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Diode
03-10-2014, 12:33 AM
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/09/us/the-boys-in-the-bunkhouse.html?_r=3

The story of how thousands of mentally disabled men were enslaved by a Texas turkey business for decades. Call me whatever names you want, but this story broke my fucking heart.

Certain - if you haven't read this already, it looks like the Grey Lady refuses to go down without a fight. This is what separates real journalists from bloggers and tweeters.

What a horrific story, though. The gall of the living proprietor to still claim it was all a scam by mentally disabled people.. ugh. Hope he meets his maker scared and alone, knowing nobody is there to save him.

Diode
03-10-2014, 12:33 AM
http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000002757071/the-men-of-atalissa.html

There's a companion documentary as well.

uh-oh
03-10-2014, 06:55 AM
hmm

pretty crazy yo

but what happens to the average mentally disabled person? like what kind of lives do they live normally if they have a normal family?, meaning one that can't support them