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Emily D. Baker said about the Ruby Franke - Jodi Hildebrandt case (after the prosecutor was asked on a press conference if this was the worst case of child abuse he ever saw) that it wasn’t even the worst child abuse case she ever saw during her career. These things happen every day, people only care and ask and listen and hold a press conference because Ruby was a famous family vlogger and viewers have a parasocial relationship with her and her family. (Their family blog, 8 Passengers had over 4 million followers before shutting down.)
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- This observation reminded me of Trevor Noah’s eery remarks on “the jews only counted because the nazis counted them”, as opposed to horrible mass murders in Africa left undocumented and hence unknown.
- What we don’t pay attention to, lingers below the surface. This is the point of shadow work.
- For more true crime stuff, see: hub-true-crime
- Pros and cons of vlogging, family vlogging, streaming and sharing life.
- The Ruby Franke - Jodi Hildebrandt child abuse case had a bizarre religious aspect.
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