Remember when Sinead O'Connor was on SNL and tore up a picture of the pope in protest of sexual abuse of children by the Catholic church, only to be publicly shamed and ostracized by Catholics and society at large?

The 90s were a such a fucked up time.

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@werecupine I got to hear a really diffuse chunk of it and didn't think that much about it at the time. *Now* I think she was very brave, very justified, and of course was treated like shit for daring to say abusive people are abusive.

@Leucrotta I remember it being the biggest thing in the news at the time. Everyone Linda glossed over the child abuse part

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