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| Written By Don Shetterly |
It isn't easy for me to talk about this to this very day. I get scared that if I speak out, bad things are going to happen to me. After all, I was threatened that if I didn't shut up, that they would come after me. My older brother left that clear message for me at my job. So this is not a made up fear. It is real.
At the time anger fueled my reasoning for calling my father. I was dealing with very rough moments in life as a result of what I had experienced. It took the anger to confront him because I was so frightened then.
Actually, I'm frightened now with speaking out publicly more, but I know I must. There are far too many that endure molestation and child abuse. I am honestly at a point where if they want to come after me, I'll expose every last bit of what they did to me in a public way that will make them regret their threats and actions against me. I'm tired of hiding it because of what they might do to me.
When I called him up that night, my mom picked up the phone. Yes, it was late in the middle of the night, but I wanted him on the phone, not her. So I hung up and called back. I have my issues with what my mom knew or didn't know, but I wanted him to be the one hearing what I said.
When I got him on the phone, I laid into him. I didn't let up, and I didn't let him talk. There was no way I was holding back, and so my anger and pain came out in full force. I only got about a minute, or so I think of saying what I wanted to say before he hung up on me.
Just before he hung up on me, he said, "GROW UP Donald!" That was the name he used when he was angry at me. My final words to him were "GO TO HELL!"
I have never spoken to him since, and I have no intention of doing so. He made his bed, and now he gets to lie in it. I have no desire to communicate with him because there is no apology from him. He doesn't think he did anything wrong. Molestation was normal to him it seems. I know it is up to me to continue moving forward and letting go of what he did.
In the news are stories of someone being molested by a prominent figure and they are getting the same treatment. They are being dismissed by a child molester (or should I say, alleged child molester). It triggers me back to the memories of what I went through.
Will my Dad and brother ever admit to molesting me? I doubt it. They've already convinced family friends that I was brainwashed by Psychiatrists and that I'm crazy. I was the one that was wrong in their eyes for daring to speak up and expose the secrets.
You see, child molesters stop at nothing to convince the world that they are great humans. They have no problem with blaming the victim. They don't care that the child was helpless when they abused and molested them. It is all about convincing the world that they didn't do anything wrong.
In my case, I'm sure if anyone confronted them, they would also say that "God has forgiven them." Unfortunately, to me, that does not mean that you act as if nothing ever happened. That is being a coward in my view. Either you own up to what you did or don't tell me you've been forgiven.
Just a note here that in my house, forgiveness talk is not as it seems. It means, forget it and act as if we didn't do anything to you. I heard this line about forgiveness so many times. It usually was right after they did what they did to me. I even heard it after my dad would beat my mom. Thus, forgiveness talk to me is cheap and shallow.
Being dismissed by a child molester is what these people do. They cannot allow themselves to be exposed to their secrets and lies and abuse. They blame the victim.
To people that defend what child molesters do, you are not human in my eyes. You are part of the problem that allows child abuse to continue. Either you stand up for the rights of all humans, or you need to go find the door to your cave and crawl back inside.
Dismissed by a child molester just seems normal to me. I almost expect nothing but the blame they put on their victims. When I see news reports about others, and I hear the perverts attack the victims, my anger boils. Child molesters don't have any business being on this earth. When you harm the life of an innocent child, you give up all rights to be human in my view.
Blog Post And Images (c) 11/30/17 by Don Shetterly
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