Welcome To The Calling Out Bullshit Series

This is a space for clarity, courage, and confrontation. We are here to expose the lies, distortions, and half-truths that shape our lives. If this analysis rings true, do not wait for permission to treat it as legitimate. Amplify it. Share it deliberately, not algorithmically. History does not reward the most polite arguments; it records the ones that refused to disappear.

The Physical Evidence of Ownership

• The Scars: Marks from being burned with cigarettes. Physical torture used as a tool for compliance.
• The Brand: The forced tattoo—"Ethan’s Slave"—the literal marking of a human being as property.
• The Victim gets Criminalized: The final act of systemic violence where the survivor is punished while the structures of power remain intact.

Naming the Erasure

There is a reason people react viscerally to torture language around Jeffrey Epstein. It isn’t QAnon. It isn’t TikTok hysteria. It isn’t mass delusion. It is survivor testimony.

In her article,“I Loved the Torture Video,”writer Jessica Reed Kraus frames public outrage as "reckless cancellation." To do so, she must intentionally ignore the sworn testimony and federal prosecutions that define this case.

This is not rumor. A jury convicted Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking minors. Survivors described:

• Being recruited as minors.
• Being pressured into escalating sexual acts.
• Being isolated, manipulated, and intimidated.
• Being treated as disposable objects for the gratification of powerful men.

In trafficking systems, coercion and degradation are not side effects—they are mechanisms. The power dynamic is the engine. Humiliation and domination are how compliance is extracted and maintained.

The Myth of "Context"

When an email from Epstein reads, “I loved the torture video,” and the public reacts with suspicion, that reaction is grounded in context—not fantasy. To mock that reaction is to erase the testimony that built the case in the first place.

Kraus demands that the public “remember the context” while simultaneously ignoring the most important context of all: what the victims said happened. The pattern of sadism was testified to under oath in federal court. Dismissing that response is not "sophistication." It is selective amnesia.

Ms. Kraus is intentionally erasing the survivors, their testimony, and the lived horror they've fully documented. She is attempting to erase reality itself. Shame on her forever for writing this horrific article.

How to Act

If this piece articulates something you have been struggling to say, help it travel. * Print and Pass: Hand this to people at gatherings, meetings, classrooms, and kitchens.

• Circulate Internally: If you work inside institutions or teach, share this analysis.
• Withdraw Consent: Every time you choose to share this instead of swallowing it, you withdraw consent from a system that survives on silence.