Apparently, to the mainstream media, the proper headline is obvious. Both the Guardian and the Times lead with the same shouting banner: "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she is a sexual assault survivor".
Though that statement is certainly one thing the Congresswoman says in an Instagram post about the appropriate terror she experienced while hiding from the thugs who had invaded the Capitol on January 6, it shouldn't be taken as the center of her message.
It's little surprise she's a survivor of sexual assault. After all, she's young, conventionally attractive, and had to work for her living. Her trauma is not that unusual, except perhaps to headline writers.
What's extraordinary about the Congresswomen is her ability to place her life, for which she feared in those scary moments, in the context of the everflowing river of human struggle for justice. Here's the Guardian's abbreviated clip of AOC's message. See for yourself what her story is about.
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I heard her interview on TV. I thought at the time how obvious the effort to sensationalize the segment which I assume was thought would attract more viewers. Sad to say, but probably so. Yes, she had much more to say.
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