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And cover your face, hair, anything that makes you stand out.

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"Omg now that Johnny won no one would believe women -"

Imma stop you right there and now. No, you do not have Johnny to blame, you have AMBER for lying and abusing someone, to blame if nobody believes women. As someone who's watched my mother, my aunt, my uncle, my sister and myself, fall into the hands of abusers and watched them get away with it, I'm glad Johnny won, because no one woud say "Oh no he's a kind man he can't be abusive" or "she's just a woman she cannot be abusive" anymore. Johnny stuck out his neck for every Abuse victim and won for us. Amber used society's view to try and hide her lies. As someone who's followed the trial from 2016 (you can imagine how young I was back then) to 2022, you can never, ever tell me, with every evidence out there placed for the world to see that Amber isn't an abuser. We all know the first trial in the UK was unfair because the Sun was hiding the truth, even refusing any of his evidence because the relative of the judge wrote the headlines. The US Virginia court let both have their say and Amber exposed herself.

Maybe now I have hope that when I put out my evidence no one will silence me like what Amber tried to do with Johnny again. This gave me hope because as long as I say the truth I have nothing to fear.

And if you choose to hate on the women that spoke in defence of Johnny Depp, you ARE the one who doesn't like women. You only care about your own narrative of 'feminism' which is supporting and using misogynistic and archaic ways of thinking when it caters to your case, like pretending women cannot be shitty people too. In this case, Amber had the power because media bent to her will and Johnny had nothing left but evidence and the support of his lawyers and fans.

And fuck NBC and their shitty takes on this case btw.

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So the results of the Depp vs Heard case has unfortunately revealed to me that a few of the people I follow (a few of them for a very long time) are Heard supporters and the posts they reblog are along the lines of “it’s bad and will discourage victims from coming forward” while completely ignoring how it will be empowering for male victims who have largely been suffering in silence.

And it’s made me really think about an unfortunate fallacy in people’s thinking when it comes to various buzz phrases and buzz words used when talking about victims of abuse.

“Believe all women.”

Uh… no. A noble idea on the surface, but as has clearly been seen with Depp and Heard, that ideology is just opening the door for female perpetrators of abuse to take advantage of other people’s good will and desire to help victims.

A better phrase would be, “Listen to all victims.”

Emphasis on LISTEN. Not believe. You should never, EVER just believe someone blindly. Especially in something as serious as abuse allegations. But you should always be willing to LISTEN. Take the time to see what evidence comes forward. See what a judge and jury say if the allegations ever make it that far.

Blind belief is putting yourself at risk of being taken advantage of by people who have no qualms with lying through their teeth and telling you everything they think you want to hear.

Listen to all victims, but let the evidence speak for itself.

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I have so many thoughts about this Johnny Depp case. If you watched any of this trial you would know that the evidence simply did not point to Johnny Depp beating the shit out of Amber heard the way that she was saying he was and her claiming such was defamatory. Like objectively the evidence just was not on her side. I’m happy Johnny Depp won because it was blatantly clear that she was the aggressor in this relationship and there are even multiple recordings of her saying that she was hitting him. The fact that she took advantage of so many women’s pain and suffering to lie to torpedo this man’s career out of spite is absolutely disgusting. To try and capitalize on such an important and needed movement in history thinking that she would just be believed and that would be the end of it sets women back in decades. Because now all the misogynist and all the abusers are gonna point to this case and say “women lie”. So many victims are going to suffer because of her. I am absolutely disgusted by this. And to all the people who are happy that Johnny Depp won simply because he’s Johnny Depp, I urge you to look at this again and reevaluate why this is positive. It’s not that Johnny Depp prevailed, it’s that the victim of domestic abuse prevailed and was granted justice. domestic violence victims can come in all sexes all genders all races all nationalities. There’s even a recording of amber heard insinuating that no one would believe that Johnny is a victim of domestic assault simply because he’s a man. The saying should have never been “believe women” the saying should have been “believe victims”.  for once I’m glad that our justice system worked like it was supposed to and granted justice to someone who was suffering. 

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Please now when other women come out with DV allegations don't you dare go "oooh it's the next amber heard". She ruined all the victims and put women back years in their fight against abuse. We should trust women when they sat they are victims of domestic abuse. But we should also trust men when they say they are victims of domestic abuse.

Also fuck Amber Heard.

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“I loved you for so many fucking years, but you know what? You didn’t exist.”

—Johnny Depp to Amber Heard, in a recording presented as evidence in their recent defamation trial.

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this verdict is not a setback for women and survivors.

what amber heard did — weaponizing her womanhood, taking advantage of the MeToo movement, alienating actual victims, and lying in an attempt to further abuse and punish her actual victim —

that is a setback for women and survivors.

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If you support Amber Heard, block me right the fuck now. We do not support abusive, lying sacks of flaming garbage in this house.

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On June 1st 2022, Narcissistic Abuse Awareness Day, John Christopher Depp II won a defamation lawsuit proving his innocence, and rightfully condemning his abuser. Today is a good day.

Cheers to everyone who fought for the truth, may this be the start of a new chapter in the lives of victims and their journey to justice.

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"Veritas numquam perit. Truth never perishes"

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Since today's hot topic is Johnny Depp's victory in the libel suit against his ex-wife; I want to say that this is a big day, especially for male victims and survivors of DV.

No, this is not a loss in the #MeToo movement. If anything, I'd say the #MeToo movement needs to be more inclusive to male victims of abuse.

It's time that we believe all victims and survivors.

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"Tell the world, Johnny, tell them, 'Johnny Depp, I, a man, I'm a victim too of domestic violence' and see how many people believe or side with you."

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Growing up is actually all about realizing people don’t inherently dislike you and it’s a bit odd to assume they do

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I swear, someday I'm going to write a story in which every single character is named via illegible cursive that I find while filing.

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Recently a couple of the autistic kids I work with have inspired me with openly, unapologetically owning it.

Like one kid saying “if I don’t make eye contact it’s because I find that hard and it’s easier to concentrate on what you’re saying if I’m not looking at you.”

And another one asking for clarification of an ambiguous statement to check understanding instead of just hoping for the best.

And one saying “I’m going to stim now, this conversation is hard”

I have so much respect for them for being able to voice those things! It’s inspired me to try harder to do that instead of masking until I meltdown because I’m so scared of how people will react.

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i learned that slaveholders in the US knew that enslaved people were escaping to Mexico, the U.S. tried to get Mexico to sign a fugitive slave treaty, but Mexico refused to sign such a treaty, insisting that all enslaved people were free once they set foot on Mexican soil (x)

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Melissa Benoist said when Blake Jenner was abusing her, she started becoming violent in return out of anger of being abused & everyone understood. This was the same response Johnny Depp had to Amber Heard’s abuse but he’s the villain for some reason. It is very real that people can bring the worst out in you - that doesn’t mean you’re not the victim.