Girl Who Dressed As Boston Bombing Victim, Threated With Rape And Death, Fired From Job, And Had Nud

[Jesus Malverde]

Alicia Ann Lynch, Girl Who Dressed As Boston Bombing Victim, Threated With Rape And Death, Fired From Job, And Had Nude Photos Exposed Online

A young Michigan woman was fired from her job and has been receiving death and rape threats for her Halloween costume choice, which she believed was “a simple joke.”

Alicia Ann Lynch, 22, dressed as a Boston bombing victim for work on Oct. 31, with shorts, sneakers, a marathon T-shirt and with fake blood dripping down her face, legs and arms. According to Buzzfeed, Lynch posted a photo of herself in costume on her Twitter account @SomeSKANKinMI (which has since been deactivated) with the caption “Costume one #ssim #boss #halloween #boston #marathon #runner.” Almost immediately, the backlash against Lynch ensued, even including angry commenters publishing nude photos of her online.

http://www.ibtimes.com/alicia-ann-lynch-girl-who-dressed-boston-bombing-victim-threated-rape-death-fired-job-had-nude

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

3. Hahahahahaaaaaaaaaa...

...good one!

[bluestate10]

202. There is nothing funny about death threats, or threats of rape. Her decision

on the costume showed coldness and thoughtlessness, some of the gross actions against her are unacceptable to any civilized person.

[joshcryer]

209. Heh, I found that more dark than what she did.

Nicely done.

[pitbullgirl1965]

230. Aren't you classy?

It's nice to know you thinking lynching is something to joke about.

#strangefruit

This also applies to Jimmyjoebob and joncryer.

[snooper2]

234. this isn't twitter

FYI

[pitbullgirl1965]

236. No kidding

I thought you'd maybe look up what strange fruit is, instead of me linking it. It's graphic, but anyone who jokes about lynching wouldn't really care amiright?

[snooper2]

237. sounds stupid, now, SUPERFRUIT is awesome

it's a YouTube channel by two members of the awesome band that is Pentatonix

Check this GREATNESS out! (by the way, you did catch that her last name was Lynch right? LOL )

[Bandit]

2. I guess gory isn't allowed for halloween..

If she has nude pictures out there she should expect them to surface...

[seabeyond]

9. there ya go. her fault. not the pigs that hunt them down and put them out on the net. yee haw

right? pigs rule

[ret5hd]

21. What is your opinion on her twitter acct name?

[seabeyond]

23. none of my business. again... that does not validate sexually humiliating a woman on the net.

wtf do i care what she calls herself. or that she has nudes. it is the fact that you have men that reduce women to sexually humiliate women at every turn and THAT is what i am calling out.

are you suggesting i slut shame the woman some more cause the name she choose?

[ret5hd]

26. No, merely asked a straight-forward question.

[seabeyond]

31. i do not think much of her halloween costume.

i do not think much of her naked pictures. i do not think much of her user name.

but, i do not have to. that has nothing to do with anything.

who should be addressed are the people that felt the need to threaten her with rape and put out her pictures to humiliate her.

i do not think much of a prostitutes choices either. and you can damn well bet i am standing with her arm in arm if she is raped or abused.

these have nothing to do with the woman and ALL to do with the abuser.

[VanillaRhapsody]

55. You don't think they would post nude pics of a man online that did this? I do...

[Sheldon Cooper]

59. And do you think that would have anywhere near the impact on his life that

those photos would have on a woman's?

[VanillaRhapsody]

64. I don't know...ask Anthony Wiener

Were these pictures taken of her against her will?

[seabeyond]

69. taht is what weiner got in trouble for, but wtf? so, you justify sexually humiliating women. how

about justifying the threats of rape? is that over your line?

[VanillaRhapsody]

74. I didn't justify rape....I just pointed out that it doesn't only effect women...

and I am a woman mind you...

[seabeyond]

81. you would be wrong and have been proven wrong. shwo me where men are sexually humiliated?

when they step out of line. and if you are talking weiner, his OFFENSE was the sexual act. this womans offense has NOTHING to do with sex, nude pictures, raping her or sexually humiliating her.

was weiner threatened with rape?

[VanillaRhapsody]

88. Anthony Weiner...

You think he wasn't threatened? I bet he was...because he was a man it was not considered news worthy no doubt....

Men are threatened with rape too you know?

[seabeyond]

97. the reality is. we know this woman was threatened with rape. we do not know weiner was.

you do not get a "win" in an argument saying... he could have.

[VanillaRhapsody]

102. and you do not get a "win" claiming this only happens to women!

because that is not true...

[seabeyond]

108. our GIRLS are killing themselves because they are being slut shamed. our girls are being raped

and it is put on line for men to get off on, for the simply act of humiliating them. it is epidemic. and you want to say it is nongender specific. truly amazing.

[VanillaRhapsody]

109. Ask Gay men if they have ever been threatened with rape...

it is not a gender specific crime...

[seabeyond]

113. wow. done.... go on with your victim blaming apologia. nt

[VanillaRhapsody]

117. I am pointing out that this is not just about women...

I am a rape survivor..

[VanillaRhapsody]

114. you don't think our "BOYS" are killing themselves for being humilitated?

ask Gay people...

[VanillaRhapsody]

122. Do you remember the story of the young man who killed himself...because his roommate

filmed him surreptitiously?

This DOES happen to men too...

[VanillaRhapsody]

133. I never said she wasn't ....all I said was that they WOULD post humiliating pictures of men too...

[whathehell]

99. Oh please..

Weiner did it of his own free will and the instances of men threatened with rape are not

NEARLY as frequent as those of women.

[VanillaRhapsody]

105. and you know this how?

and you are speaking to a rape survivor...who HAS had men tell her in confidence that they were raped.

[seabeyond]

111. has anyone denied that boys, and some men in a particular sec of our culture have not been raped?

anywhere?

you might want to be a little more aware that the women on this board will be the FIRST to stand with our men that have been raped. to even suggest that is not true is disgusting.

[VanillaRhapsody]

127. "a little more aware" ....hmmmm.

all I said was that they WOULD post naked pictures of men online too...

I never said anything about her deserving rape...I just said naked pictures of men would be posted too.

[cyberswede]

126. Well, it isn't a zero sum game...

That this woman was threatened doesn't mean men are not threatened (or raped).

Obviously neither men nor women should be raped.

However, this thread is about a woman being threatened with rape as some twisted idea of punishing her for an insensitive Halloween costume. Talk about a disproportionate response!

Why on earth would anyone even THINK of threatening to rape someone for an infraction like that?

[whathehell]

164. Are you seriously asserting rape to be as big a problem for men as women?

As for men, no one said it never happens, but I hardly think I need to dig up stats to prove that

it's much less prevalent. I am also a rape survivor, by the way.

[VanillaRhapsody]

170. All I said was...that they WOULD post humiliating pictures of men if they had of done this too...and

that had them...

That is all...sheesh

[whathehell]

172. No, you actually said more than that..

but this is all getting a bit tiring and pointless, so I'll bid you good evening.

[VanillaRhapsody]

173. No I did not....read the initial reply...

quit trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill...

[VanillaRhapsody]

134. What sexual act? Sharing a picture with a woman he was sexting with?

Amanda Leathers?

[Jenoch]

150. You are wrong.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023981384

[Sheldon Cooper]

70. Is she a nationally known politician?

And who cares if the pics were voluntary or not? I'm QUITE sure she never meant for them to be published on the internet. But don't let me get in the way of a good slut-shaming. Please proceed.

[VanillaRhapsody]

91. Did she dress as a bombing victim? Did Anthony Wiener?

I am interested in "Bombing Victim as a Halloween costume" shaming actually.

[seabeyond]

104. shame her for the costume. she apologized and seemed sincincere. but it was

beyond insensitive and stupid. so what? that has nothing to do with the men that decided to sexually harass and humiliate her.

[VanillaRhapsody]

107. and no one should be....her being a woman doesn't make this more egregious.

[VanillaRhapsody]

131. I never said it was right....I just said they WOULD post humiliating pictures of men too...

[VanillaRhapsody]

93. by the way...I also called what they did to Anthony Wiener Slut Shaming...

[seabeyond]

61. no. and i am pretty damn sure they would not threaten to rape her.

[NuclearDem]

189. NOT the same, not by a wide margin.

This happens to women all the damn time. Constant slut shaming, ruining their lives by stealing nude pictures, harassment, bullying, rape threats, sometimes for something as tame as fucking duckface.

Anytime a woman is thrown into any sort of public eye or dares to have a twitter or Facebook account, some mouth breathing basement dweller is going to sexually harass her, threaten her with rape, or bully her into either a mental breakdown or suicide.

This Anthony Weiner bullshit does NOT rise to the same level whatsoever.

[VanillaRhapsody]

192. That's like..

[NuclearDem]

194. No, it's me seeing tons of my female friends being run off the Internet by these jackasses.

It's not the same thing. Not at all.

[VanillaRhapsody]

195. believe me...I have been on the Internet since the days a woman couldn't even reveal she was one

its MUCH MUCH better now...

All I said was...IF a man had of done what she did...AND they had nude pictures of him....They would have posted them.

Period.

[NuclearDem]

238. No, they wouldn't have.

I've seen women shame men for sending unsolicited nude pictures, but that's not the same at all.

There are legions of trolls out there who scour webcams and hack social media accounts to get the most embarrassing pictures of women possible and spread them across the Internet. The same assholes try to harass other women into taking nude pictures and then send those out.

It's slut shaming and attacking women who dare to take control of their own lives and venture out into the world. Those misogynistic bastards only want to see women degraded in the most public and embarrassing fashions imaginable. The assholes who dressed up like Trayvon Martin and Zimmerman didn't have nude pics spread around.

Sorry, but it is absolutely not the same thing. At all.

[VanillaRhapsody]

242. YES to shame a man....they sure as hell would have....

I am not denying misogyny on the Internet....I am saying that humiliating images of a man would have been used if a MAN had of done what she did.

Period.

[LanternWaste]

128. What valid correlation between her twitter name and nude pictures of her being posted without her co

I'm afraid I do not see any valid or relevant correlation between her twitter account name and nude pictures of her being posted without her consent or rape threats...

Seems as though one may just as irreverently ask the "straightforward question" what was your opinion of the raped woman's facebook profile picture...?"


Six of one, half a dozen of the other.

[Kelvin Mace]

68. Actually, she shouldn't.

What she did was wrong, stupid, tasteless, insensitive, and about a dozen other adjectives that escape me at the moment, but none of that warrants death threats, rape threats, or releasing nude pictures.

Being called an asshole by half the Internet and losing her job seemed punishment enough.

[Bandit]

141. How naive can you be?

EVERYBODY that puts stuff on the internet has no expectation of privacy about that material. Once it is out there it is out there forever...anyone that thinks different is in far a rude awakening. About her costume, I find it no more repulsive than a vampire or witch. In fact hers isn't about doing evil, but about being a victim. Vampires and Zombies are EVIL.....

[Kelvin Mace]

146. Depends on how they obatined the photos

Yes, if she posted them online in the open, she has no expectation of privacy.

But let us set that aside, since it is the least of the overreaction.

Am I "naive" to state that her crime does not rise to the level of death and rape threats?

What she did was horrid, but threatening to rape/kill her is worse.

[Bandit]

148. I completely agree with except I don't think she did any crime..

I find nothing wrong with her costume. Maybe a little insensitive toward the real bombing victims, but compared to vampires or zombies, being a crime victim is not EVIL. That being said I sympathize with her for her mistreatment

[Kelvin Mace]

161. I was using the word "crime"

metaphorically rather than literally. Sorry, I should have clear.

[joshcryer]

213. She posted them on a public Instagram / Tumblr account.

And they're not really nudes, just her showing skin, I think there was only one breast shot in the entire collection.

[Kelvin Mace]

217. If they hacked the accounts then they violated her privacy

However if these were public accounts, c'est la vie.

[joshcryer]

218. It was all public.

The same username, etc.

All they did was search.

You can do the same for me, find out all sorts of stuff.

Except where I live or my phone number.

I try not to make a habit of pissing people off though. Got too many death threats over Libya...

[yesphan]

4. Oh boy,

she didn't think that one through. She should have asked someone if perhaps it was too soon.

However, threatening her life and humanity is even worse.

[seabeyond]

7. and the pigs need to sexually humiliate her? how about them? think it thru, or deserved. nt

[PeaceNikki]

5. I read about this yesterday. What she did was awful, but what they did to her was worse.

She apologized and didn't make excuses.

[whathehell]

35. Correct. Sometimes it seems a lot of men are just LOOKING for an excuse to express their hate

of women. Then again, some don't even bother looking for one.

[uppityperson]

158. Exactly, thank you. +100000 and now i don't have to read the rest of the posts here or fight with

anyone about this.

[seabeyond]

6. well... talk about your fuckin bullies. gotta always sexually humiliate the woman. right boys?

sick all. sick all around but she had the grace to learn adn give a sincere apology. the pigs? just pigs.

[whathehell]

38. You know what?....You have nothing of substance to say --That's the reason for your "nevermind", LOL

[seabeyond]

50. i mean, threatening rape. how the fuck would we know it is boys/men

threatening rape. that is such a fuckin tough one. cause all the time, day after day, i am hearing women threatening to rape a man. ya know. oh oh and raping women. boy. those women on women rapes just have totally taken over the net.

why in the world would i assume that threatening rape would be coming from a man.

how dare i

[1000words]

58. My first inclination was correct: back on ignore, you go.

You seem angry ... all the time. Good luck with that.

[seabeyond]

67. ya. silly me. i get angry when men threaten to rape a woman. i know. i know. so fuckin

over the top

[whathehell]

89. Aw Gee, I'm betting she's devastated about that.

[seabeyond]

118. threat to ignore.... lol. never been there before, lol. nt

[whathehell]

152. LOL...Yup, me too. n/t

[whathehell]

71. Of course -- I mean what on earth would motivate you to such a wild, outrageous assumption?

There really are NOT enough eye rolls to convey the absurd level of denial that goes on here at times.

[cyberswede]

51. "prove it was a guy" ? Are you kidding?

[MiddleFingerMom]

19. I sense a theme here -- thanks for clarifying in case "we" didn't understand the first time.

[seabeyond]

20. what mfm. am i not allowed to be disgusted with the need to sexually humiliate women? i am suppose

to shut up? wtf the fuck are you talking about. do clarify. instead of games, tell me what the issue is.

[MiddleFingerMom]

22. No, thank you.

[seabeyond]

24. ha

[MiddleFingerMom]

27. Yep... you sure got me there. You WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ironically...

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[seabeyond]

33. what??? you put out gibber and refuse to say what you had to say. what was the point mfm?

totally pointless and wasted couple minutes.

[MiddleFingerMom]

39. I made my point. You decided not to see it. But you're right about the wasted minutes.

[seabeyond]

40. that is the whole point. you made no fuckin point. so i ask. am i not allowed to call out the pigs

that have to sexually humiliate women? is that your point? that i am not allowed to speak up. not hard. yes or no. just let me know wtf your point is.

cause i am pretty damn sure the point is.... how dare i say something about the pigs that need to sexually harass and humiliate a woman cause they are pissed at her. but, i do not what to call you out on that bullshit if i am not clear. so.... i am being civil and asking you. wtf is your point

[MiddleFingerMom]

53. "i do not what to call you out on that bullshit if i am not clear."

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That sounds like a good rule of conduct to have as one's guide.
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[seabeyond]

60. hence, why you got a simple... ha. your refusal to answer the question warrants no more than that.

i do not even know what you are talking about, yet you want me to give you a substantive answer.

so you get a

ha

[MiddleFingerMom]

66. Ah-ha!!!

[seabeyond]

72. .

[whathehell]

46. You're welcome,

because your lame comments indicate that you didn't understand, or should we say, "accept" what she said the first time.

[bettyellen]

258. seriously- rushing to criticize those that are upset about rape threats. You have to wonder WTF is

going on with this heartless bullshit. Apparently it's a personal vendetta that is so much more important than all women who use the nets lives or safety. Priorities, you know.

[bettyellen]

151. this thread is filled with people making justifications for rape threats- is that the

bandwagon you are jumping on? Please clarify your objection here.

[MiddleFingerMom]

167. No, thank you.

[bettyellen]

177. Yeah, I'd keep my mouth shut too if I embarrassed myslef like that,

[MiddleFingerMom]

184. "Slef," I said to myself. "Slef, keep your mouth shut before you embarass your... um... yourslef."

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Thanks for making my day.
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Stereotypical bully.
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[bettyellen]

212. the bullies are the ones making rape threats- not that you think that is worrisome

at all. In fact you seem amused they should bother people here. Way to go.

[MiddleFingerMom]

223. The topic doesn't "amuse" me one bit. YOU amuse me immensely.

[bettyellen]

224. It's like you have the opposite of having the courage of your convictions.

Or courage. or convictions you can freely cop to having, LOL.

all vague snark, no actual thoughts or opinions shared.

[MiddleFingerMom]

226. I finally did a search of your history. I didn't have to look far to find that your posts...

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... are pretty consistently demanding, abusive and bullying.
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You can find an outlet for those apparent "needs" elsewhere now. I'm done with you.
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[bettyellen]

254. poor baby with the thin skin. LOL.

can;t help it if you're offended by people who actually say what they mean. You should try it sometimes, instead of this inscrutable snark nonsense you seem to be aiming for. Waste of bandwidth.

[MiddleFingerMom]

256. No, thank you.

[penultimate]

168. Is there anything suggesting she was humiliated by the photos?

Based on what I read, she seems more humiliated by her insensitive actions than her photos being seen by more people. It also appears that she publicly posted those photos herself, as opposed to someone posting private pictures that were meant for them.

That being said, I don't like her costume or her the threats against her life...

[HappyMe]

8. Tasteless, nasty "joke".

Think it through.

[mattclearing]

11. Poor taste doesn't justify online bullying, death and rape threats, etc.

She did something stupid and insensitive, but has drawn despicable reactions from the worst corners of the Internet.

[tblue]

37. Bingo! Don't people know

your online postings can be traced?

She did a DUMB DUMB DUMB DUMB thing. Did I mention it was DUMB? But there is never a cause for bullying or threats of rape, my gosh!

[whathehell]

52. Thank you...Yesterday some here were arguing that someone should not have even been fired because

they (stupidly and immorally) dressed up their kids like Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman.

I don't know anymore -- I guess "firing" is wrong, but rape and death threats are OK?

[quinnox]

12. Lesson she has learned: It really isn't funny to mock dead people

How she could have thought this was funny is bizarre, she is either an evil person, or dumb as rocks.

[BainsBane]

17. Whereas threatening rape and murder is funny?

[Kingofalldems]

78. Did quinnox say it was funny? I didn't see that.

[BainsBane]

85. Read what he does say

In the rest of the subthread.

[Kingofalldems]

95. Read everything and again he didn't say it was funny.

[BainsBane]

103. Did you notice the question mark after my post?

That made the statement interrogative rather than declarative.
He makes his views clear enough in this subthread: She deserved what she got.

[Kingofalldems]

119. Yeah I noticed a question that actually is an accusation.

'Whereas threatening rape and murder is funny?' ---is not really a question in my understanding of English. Quinnox never brought up funny--you did.

[BainsBane]

197. He did bring funny up

He used the word in his first post. His actual position as clearly stated in subsequent posts is more offensive than my so-called accusation, but that clearly doesn't bother you as much as the fact I questioned his position. I will speak out against anyone who treats threats of rape and assault casually, and that you find that the most offensive part of this discussion speaks volumes.
So now I know.

[Kingofalldems]

200. Know what?

Wait a minute. I see what you did there. He used the word funny and you gave it a whole new meaning, as if he thought the threats were funny. 'You are entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts'---Daniel Moynihan.

[BainsBane]

208. I know who you are

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There are clearly reading comprehension issues here. He said the costume wasn't funny. In the story in the OP, he chose to express outrage over the costume rather than rape and death threats against a woman. I used his very words to point out the contrast between a costume and threats of rape and murder. I did not change the meaning of the word funny. My posts conveyed dismay (veiled disgust) that anyone could read that story and consider the costume the more egregious offense, but then I've read enough from that member to know his views of women.

Your decision that the most important point to make here was a defense of Quinnox's posts tells me what your values are. So as inane as this discussion has been, I at least learned something.

[Union Scribe]

227. ^ Correct. nt

[geek tragedy]

92. Yes, he blamed the victim for being threatened with rape. nt

[quinnox]

98. Thank you, of course I didn't

I usually ignore any posts that try to put words in my mouth, it is a waste of my time and not worth responding to.

[BainsBane]

198. Your words speak for themselves

And are far more offensive than the question I posed, but entirely expected.

[Union Scribe]

228. Yes, they do.

Much better than the words you apparently added in your head.

[BainsBane]

243. Ah yes, thinking while feminist

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My thought crime is yet another example of the injustice you must face having to share the planet with women who don't think rape and death threats worse than a Halloween costume.

[Union Scribe]

249. Between being incoherent

and arguing with things no one said, it's hard to decide exactly which way your post fails more spectacularly.

[BainsBane]

252. Get a grip.

You clearly have nothing but personal insults to add to the discussion. You've gotten yourself worked up over what you imagine I might be thinking. That is just strange.

Here's a tip. If you actually read the OP, you'll have an easier time understanding posts. Who knows. You might even decide you actually have something to say about the subject matter.

[Union Scribe]

253. Between the two of us

only one is trying to imagine what the other is thinking. Hint: this entire subthread you've been playing as a piss-poor psychic, doing your damnedest to shove words and meanings into people's posts. I would encourage the inevitable jury for this post to read it and see that what I say is true. Whatever Rosetta Stone of indignation you're using to decipher the ill-intent behind all our words has failed you terribly. I know that sort of thing is a hobby in some places on this site, but would appreciate if it stayed there and out of GD.

[Johonny]

41. but apparently mocking this living person, heck people harassing her and getting her fired

that is perfectly OK.

lesson learned.

[quinnox]

49. Maybe she should have thought about the reaction she would get before posting the pics

and dressing up in such a despicable costume.

[cyberswede]

57. Well, to be fair, the reaction was WAY disproportionate to her misstep

Her costume was stupid and insensitive, but an expected reaction would be more like people chiding her for her insensitivity, not threatening her with bodily harm.

[quinnox]

65. I disagree. A red-hot emotional reaction is exactly what should be expected

Think of it this way, how would people react to someone making fun of the jumpers from the World Trade center. A Super nova red-hot reaction, I bet. It is the same thing here. OF COURSE people will react in this way. Call it irrational, but people tend to go ape-shit when seeing this kind of thing.

[cyberswede]

73. I can't imagine that a rational person could anticipate threats against her family.

Rjghteous indignation, ape-shit anger, whatever...threatening to rape her as revenge? Who thinks like that? Normal people would never anticipate that.

[BainsBane]

80. Additionally

No reasonable person justifies them.

[seabeyond]

75. you validate threatening rape, to keep a woman in line? really?

[quinnox]

84. No, of course not

I am saying people will tend to go nuts when they see such a despicable and disgusting costume such as this.

[BainsBane]

90. You clearly see the costume as more troubling

Than the threats of rape and murder.

[seabeyond]

124. threatening fuckin rape and sexually humiliating a woman should not be a "go to". that fuckin

simple.

[NuclearDem]

180. No, a bunch of misogynistic basement dwelling mouth breathers found an excuse to slut shame

That's what this boils down to. She was a perfect target with the outrage over the costume, and the little boys who couldn't get dates in high school jumped on it and proved why they're the pond scum of the universe.

[geek tragedy]

83. Rape threats are not an expression of outrage. Shame on any misogynist who claims otherwise nt

[nomorenomore08]

155. Anger is one thing, and probably justified here. But threatening to *rape* her?

Please tell me you don't think that is in any way acceptable.

[quinnox]

162. Nowhere did I say it was "OK" to make these kinds of threats

But put yourself in the shoes of someone who was traumatized by this horrific terrorist incident, let's say even someone who lost a loved one at the Boston bombing. Now, imagine how they would react to that costume. For me, I can empathize with their outrage and what they would think about this. It would be a white-hot emotional reaction, that is for sure.

It really is a simple calculus, if she hadn't made this despicable costume, and then took pictures of it, smiling, like she thought it was funny, and then proudly posting them on the internet, then this whole storm would never have come her way. It really is that simple.

[nomorenomore08]

165. But you seemed to be blanketly defending the reactions, regardless of motive or content.

I can't read your mind, but you did seem to be more upset about the costume itself, than about the fact that people were threatening to rape her.

And if I were a victim of the attack, or knew someone who was, my reaction would probably be something like "You evil piece of shit! How could you?" But that is not in any way the same as a rape threat.

[bluestate10]

205. But you didn't come out and hammer the fucking threats against the young woman.

Her decision on the costume showed cluelessness and coldness, but that shouldn't get her threatened with rape or murder of her and her family.

[Violet_Crumble]

225. I'm going to put myself in the shoes of someone reading yr posts...

Here's where there's a problem. Not once do you say what normal people believe, which is nothing justifies the threats of death and rape. All you seem to be doing is trying to blame the victim, and it's revolting to read...

[bettyellen]

260. that is it in a nutshell, thanks VC.

[Dash87]

255. Do you really think these losers are associated in any way with the victims?

I would bet on them being basement-dwelling misogynist losers exploiting another opportunity to lash out at women. They could care less about the victims. These are the real bullies.

[bettyellen]

157. Of course people will threaten rape? WTF is wrong with you? Who taught you that bullshit?

Wake the fuck up- this is not okay, and not to be excused or "expected".

[arikara]

160. Actually there is no reason for a person to go apeshit over something

Like that. i work with someone who is always going apeshit over any thing and the consensus with everyone else who is subjected to it is that it's a form of bullying and it has to stop. Adults should be able to control their over the top emotional reactions.

[bluestate10]

203. You are justifying death and rape threats? Or the posting of nude pictures that have

NOTHING to do with her heartless and clueless stunt?

[joshcryer]

216. People don't appreciate that part of social media.

If you piss off the right group you're done for.

It's one reason sites like this one have rules against giving out personal information.

What would happen if one of our biggest trolls who we ostracized was "doxed"? (Information came out on them.)

I bet even DU would make their life miserable.

[BainsBane]

76. Sounds awfully PC of you

A concept you have repeatedly denounced.

[Logical]

206. I would fire someone that fucking stupid. Nt

[jberryhill]

123. Don't mock dead people on Halloween?

Uh, I thought people were supposed to dress up as scary ghoulish things.

[quinnox]

130. Oh, come on, you are smarter than that

I know you know the difference between what this girl did, and what dressing up in a traditional ghoul or ghost costumes is.

[jberryhill]

135. You mean like....

The 9/11 outfit:











Michael Jackson:



Suicide Bomber



People dress up in all sorts of awful things because.... it's Halloween.

I cannot for the life of me figure out why the entire internet needs to work itself up into a moral outrage because some nitwit somewhere did something stupid.

[nomorenomore08]

159. And I'll bet you neither the Twin Towers guys nor the MJ guy were threatened with sexual assault.

Now, exactly how is the person in the OP not like the others? I can't imagine...

[joshcryer]

219. I think it was because she was seen as an "attention whore."

The internet hates what they deem pretty girls seeking attention and if they can find one doing something worthy of ire, the male demographic of the internet loses its collective shit.

[BainsBane]

199. He's also smart enough to know a costume and threats of rape and death

Aren't comparable, and that being more outraged at the costume than the threats is repulsive.

[LanternWaste]

136. I imagine another lesson she learned was that the consequences of benign yet tasteless jokes in our

I imagine another lesson she learned was that the consequences of benign yet tasteless jokes in our culture are often threats of violence and rape done by people who are evil or dumb as rocks...

But I suppose we all like to pretend to know what she did or did not learn.

[nomorenomore08]

163. +1

[eqfan592]

13. I agree that this was in really bad taste, but FFS people, what the hell is wrong with some people?

Talk about extreme over-reaction to the situation!!!!!

[PeaceNikki]

14. They were threatening her family as well. Just awful.

Way to fucking go, internet... make me feel sorry for a woman who was stupid enough to do this.

[seabeyond]

16. you know. really. she did a stupid ass thing. but, the fuckers that did what they did, 10xs worse

and we are in the position of calling them out, rather than her. she apologized. and the pigs go unpunished and mostly unnoticed.

[truebrit71]

120. Yup...

[HooptieWagon]

15. Agreed.

Peep's reactions are far more tasteless than the costume.

[11 Bravo]

18. She deserves to be shamed for the costume, but slut-shaming over naked internet pics is bullshit.

[HappyMe]

43. I agree.

What I have a hard time understanding is as many times as naked, drunk and compromising pictures are used against people - why, oh why do people still have them taken? Why haven't people learned anything?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

25. Boston Strong, I guess. nt

[Packerowner740]

28. Cute girl, stupid move, good response in apologizing.

I don't know what's wrong with today's youth. The threats are vile but if you are going to take pictures like that you have to expect them to get out. So many people doing those revenge sites which should be shut down and prosecutions made.

I have been married for over 30 years and could never imagine taking pictures like that of my wife much less somehow allowing someone else to see them or post them. And I couldn't imagine my wife being the type of person to allow it either. We knew each other right out of HS and have never been that type of person.

[bluestate10]

210. She didn't apologize. Her apology was "surviving" a marathon.

I doubt whether she "survived" a marathon where two people got killed and people lost limbs. Her apology was a non-apology and just shows even more clearly her lack of a clue or empathy. But people threatening her with rape and death and threatening her family are way out of line.

[jessie04]

29. Stupid joke, she apologizes... and...

shes threatened with rape
threatened with death
loses her job.

Maybe they'll be happy if she kills herself.

People can be so cruel over someone elses mistakes.

[get the red out]

30. Tastless and stupid

deserves threats of rape and murder?

I don't think that's rational at all.

[Whisp]

32. Yeh, and we are supposed to be 'civilized'.

all the pigs and fuckheads are putting their say in, they have more freedom of late to do that - what with the teabaggery and the horrific changes in women's rights it's safer now to be a pig. anywhere.

the girl probably did the stupidest thing in her life with that costume, but the reaction is so over the top.

[seabeyond]

36. how dare i call out the pigs that need to sexually humiliate this woman per posters at

beginning of the thread. i mean. these men threaten rape and put out her pictures to humiliate. but... i am the issue because i call them pigs.

can we justify these pigs existence any more? lordy.

[Initech]

34. Extremely poor taste for the costume but the overreaction was bizarre.

[Shrike47]

45. Have to agree. The pictures and the threats are each worse than her stupidity.

Bullying is not the answer.

[Initech]

54. Did you see Bill Maher's rant on Twitter trolls? If not I heavily suggest it:

[Puzzledtraveller]

240. People are addicted to rage.

They will seek it.

[Initech]

244. I posted Bill Maher's rant about twitter trolls, it's definitely worth a watch.

[NoOneMan]

42. Heartless human's heartlessness rewarded by more heartless humans

Our existence has become like a 70's zombie movie without the zombies; instead we're just a bunch of self-absorbed fucks one-upping eachother in cruelty

[Iggo]

44. Anyone who thinks that's a propotional response to a tasteless joke...

...is a complete fucking idiot.

[redgreenandblue]

48. +1

[greatlaurel]

63. You have stated it clearly and succinctly

Thank you very much.

The young lady is 22 years old and apologized. Kids cannot make a mistake anymore without it becoming a huge problem. I do not understand the threats of violence, at all. Can the people threatening her be prosecuted? I hope so.

[nomorenomore08]

166. +3

[Logical]

207. She was the idiot, but except the firing, the rest was horrible! nt

[Iggo]

233. The firing is one of the stupidest parts of this whole episode.

[Logical]

235. Nope, I would of fired someone that clueless and insensitive. What...

Other issues would she cause me in the future?

[Katashi_itto]

239. Agree. I would have responded the same way had she shown up in a KKK costume

or a 9/11 victim and trying to pawn it off as a joke. You show up to work in something like that. You make the comapny look bad then your fair game for being fired.

The other stuff, death threats, rape threats are uncalled for and way out of line.

Social media is a two edged sword. Lots smart people out, there lots more knuckle draggers.

The trick is not to expose yourself in a negative way to the hordes or roaming idiots out there.

Bottom line is, she's an adult, she made a really bad choice and now her life is seriously screwed.

[Logical]

246. We agree! nt

[Katashi_itto]

247. True!

I think a lot of people. Simply dont consider the simple fact EVERY post they ever make on the internet is THERE FOREVER...and as Prince said in one of his best songs "forever, thats a mighty long time"

Moreover, what ever you post is available for the whole world to see.

Moral of the story.

Be careful what you post

[Iggo]

241. Not me.

That's stupid.

[Logical]

245. LOL, your answer is stupid. nt

[Iggo]

248. No, yours is. (N/t)

[Capt. Obvious]

47. Nice costume!

[redgreenandblue]

56. Self-righteous internet fueled outrage frenzies are bullshit in almost all cases.

It is a damn costume. On halloween. Maybe tasteless, but the reaction was a million times worse.

[Initech]

62. Yeah shit like this is why I avoid social media as much as possible.

Way too many idiots and assholes out there, and when crap like this happens, true colors are revealed.

[Nine]

79. +1 (nt)

[Dash87]

257. Half of these people are Internet panic-du-jour clinging idiots that are even worse than the

woman in the Halloween costume. Reddit, for example, is full of cattle-like herds of dimwits like this.

[geek tragedy]

77. Offensive Halloween costumes are a tradition.

I remember JFK Jr and John Denver costumes, as well as Lady Die ones. It's horrible, because that's part of the catharsis of Halloween.

The Internet is full of asshole vigilantes, in this case wannabe rapist vigilantes.

[jberryhill]

125. That's what I don't get in any of this

Is it a ghoulish costume? Yep.

Is it Halloween? Yep.

[msanthrope]

82. She's a 22 year-old idiot. The people who threatened her are much, much worse. nt

[Rex]

86. How did she believe it was a simple joke?

Always with an excuse, after exhibiting piss poor taste. Like clockwork with some, she will no doubt blame everyone in the world for her problems now. Dressing up like a maimed and/or dying bystander at the Boston Marathon...WHO COULD HAVE FIGURED ANYTHING BAD WOULD HAPPEN AS A RESULT!?

[cyberswede]

106. Why do you think she'll blame others for her problems now?

She admitted her mistake and apologized.

And I say again, no rational person would ever anticipate being threatened with rape as revenge for a lapse in judgement like this.

[Rex]

129. Just her general clueless atittude. I don't buy it.

She dressed up like a bombing victim, because it is HA HA funny...nope sorry don't buy it. Whatever cleverness she thought about herself, has long been proven the mistake.

[ohheckyeah]

185. Maybe she believed it was a joke because

she's 22 years old? Wow - young person does something tasteless and offensive, that's a real news flash.

[Rex]

191. I'm still young enough to remember being 22 and I never knew anyone

that clueless. I do feel sorry for her over all the heat she is getting by demented people out there that love to hide behind an IP.

[ohheckyeah]

193. I truly find that hard to believe. n/t

[rrneck]

87. I wonder if there are any college courses

to teach people how to manage a public persona? This happen all the time. People put stuff in public that should be private.

The responses she received were uncalled for but posting something like that costume or nude images of yourself on a public medium is like playing in traffic.

She didn't deserve the response she got but she was certainly asking for it.

[Rex]

96. I agree, the idiots that want to hurt her or kill her

are no better than she is imo. I guess it is too hard for some to write a letter of protest on her fb page. No, some have to be BIG MAN and threaten life and limb.

[rrneck]

110. Actually I give her credit for guts.

Her actions are causing her actual consequences. The idiots making threats are able to do so anonymously. In my book that's just chickenshit.

[Rex]

132. Yes when you put it that way, they are far worse.

But how does one not realize dressing up as a bombing victim is not going to send people into a rage? I've heard of clueless, but she takes it to another level imo.

[rrneck]

137. True that.

She shouldn't expect a McCarthur grant anytime soon.

[ohheckyeah]

186. She was asking for it?

Seriously?

[rrneck]

187. If one performs an act

with with highly predictable consequences, it could be said they could, or at least should, have anticipated those consequences. They were by a reasonable person standard anticipating the outcome, or asking for it.

If you jump off a house to break your leg in an insurance scam, you're asking for it just as much as you jumped under the influence of drugs. A consciously self inflicted broken leg is just as irresponsible as imparing ones reasoning ability in a dangerous location.

It should be common knowledge by now that the internet isn't a private place and insulting thousands of people will draw a sizeable, and outsized, negative response. Especially if those responding will suffer no negative consequences.

[ohheckyeah]

190. Oh, good grief....

she's 22. Who expects dire consequences for stupidity at 22?

[rrneck]

196. Anybody that wants to live to see 23.

It's reasonable to assume she drives to work. Do you think she drives like a maniac? Do you think she didn't have to learn how to operate a car in a safe manner?

Look at the image. She's in an office. She uses social media. The phenomenon of people saying stupid things on social media and suffering backlash for it is not uncommon, and any reasonable person would expect the same if they broadcast themselves in a costume making light of a tragedy suffered by an entire city.

Anybody that uses technology should assume the responsible use of that technology. "Oh, she's just precocious" might work when she's five, but she's old enough to vote and serve in the military. She's an adult, and she needs to learn to act like one.

Was the response she received over the top and unnecessary? Of course. But one has to ask how her personal information and image got on the internet to begin with. She made a lot of mistakes any prudent adult would have avoided, and like it or not, she's an adult.

[ohheckyeah]

220. Well, most normal human

beings don't react to a 22 year old's stupidity with threats.

I didn't say she's just precocious. You sure are puffed up with your idea of how mature and smart you are and were at 22.

[rrneck]

229. YES YES YES OMG THEY WERE WRONG STINKY POOS!

Feel better now? It's not like I have ever said that the responses were in any way the right thing to do.

Okay. Let's try this. It ought to really give you something to misinterpret. It is entirely wrong to force women to wear a pup tent in Saudi Arabia. There isn't anything right about it. They shouldn't do it. Ever. Not at all. Not even a little bit. The men who do it are assholes. Every time. No exceptions. Ever.

Now, having established the obvious fact that making women wear a pup tent only an idiot would walk down the street in Riyadh wearing a bikini and not expect negative consequences. Those consequences would be a moral outrage, but the fact that they are wrong won't keep them from happening. Please note that this is an extreme example to make a point, and I am in no way advocating the compulsory wearing of pup tents by women anywhere in the galaxy.

Now, Ms. Lynch posted an image of herself on the internet, the most efficient distributor of information in the history of the human race, that annoyed a bunch of people. In response they said mean things to her. In a stroke of what has to be one of the most obvious cases of narcissistic stupidity since the last idiot did it, she also posted personal information as well. So not only did she annoy the hell out of a bunch of people, she gave them a way to find her and her family in real life. The technical term for that is Compound Fuck Up. Fortunately, even in light of such foolishness the chances that anything more will come of her mistake are fairly remote simply because most of the assholes that said mean things to her said them from their mother's basement and they're nothing but spineless no life trolls.

[bluestate10]

211. Equating her stupidity with treats to rape her is bullshit. nt

[rrneck]

221. I didn't equate them. Never came close.

I have said repeatedly that the response was excessive.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

94. How can a 22-year-old be so fucking clueless?

"Twitter users also were able to find out what Lynch's full name was because earlier she had posted a photo of her driver’s license on her account. That’s when she and her family and friends began receiving death and rape threats and the bullying intensified.

The #boss hashtag is curious.

And when did young women start referring to themselves as skanks and bitches?

[geek tragedy]

101. Most 22 year olds are clueless.

I'm surprised I remembered to breathe at that age.

[greatlaurel]

121. +100

[WorseBeforeBetter]

144. I have to disagree...

based on me, my friends, my family, my former classmates, etc. Not saying we didn't make mistakes, but I question Ms. Lynch's overall judgment:

--Extremely poor choice of Halloween costume.
--Carrying on in the workplace (unless a work-sanctioned party; even then, limit alcohol intake and avoid supply closets).
--Nude pics (not a "moral" issue for me, but one of trust and not knowing where they'll end up).
--Posting pic of driver's license to Twitter.

She shared with Buzzfeed that she raped:

“When people bring up the rape stuff, it kind of hits a spot, but I don’t show it. I’m over it, but it’s something that I would never, ever wish upon someone no matter what they had done. They can dress however they want.”

And I still don't think she gets it:

Lynch also added that she believes she was harassed so viciously in comparison to others who have worn Boston marathon bombing-inspired costumes this Halloween, because she is a woman. She claimed her intent was to be “funny.”

“Honestly, it’s the Day of the Dead,” she said. “I wasn’t a dead person, I wasn’t being disrespectful. I was a survivor of a marathon. And it’s not like I was walking around with a fake leg or my arm torn off or something like that.”

I do agree that the wholly inappropriate attacks were more vicious because of her gender. I would recommend that she step away from social media for a while... and learn the meaning of the word "discretion."

[geek tragedy]

145. Of course what she did was stupid.

But, young women pay for stupidity in ways that men don't.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

143. That was a head-scratcher, to be sure...

I can see someone being tasteless in their humor, but dumb enough to post their driver's license on Twitter? Really?

[NCTraveler]

100. ohh my.

She has been raped and is being threatened with rape. Disgusting people.

[indepat]

112. Some must want to hog-tie and keel-haul her as if her transgression were

a crime against humanity.

[nomorenomore08]

171. It's not so much about the girl herself, or what she did. More a matter of opportunity.

Notice that women online seem to get anonymous rape threats for a variety of "offenses," not just tasteless Halloween costumes. There's apparently a certain segment of psycho woman-haters looking for any chance to unload on somebody.

[truebrit71]

115. Incredibly stupid move on her part....but the (over)reaction is worse imho...

....People just need to dial it down a fucking notch....she did something really, really stupid, she apologized, move along...In the grand scheme of things to get wound up about, a tasteless Halloween costume is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down the list..

[Bradical79]

116. Disgusting

Call me crazy, but I think threatening anyone with rape is much worse than an idiot making a tasteless joke.

[lame54]

139. true

[RedCappedBandit]

138. People went way too far in their response, but she's a POS too.

As for her apology.. it was "too soon"?

GTFO

Sad that she isn't even the only idiot who thought a costume like this was clever.

[bullwinkle428]

140. On a sliding scale, not as bad as the "comedy team" who decided

to dress up as "George Zimmerman & dead Trayvon Martin", with a white guy in blackface playing the role of Trayvon Martin.

Somehow, I'm guessing these guys weren't threatened with rape.

[boomer55]

149. guys vs girls I guess. Its another example of how women have a seperate standard. :(

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

142. Having been young and stupid at one point in my life....

as opposed to middle-aged and stupid today, I'm REALLY glad the internet didn't exist in 1983.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

147. A-fucking-men to that.

The Dewey Beach hot tubs alone. Yikes.

[Iggo]

153. You and me both, buddy.

Yikes!

[LittleBlue]

154. I thought it was ridiculous when she lost her job

This has gone waaaaay too far.

Is it fair that her life is ruined because of a single picture? The reaction was grossly disproportionate with her insensitive costume. At worst, her boss should have pulled her aside and told her to take down the picture or delete her twitter account.

edit- okay, just read and seen the nude. DO NOT PUT YOUR NUDES IN DIGITAL FORMAT! When will people learn that if it's on your phone/laptop/online, millions of people have access.

[bigwillq]

156. Poor choices on her part but the response was more appalling, imo

Death threats??? Are you freaking serious???????

[sakabatou]

169. +1

[scheming daemons]

174. anonymity on the internet brings out the worst in people

I imagine that if it was impossible to hide being anonymity, that there wouldn't have been any death or rape threats.

The cloak of anonymity brings out the worst in people. They knew nobody could find out who they were.

Makes me wish we could subpoena the internet providers to find out who the assholes were so they could get fired too.

[robertpaulsen]

175. Lynch is Tony Rocky Horror, the Freakout Twitterverse is Marsellus Wallace

[Deep13]

176. gross overreaction

especially the threats of violence, but also the job loss. A distasteful sense of humor is not a mortal sin. Oh, and the photos.

[AverageJoe90]

178. Honestly, what she did was kinda dumb, but......

Threatening her.....with rape? And even death?

C'mon, man, that was just way over the top. Seriously.

[NuclearDem]

179. Wow, just wow. People here defending and apologizing for slut shaming and violating her privacy.

This place really sucks sometimes.

[mythology]

181. That's a lot of stupid

Her for the costume and those idiots threatening her with harm. Actually those people are doubly stupid. First for threatening to cause her harm and secondly for doing it online where they can be tracked down.

[dionysus]

182. what she did was stupid but the reaction to it is beyond the pale...

[Spirochete]

183. Geez - extreme overkill

This girl is pretty young still, and apparently not extremely smart, but her offense merits being taken to task, and told how offensive and inappropriate it was to dress up like a Boston bombing victim, instead of an Iraqi bombing victim - not losing her job, and threats of violence. It's like people just look for a reason to hate someone, anyone.

[Sissyk]

188. That costume is beyond despicable.

She had no though whatsoever about the victims of the bombing.

The threats of death and rape are three times beyond despicable. No one should have to put up with threats on their life over a damn costume..

[bluestate10]

201. Stupid, heartless decision on her part. But she shouldn't be exposed to

threats of rape, or death threats.

[smackd]

204. 1) people need to get over themselves...

and 2) that's why they call it the INTERNET




before anybody flips out, #1 applies to the 'outrage', #2 is re: the pics

[Warren DeMontague]

215. A bad costume deserves to be met with exactly this: "That's a shit costume"

Maybe a "that's not really cool, real people were hurt"

.... fucking up someone's life over something like that is way way worse.

[Logical]

250. I would of fired her. But the other stuff is horrible. nt

[Warren DeMontague]

251. Given that she was apparently at work in the costume, that could be the employers perogative

But the rest- yeah. Way out of line.

[Zeke L Brimstone]

222. Monstrous reaction, I'll agree

But I do have difficulty sympathizing with her.

[Vashta Nerada]

232. Absolutely disgusting the way she was treated.

The costume was in poor taste, but that's no reason to threaten her and her family. Posting nude pictures of her is reprehensible. Losing a job over this is stupid.

I hope the pigs who did this to her are happy.

[Dash87]

259. Yeah, that's pretty mean, but this is all bull crap.

She's become the latest target of the Internet's contingent of misogynist assholes waiting for the latest woman to attack and slut-shame. These people couldn't give a crap about the Boston marathon bombing - they have a deep anger and hatred towards women.

Notice that when a man does something like this, nobody ever cares. That's because the reaction has nothing to do with the offensive thing that is done. Her biggest offense, to these people is being female.