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In reply to the discussion: Open Letter to Anonymous and the one they helped, Jane Doe [View all]Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)49. Thank you, Blanche
To me, that child was treated worse than you treat an animal.
How do some young men grow up thinking that a HUMAN BEING is just something they can masturbate into and then toss away like a piece of trash? That a human being is a thing they can drug, piss on, abuse and throw to the ground, naked and half-dead?
And then party and laugh and celebrate their "accomplishment?" And then call HER names, as if they aren't the pigs?
I don't understand this way of viewing your fellow humans. Don't understand how some men and boys find this entertainment, find this even HUMAN. Even animals don't behave this way
What mechanism in our society gives some young males the idea that humans are just their playthings, and that even the most horrific things done to girls are "no big deal?" That their penis is really a weapon you use to torture and humiliate someone?
Steubenville is like so many small towns, salivating over football while the souls of their kids are destroyed.
Thanks again...
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I love them. They do a lot of good at a risk which makes them okay with me.
roguevalley
Jan 2013
#51
Let me add my thanks to Anonymous. They know how to pick their friends and enemies!
Dems to Win
Jan 2013
#10
Who's at fault??? The assholes who committed the crime and all who watched and did nothing.
PeaceNikki
Jan 2013
#34
Are you suggesting that a 'consequence' of drinking underage should be GANG RAPE!?!?
PeaceNikki
Jan 2013
#35
Don't be an idiot, huh? The idiot is the one who asks "who's at fault?" in this fucking case.
PeaceNikki
Jan 2013
#37
YES! As odd as it is that Rush Limbaugh reads DU, maybe someone in this girls family does too
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#85