Outrage! then confusion...
This morning I was sitting in the car with my dad on the way to work listening to NPR and we heard a story about a woman in Pittsburgh who had been robbed at an ATM and, when her assailant saw her McCain/Palin bumper sticker, he told her he would teach her a lesson, beat her, and carved a B into her cheek presumably standing for Barack Obama. My initial reaction to this story was 'That's ridiculous!' for one because it seems like a ridiculous thing for anyone to do, but especially an Obama supporter. Then I immediately felt guilty about it. Who am I to disbelieve this woman's story? You can't just go around dismissing assault for any reason especially political bias. Would I have done the same if the candidates were switched? If she had supported Obama and and her attacker McCain? Did that somehow seem less ridiculous? Why? And that's an awful, horrible way to think. I'm a terrible person.
Just this evening I hear, on NPR again, that this woman made the whole thing up! I was so shocked, my mouth literally hanging open for a few minutes as a wrapped my head around this. And I got super pissed.
But I still don't know what to think because, having done a bit more research on the local news website, I know that when she admitted to lying about what happened she claimed to have mental health problems. The police suspect she carved the B herself, but she says she can't remember.
What the fuck???
Just this evening I hear, on NPR again, that this woman made the whole thing up! I was so shocked, my mouth literally hanging open for a few minutes as a wrapped my head around this. And I got super pissed.
But I still don't know what to think because, having done a bit more research on the local news website, I know that when she admitted to lying about what happened she claimed to have mental health problems. The police suspect she carved the B herself, but she says she can't remember.
What the fuck???