This is an unbelievable responsse I got from a post in Huffingdon Post.

[pennylane100]

it is frightening to think there are people out there that think like thisl



“Sorry, the United States of America is not interested in making national heroes of women who go out of their way to do everything possible to put themselves in a situation where they're likely to get raped. She's lucky these boys didn't actually hurt her.

I think she ought to be shot before every teen girl in America thinks they get to become international heroes for drinking until they can't speak and getting naked with high school boys.”

[Iris]

1. Jesus. n/t

[appleannie1]

2. That is just sick.

[Iris]

3. Perhaps if she had a gun.....? Then she could be an international hero?

[LittleBlue]

7. Yep

If she had massacred the football team with a Bushmaster AR-15, the fundies would be lauding her as a modern-day hero. Then she could ride around with Sarah Palin hunting moose in a helicopter.

[Iris]

9. Exactly.

It just gets more and more absurd. I'm feeling like I need to take a break from the news and news-related web content for a while. I'm losing faith in my fellow citizens.

[LittleBlue]

10. Same

But I think the fundies secretly like rape. It's an opportunity for them to say, "See! We told you, girls, buy a gun. This is what happens when you don't." The conservative women who own guns feel vindicated because they "chose not to be victims."

They have armed millions of women this way, making them believe owning a gun will make them safe.

[ChazII]

4. If that response had been posted at DU

I would have certainly given in an alert. It is sickening.

[DiverDave]

5. Uh, didnt they drug her?

she most certainly did not "get drunk"

What a moran.

[Johonny]

6. blame victim, death threat, and define rape as not being hurt

wow what a sick person!!!

Yes every teen girl can't wait until their first death threat

[Whisp]

8. where is the link? n/t

[pennylane100]

15. I hope this works

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/dollym100/poppy-harlow-cnn-steubenville-rape-coverage-criticism_n_2914853_239205381.html

This might work better:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/bloomingdedalus/poppy-harlow-cnn-steubenville-rape-coverage-criticism_n_2914853_238925678.html

[Brickbat]

11. Why spread that shit around?

[NutmegYankee]

12. +1

We know assholes like that exist. Don't give them the attention they crave.

[pennylane100]

16. I am not quite sure what you comment means.

I would like to think you are not being critical of the fact that I was so sicked by this remark that I wanted to get some feedback from the people here at DU do I could make some kind of sense of that kind of mentality.

I think that this kind disgusting misogyny is so mind boggling especially in a reply to that I had made, I wanted to get some kind of helpful feedback about it from a environment that I trusted. I hope you do not considered that to be "spreading the shit around" because that certainly was not my attention. However I do not think it is helpful for that kind of blind hatred to remain swept under the rug.

[Whisp]

19. yeh, as if we don't know how vile people can be.

I'm with you on this, this is just for shock and we've been about shocked enough lately.

[JackBeck]

13. Amazed that this was alerted. Jury results:

ALERTER'S COMMENTS:

I\'m usually a fan of \"knowing what\'s out there,\" but this direct quote is so over the top and hurtful, I don\'t think it belongs here. Thanks for your consideration.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Fri Mar 22, 2013, 09:35 PM, and the Jury voted 0-6 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: The OP was alerting us to the kind of sick thinking that is out there. You can ignore it when if you want to, but that won't make it go away.
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: I don\'t see what the problem is here. Isn\'t this a \"discussion board\"? Someone has expressed outrage over a comment posted to them elsewhere. Gathering support from like\-minded folks can be a healthy sanity booster when it seems like the rest of the world has gone insane. What\'s the actual reason for this alert? It\'s a waste of time.
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[The Magistrate]

14. At Least The Jury Got It Right, Sir

[pennylane100]

18. Are you saying that my post was subject to a jury verdict, wow.

My thanks to all the members of this jury. Your vote has allowed this site to remain a leading forum for the discussion of all our progressive ideals. If we silence our disapproval of hatred and bigotry, we will never make it go away.

[krispos42]

17. "didn't actually hurt her"

Holy shit.

[MineralMan]

20. That's disgusting, and indicative of the fact that

morons and ugly, mean people abound. I'm never surprised by it.

[spanone]

21. to whoever wrote that response: FUCK YOU