff, to prevent negative association.
AliciaTransmuted
I wholeheartedly agree. It reminds me of the following quote.
“The victimization of children is nowhere forbidden; what is forbidden is to write about it.”
~ Alice Miller
herrklank
Yes, that is a perfect quote.
huffnpuff72
Algorithms aren't smart enough to discern between hate speech and valid discussion of horrible things.
diemajorthrilldie
This might sound weird and I'm probably in a distinct minority judging from the comments but I find that the jarring gaps in audio make it *more* impactful because my brain is forced to say the word instead.
herrklank
That's interesting your brain breaks down the information that way ( I mean that sincerely, it's like some people don't see pictures in their head only words). I'm curious what happens when they use silly fill words like "unalive" or the worst "grape.?"
diemajorthrilldie
Yeah I can't see shit with my mind's eye either. Those fill words are sorted a bit like autocorrect - 'grape' is a rhyme so unless they put really heavy emphasis on the 'g' there's minimal distance between the words. 'Unalived' is more of a translation between languages so there's a bit of a lag from that point on because I spent a second substituting the word and I'm playing catch-up.
Osiricus
That is a poignant observation and sadly accurate.
QuitLookinAtMineAim
And rapist, as in, Yamil Sanchez Padilla the fucking rapist.
Sipmonsnsn
Advertiser friendly is the keyword
startedfromlurkingnowimhere
Exactly. I’m entirely uncomfortable with having to censor the word, as if word is part of the problem. Well said.
nintendude84
Well said. I agree completely.
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
They probably do it because the platform would hide or reduce the post's visibility if they didn't
TheVampireDante
Yep. It's to avoid bot moderation most times. They scan something and find the word said or printed/subtitled on screen the thing's either removed or blocked in some form because the platforms don't want to be associated with it. Same for various other words/topics.
DragonThunderUndertaking
It's the same as the whole 'unalive' thing. It started with youtubers not wanting to be demonetized and has spiraled into this whole thing where people are afraid to say suicide, rape, murder, and a whole slew of other things. It seems like white washing because it is.
bamblebimble
Because they'll get demonetized, or age restricted, or shadow banned, or actually banned. It wouldn't happen here, but it would on most social media
lickwidghost
I'd love to get to a place where this stops. Swear words like fuck, I mean... grow up you, your ears won't melt... but I can somewhat understand it. However, not being allowed to use words like death, rape, suicide, paedophilia, genocide etc just takes away from how fucking awful those things are. No one is censoring the victims' agony.
In IRL conversations I've started blatantly saying "fucking children" instead of the dreaded P word. People flinch at that and get uncomfortable - good!
TheWombatStrikesAgain
Even worse. Self-censorship is only the start, but if it goes on for long enough people will become unable to clearly address problems because they lack the vocabulary.
If you control the language, you control the thinking and the ways to influence how people think and feel about stuff. e.g. If the word rape gets you demonetised, the talking about it will be left to the people who can afford being demonetised, not everyone who has something to say about it.
Theniyaal
That sounds double plus ungood.
NicolWitTerror
I think the issue is more that content creators understand that a platforms algorithm may reduce who sees the content if they don’t censor some things. And people won’t even see the content they just put out. Or comments don’t get seen, etc. Obviously demonetization is part of that. But for accounts that aren’t, it’s still an issue.
But I agree. It’s gotten to be ridiculous with censorship.
Cookiesnm1lk
but hey, the part of free speech is in power, SURELY all these restrictions will be removed. right? /s