tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post114564428439150622..comments2024-01-17T15:05:50.120-06:00Comments on AngryBlackBitch: Another moment...Shark-Fuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1145739507196610262006-04-22T15:58:00.000-05:002006-04-22T15:58:00.000-05:00Thanks for staying grounded, ABB. I've had to hav...Thanks for staying grounded, ABB. I've had to have this conversation way too many times the past few days, and I can barely stand to read about this crap anymore. Thanks for not spewing hate and spin. Thanks for keeping it relevant, important, insightful, and readable.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467128630702568597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1145720297576300042006-04-22T10:38:00.000-05:002006-04-22T10:38:00.000-05:00The way I see it is there has been a huge rush to ...The way I see it is there has been a huge rush to judge her as an unworthy victim because she works as a stipper. Well, as far as I know, working as a stripper is a legitimate way to earn money. Period. People need to get over THEIR OWN issues and stop making invalid assumptions about her based on what she legally does to make a living. <BR/> However, the criminal backgrounds of everyone involved will be brought into play IF the lawyers can legally use the info to make a compelling case about each one's character or honesty. Most of the derogatory crap we see in the press about her criminal background has been put out there because the defense attorneys HAVE to (sleazily)leak it out in the hopes of influencing the public (i.e., potential jurors) because they know her criminal background will be irrelevant (i.e., they won't be able to use it legally during the trial)to the case. The good news is that the State will most likely be able to use the criminal histories of the accused rapists if their criminal backgrounds ARE ruled to be relevant to the case. <BR/> That all being said, what I find the most sickening about this entire "blame the victim" mentality is that so many "average" people seem to think (and are willing to get out there and say it publically)that since she works as a stripper, she is partly responsible for being attacked. I really thought we as a society had moved on from that kind of puritanical, judgemental mindset. Bottom line: NO ONE DESERVES TO BE RAPED. WEARING SEXY CLOTHES, DANCING A STRIP TEASE, GETTING DRUNK, GOING OUT AFTER DARK, JOGGING ALONE IN THE PARK, MAKING OUT AND THEN PUTTING ON THE BRAKES, WALKING ALONE, ETC. DO NOT EQUAL ASKING FOR IT OR BRINGING IT ON YOURSELF. A VICTIM IS A VICTIM. Does this really still need to be said again and again and again and again???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1145664103612292942006-04-21T19:01:00.000-05:002006-04-21T19:01:00.000-05:00Sadly, ABB, you are the only one writing solid and...Sadly, ABB, you are the only one writing solid and insightful posts on this matter. I hope you continue. FYI: You've been linked. Your writing is thoughtful and intuitive, more than can be said for the "regular media."<BR/><BR/>-mauxanonaMauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09741129529318465430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1145647087190557522006-04-21T14:18:00.000-05:002006-04-21T14:18:00.000-05:00I'm with you on this! It's bullshit how the media...I'm with you on this! It's bullshit how the media and authorities want us all to know that the victim is a Black, female stripper...not that she's a student or a mother-of-two...they let us know that she has a criminal record already but rarely speak about the criminal record of a hate crime that one of the arrested guys have...Waddie G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01005290279854417619noreply@blogger.com