sarahfongcosplay:

vfutrell1988:

Asking CNN to issue apologies for reporting nothing but sympathy for the rapists in the Steubenville case. Absolutely disgusting. 

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Signed. Fucking disgusting.

I usually don’t do the whole petition thing, but this is serious.  I have no idea what this girl is going through, or what any woman goes through when something like this happens.  But I do know what is right, what is wrong, and how at an early age we’re taught the difference and taught to NOT turn a blind eye to the things that are wrong.

Showing these boys as victims is wrong.  

To even paint a remorseful picture of a girl’s attackers is sending the wrong message completely.  It’s bad enough that this girl has to deal with the hostile town and death threats, but to have a nationally syndicated show go on air and say, “Those poor boys,” and not even address her?  That’s sending a terrible message, not just to the real victims out there, but to people who think that they can do something like that!  "Oh, everyone’s going to feel bad for me,“ is THAT what you want attackers to think?  That if they do something wrong they may get punished, but people will FEEL for them?

And this girl is getting death threats.  DEATH THREATS!  While CNN is like, "These poor young boys,” and… when did we get it so backwards!?  It scares me to know that kids so young would even considering doing something like this (or at any age, for that matter, young or old) but it’s fucking terrifying to see how this is being played out, seeing networks that should be on this girl’s side being like, “Well she was drunk so…” or “Football careers down the drain…” or “The boys showed emotion and cried…” and just… no.  NO!