These fuckers have made some very valid complaints about the inhumane conditions in many prisons in their endless press releases. No one should have to live in an environment covered in mold, for example.

But they never even pretend to care that this is unacceptable for *all* incarcerated individuals, just that it’s horrible for *them*.

If they do as much (little) as put out a statement suggesting that this is an issue of which they were unaware before they themselves experienced it, but, now that they are, they look forward to advocating for reform both during their own time and after their release, I *might* have some respect for them/their busy PR reps.

Instead, all I hear is, “We are more specialer than all these dirty rotten scoundrels and should be treated better than these *criminals*. Waaah waaah waaah.”

They have learned absolutely nothing and continue to display the same sense of arrogance and entitlement that led them to choose to commit crimes in the first place. If they don’t gain some perspective soon, the only lesson they’re going to learn from being incarcerated is, “Gotta do better not to get caught next time.”

(I couldn’t care less what they are or aren’t getting for Thanksgiving. Are *all* of the people with whom they’re incarcerated–particularly those who lack the financial and familial resources to supplement their provisions with costly commissary– getting adequate daily nutrition? Beyond that, the only thing that bears comment here is recognizing the immense privilege they have, even while incarcerated, to have family that can afford to visit them when they’re housed far away from their family and each other. Yet, they’re still using the significant platform they have to whinge about how awful it is for *them* rather than highlighting how much worse it is for nearly every other incarcerated person and the people who care about them).

Until these fuckwits show they have a sense of anything or anyone beyond themselves, I’ma need them to stfu and stop showing themselves in public, because, right now, they seem to be trying to fight the Duggars for the role of ‘Most unaware and hypocritical privileged people who really don’t get it.”

They really need to pull themselves out of the public sphere for at least the next year and not say another thing until they can show they understand this ain’t all about them. If they develop some empathy and start sharing how they want to use their privilege to effect systemic change, I might care about what they have to say. Until that day comes, I’d rather amplify the voice of almost anyone else who is incarcerated and has something to say about improving the system and not just their own place in it.