Your discomfort is not our deadline to move on

By: Audrey Hayworth, Morgan Lamandre

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: February 19, 2026

Words: 648

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Public conversations follow predictable patterns every time news of the Epstein files resurface. Outrage. Conspiracy theories. Political theater.

Then, buried in the comment sections and social media threads, something more revealing appears:

“Why don’t they just move on?”

“It happened years ago.”

“Get over it.”

These words and phrases are not just dismissive. They reveal a dangerous misunderstanding about trauma and what justice is supposed to mean.

Sexual abuse is not an event …

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