...WTF.

[enablelove]

May be triggering material

Originally posted by lavenderfrost at ...WTF.
Well, there goes my good mood for the day.

NYTimes, the bastion of quality reporting, reported on the gang-rape of an 11 year-old girl in Texas  that's led to charges against 18 high-school boys so far - all well and good so far, right?  Shit like this NEEDS publicity to raise awareness.

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[dolnmoon]

this made me angry and sad at the same time.. I felt so bad for that girl..
This is truly a demented society... what are things coming too..

[enablelove]

Seriously.

[maichan]

I signed a petition about this the other day and Change.org sent me this update:

After a massive outcry from more than 40,000 Change.org members -- which led to news coverage in the Huffington Post, Village Voice, and even London’s Daily Mail -- New York Times public editor Arthur S. Brisbane has issued a strong rebuke of the victim-blaming in a recent article by reporter James McKinley about the gang-rape of an 11-year-old girl and her community's response

[enablelove]

While I'm not happy that it only showed up online, at least people are petitioning and voicing their opinion.

Thanks for the C/P bb, I'll edit the post.

But maybe more letters will cause something to happen in the actual paper

[maichan]

Yes, continue to boost the signal.
Every letter helps.

[enablelove]

:(((

[dev_earl]

That is utter and complete bullshit. Because even when we're covered from head to toe like over half of the female population in my country, we'd still get raped. >:(

[enablelove]

RIGHT?

[tabularassa]

It's mind-boggling to me how ANYONE could defend those boys. I can't even. It makes me sick to my stomach.

[enablelove]

:(((