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Jimmy Savile Wasn't the Problem

Jimmy Savile Wasn't the Problem

It was the institutions he raised money for

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Christine Axsmith
Apr 15, 2022
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In the series Monster, the heights and depths of Jimmy Savile are exposed. He was a force in British culture for decades.

Yes, he was evil. But he wasn’t the only one.

Jimmy Savile raised huge amounts of money for charities. In exchange, the charities looked the other way on his sexual assaults.

Those kids were thrown to the monster in exchange for money.

The docuseries could have been really useful in calling out those monsters, who provided institutional support for Jimmy Savile’s perversions and now enjoy the shadows.

There will always be disgusting abusers. It is the enablers who allow them to operate in the open like Jimmy Savile did. I think the enablers are worse.

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