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Ruby Franke
Apr. 2nd, 2024 10:17 amStayed up late last night watching the 20/20 doc on Ruby Franke...god. Not the best thing to watch before going to bed.
Kudos to Jessi Hildebrandt for that ending message though. They sign off by saying essentially, "We can't lose sight of the fact that this happens all the time. This particular case seems so awful and dramatic that we think it can't possibly happen in our communities or families, but it IS happening." Basically calling out these religious communities where this type of abuse is normalized. Not every parent gets into the exact strange circumstances that allowed Ruby Franke to imprison and starve her kids with therapist approval, but those punishments, that language and mindset, are very common in places like rural Ohio where I grew up.
Kudos to Jessi Hildebrandt for that ending message though. They sign off by saying essentially, "We can't lose sight of the fact that this happens all the time. This particular case seems so awful and dramatic that we think it can't possibly happen in our communities or families, but it IS happening." Basically calling out these religious communities where this type of abuse is normalized. Not every parent gets into the exact strange circumstances that allowed Ruby Franke to imprison and starve her kids with therapist approval, but those punishments, that language and mindset, are very common in places like rural Ohio where I grew up.
