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Wow....just wow rbixby Jan 2013 #1
This is beyond disgusting. demmiblue Jan 2013 #2
Can't bring myself to watch it either. MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #4
"various parties she was transported to" Lars39 Jan 2013 #9
that is called kidnapping Skittles Jan 2013 #57
Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #34
Don't forget Willard "Mitt" Scissorhands - n/t coalition_unwilling Jan 2013 #50
And here he is proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #49
Perhaps I am influenced by the story, but damn... demmiblue Jan 2013 #54
He looks like a little Nazi. smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #172
This message was self-deleted by its author radicalliberal Jan 2013 #198
You should see his facebook posts Marrah_G Jan 2013 #201
You should share them proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #203
The last portion of the Anonnymous video statement Marrah_G Jan 2013 #204
if saltsman was there, looks like he's going to get off. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #79
Unreal...just unreal... truebrit71 Jan 2013 #3
what strikes me about the video Last Stand Jan 2013 #41
This. is. disgusting. d_r Jan 2013 #5
BTW, this poster is still active on DU: demmiblue Jan 2013 #6
Wow... MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #8
The post was deleted. Chan790 Jan 2013 #42
The OP was reposted obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #80
in my opinion the only guys who defend rape Skittles Jan 2013 #53
Yep. The most disturbing post ever: jsr Jan 2013 #100
I'm 55 too. On what planet was "a passed-out 'chick' considered fair game"? Mister Ed Jan 2013 #205
Federal Government and Media erpowers Jan 2013 #7
K&R nt Mnemosyne Jan 2013 #10
Listen. d_r Jan 2013 #11
Oh damn MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #12
Also, conspiracy and kidnapping charges obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #17
That kid bragging about how he thought Tsiyu Jan 2013 #13
+10.000 smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #173
And Sheriff ABubba sez Tsiyu Jan 2013 #182
High School and College sports and frats are cesspools in need of draining. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #14
Why haven't any of the DU football fans commented on this scandal? radicalliberal Jan 2013 #44
Who says they haven't commented? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2013 #84
Well, I will admit I don't know the usernames of all the DU football fans, . . . radicalliberal Jan 2013 #98
You're broad brushing ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2013 #126
Here we go . . . radicalliberal Jan 2013 #129
I had told you in a PM that I would no longer post in any more of these Steubenville topics; radicalliberal Jan 2013 #170
Bravo! smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #175
You were actually doing okay with your original comments ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2013 #202
That's a broad brush. Chan790 Jan 2013 #45
The problem is the HS psychopaths often get away with it, . . . radicalliberal Jan 2013 #47
You cannot possibly believe your statement Jenoch Jan 2013 #68
The poster is prone to hyperbole ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2013 #83
The poster you have just mentioned was severely bullied by jocks at his high school, . . . radicalliberal Jan 2013 #99
I do care, whether you believe it or not ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2013 #127
Yup. I can't even go into the locker room at the YMCA. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #183
I didn't know you had PTSD. You must have really suffered. I'm very sorry . . . radicalliberal Jan 2013 #219
Thanks! Odin2005 Jan 2013 #225
The problem with the bad culture that is active in Steubenville and elsewhere . . . radicalliberal Jan 2013 #101
Football is a religion in this country. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #184
Ditto! radicalliberal Jan 2013 #194
Thank YOU! smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #174
DUers have bragged a bit about doing the same thing obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #15
yep lunasun Jan 2013 #59
I only know of the one Bradical79 Jan 2013 #69
Theory is that there was a date rape drug involved. Girl was unconscious for so long Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #153
Drugging, rape, kidnapping, conspiracy obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #16
The boy who hosted one of the houses where the girl was raped is the son of the prosecuting attorney yardwork Jan 2013 #18
I know MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #19
I saw the links and discussion up the thread after I posted. yardwork Jan 2013 #20
Yup. MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #24
wikileaks? TorchTheWitch Jan 2013 #159
Sorry, wrong word. The link calls itself LocalLeaks or something like that. yardwork Jan 2013 #161
Their miserable parents get the red out Jan 2013 #35
and it would not matter even if she was partying and drunk Skittles Jan 2013 #56
She was given GHB, a date rape drug. She was NOT partying and drunk, she was deliberately riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #64
Do you know she was given this GHB drug or are you speculating? n/t doc03 Jan 2013 #91
More football culture RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #21
The football coach has enabled and encouraged this behavior. yardwork Jan 2013 #22
THAT should be so fucking illegal it carries a life sentence. MindPilot Jan 2013 #38
Am I the only person who absolutely despises sports culture? smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #176
I thought Anonymous was overreacting at first -- but not now starroute Jan 2013 #23
Couldn't have expressed it better myself War Horse Jan 2013 #212
K & R Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #25
"...people are trying to blow up our football program because of it." WTF? LeftinOH Jan 2013 #26
That quote says it all right there dunnit? MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #27
Careful what you say. radicalliberal Jan 2013 #46
What's worse? Oilwellian Jan 2013 #58
The police chief said some people are "simply jealous" of the football team. Jamastiene Jan 2013 #76
This Football Hero-Worship has to stop... Taverner Jan 2013 #28
With each horrid story, my one hope is that the Social Media now makes it harder and harder to lie libdem4life Jan 2013 #29
I have not been a fan of social media Skittles Jan 2013 #55
Kind of like Foley got caught in IM Hell, Romney got caught in a 47% Reality Show. libdem4life Jan 2013 #97
I'm an old boomer but I feel I could rival these youngsters Skittles Jan 2013 #109
OK...speaking for myself ... LOL.. and I don't doubt you can !! libdem4life Jan 2013 #130
sure I am middle aged Skittles Jan 2013 #131
Works for me !! libdem4life Jan 2013 #132
Don't laugh, Skittles. We'll still be arguing at 109 on DU… that's a date, okay? KittyWampus Jan 2013 #166
re:Steubenville looks to be another Penn State. allan01 Jan 2013 #30
I think the officials who cover this up are really commiting the more serious crime. MindPilot Jan 2013 #37
when the people are proscuted and the facts are in riverbendviewgal Jan 2013 #31
I posted this in another thread. Sheldon Cooper Jan 2013 #32
Is "Anonymous" the only hope for justice in this country? get the red out Jan 2013 #33
Justice will not be meted out by the corrupt officials in town JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2013 #36
At yet there are those in the community who overlook this because WI_DEM Jan 2013 #39
From the article 19 football coaches! Cmon'!! WI_DEM Jan 2013 #40
I have no words for this. Earth_First Jan 2013 #43
Check out the comment section on their website: proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #48
some excellent comments Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #151
so much for "isolated sociopaths" and no such thing as rape culture, huh? bettyellen Jan 2013 #51
Kidnapping = bring in FBI. nt Ilsa Jan 2013 #52
I live in the area and I think as bad as this is it has been blown way out of doc03 Jan 2013 #60
Why don't we just sweep the allegations of gang rape under the rug? radicalliberal Jan 2013 #61
No kidding. historylovr Jan 2013 #82
Um, the social media posts are directly from the asshole participants. demmiblue Jan 2013 #62
Yeah, Isaac Newton! radicalliberal Jan 2013 #63
Damn spell checker did it. The Sheriff gave an interview on the radio this morning and doc03 Jan 2013 #71
The sheriff is a personal friend of the coach. He's probably part of the cover-up. radicalliberal Jan 2013 #72
It is a small town the Sheriff is a personal friend, a relative of or doc03 Jan 2013 #73
The police chief said some people are "simply jealous" of the football team. Jamastiene Jan 2013 #77
Of course he did MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #85
I'm sure he did..... marions ghost Jan 2013 #103
Uh, the rapists themselves are on facebook bragging about this. Are you watching? riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #65
"as bad as this is, this has been blown way out of proportion? MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #66
You can't back that up... and are you a complete moron? Bradical79 Jan 2013 #70
Twitter evidence! You call me a moron. What happened to Innocent doc03 Jan 2013 #74
There's video. It's pretty disgusting. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #75
I watched the video all it is some damn fool kid that thinks he is funny. doc03 Jan 2013 #88
no, i think it's a bit more than that. it's a room full of high school boys talking about a rape. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #95
There wasn't going to be a trial until Anonymous published their tweets and FB videos. yardwork Jan 2013 #108
That doesn't jive with the newspaper. It says way back on October 12 doc03 Jan 2013 #120
You are correct in this regard, Doc. MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #123
For one assailant. One assailant was charged. yardwork Jan 2013 #125
No, two assailants were charged and a trial was set in October doc03 Jan 2013 #138
Did you watch the video made by the perpetrators themselves? And read their own tweets? yardwork Jan 2013 #149
I hope you're right MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #92
It is from what guys that I work with in the Steel Mill ArnoldLayne Jan 2013 #112
Wait... MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #115
It's worse what I said about Naples Restaurant is ArnoldLayne Jan 2013 #128
The high school in this very depressed town has a better swimming facility than WVU? yardwork Jan 2013 #155
blown way out of proportion? videotapping a GANG-RAPE at multiple houses, with coaches niyad Jan 2013 #160
There is a video tape of the rape? Please provide a link I want to see it. I haven't heard doc03 Jan 2013 #186
There was videotape of the rape but it has been "lost" by the same authorities yardwork Jan 2013 #188
So as far as we know an anonymous person claims there was a videotape of the doc03 Jan 2013 #197
The judge found "clear evidence that one of the defendants transmitted sexually oriented pictures yardwork Jan 2013 #206
Well how could that be, from the many posts on the subject I have read on DU the courts doc03 Jan 2013 #207
They destroyed most of it, or didn't bother to find it. Did you read the testimony? yardwork Jan 2013 #208
I wouldn't have any idea how to get a picture that was doc03 Jan 2013 #210
to be so flippant and unconcerned, when we are talking about a kid gang raped. disgraceful. nt seabeyond Jan 2013 #214
People read accusations and rumors from anonymous people on an internet blog doc03 Jan 2013 #215
you refuse to acknowledge the facts taht are out there to maintain your defence of people and a town seabeyond Jan 2013 #217
No, you are the one refusing to recognize evidence that you are confronted with. yardwork Jan 2013 #218
Yes there is clear evidence of two persons having sexual contact with the doc03 Jan 2013 #220
That's incorrect. You obviously haven't read any of the news reports. yardwork Jan 2013 #223
There have been parents that had to take their kids out of school doc03 Jan 2013 #224
What bullshit. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #185
CNN had a "show" about it d_r Jan 2013 #67
K&R ArnoldLayne Jan 2013 #78
Steubenville is not to far away from Washington Pa. FarPoint Jan 2013 #81
Hey! spinbaby Jan 2013 #211
I like Washington Pa. I drive thru it often... FarPoint Jan 2013 #213
Blame sports not the kids The Straight Story Jan 2013 #86
I haven't had my morning coffee yet Whisp Jan 2013 #87
lol Sheldon Cooper Jan 2013 #89
You are making an absolute fool of yourself. morningfog Jan 2013 #93
Yeah, the prevailing culture is totally insignificant. radicalliberal Jan 2013 #104
The State of Ohio Needs to Launch an Investigation Into This Crime Yavin4 Jan 2013 #90
It is going to trial wait to the trial is over before you doc03 Jan 2013 #94
Bless your heart. historylovr Jan 2013 #96
Hey, I guess everyone should have kept quiet during the Watergate scandal ... radicalliberal Jan 2013 #105
First of all MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #107
Go ahead knock yourself out. I heard that CNN is going to do doc03 Jan 2013 #114
Good for you. MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #116
I will pass judgment Tsiyu Jan 2013 #134
Did you see the attorney for one of the boys tonight? They have a doc03 Jan 2013 #136
This must be the first rape case you've seen Tsiyu Jan 2013 #137
The State of Ohio investigators turned the text message over to the Steubenville doc03 Jan 2013 #140
And that one text makes everything else just go away for you? Tsiyu Jan 2013 #141
No it doesn't clear everything up, that is why they are having a trial. You doc03 Jan 2013 #143
If you admit publicly to a crime Tsiyu Jan 2013 #144
Bravo! Thank you. nt historylovr Jan 2013 #145
Thank you, too Tsiyu Jan 2013 #148
I know. The poor dear. historylovr Jan 2013 #154
holy shit MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #146
I'm pretty damned proud of you, too Tsiyu Jan 2013 #150
I hope that baby has someone like you to turn to. UtahLib Jan 2013 #157
UtahLib Tsiyu Jan 2013 #158
would you consider posting this as its own OP? I wish I could rec it a million times. niyad Jan 2013 #165
I will if you like Tsiyu Jan 2013 #168
Thank YOU! Great post! smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #178
Beautiful post. Thank you. n/t Z_I_Peevey Jan 2013 #169
The girl was drugged and gang raped, probably dozens of times. yardwork Jan 2013 #156
Anything she texted the following day is meaningless. seabeyond Jan 2013 #162
I agree completely flobee1 Jan 2013 #181
You don't see any evidence of a crime????????????????? yardwork Jan 2013 #110
INORITE!?! MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #113
He and the sheriff and the prosecuting attorney and all 19 coaches in Steubenville. yardwork Jan 2013 #117
Indeed. MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #118
But we were supposed to wait for the (nonexistent) trial before passing judgement. yardwork Jan 2013 #119
LOL MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #121
Maybe it's something in the water there. yardwork Jan 2013 #122
I live 30 miles from Steubenville, I did work there for almost 40 years and doc03 Jan 2013 #142
Ah. MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #147
this is really a disgusting post... so, we shame her with comments from all involved, living in the seabeyond Jan 2013 #163
This is the bitter fruit of the jock culture. A bit noxious, wouldn't you say? radicalliberal Jan 2013 #189
bryant, pittsburgh steelers quaterback rapist. these rapists are on national tv held up as gods seabeyond Jan 2013 #191
These people are rape enablers. Football is their sacred cow/calf, and they're blind to truth. radicalliberal Jan 2013 #193
that is what made me fall in love all over again with husband. we had such a bright, joyful, seabeyond Jan 2013 #195
Hey, I've taken up bodybuilding late in my life. I've gained muscular development . . . radicalliberal Jan 2013 #196
agreed. a person that was immersed in it all my life and main focus of our family... seabeyond Jan 2013 #199
you can't imagine the shame it is causing the father and grandfather of one of the perps? If they niyad Jan 2013 #167
word from nodianos fathers "my son never raped anyone nor did his friends" seabeyond Jan 2013 #171
Scum of the earth! radicalliberal Jan 2013 #192
There is a trial scheduled next month and that decision was made doc03 Jan 2013 #135
I don't believe that text message BS historylovr Jan 2013 #152
Why does the VICTIM have to hire her own attorney?????!!!!! yardwork Jan 2013 #164
actually that's not how it works TorchTheWitch Jan 2013 #221
I understand, and that's clearly what's going to happen here. yardwork Jan 2013 #222
If I have anesthaesia on day one, I can not sign a legal document or even drive for 24 hours. Lars39 Jan 2013 #200
Who is going to trial? Not your rape enabling local officials Bjorn Against Jan 2013 #133
Horrible! The Rape Crew needs to be held accountable! In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #102
Little trivia about Steubenville Ohio. It is where the movie ArnoldLayne Jan 2013 #106
Occupy Steubenville joelbny Jan 2013 #111
Nice! MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #124
Thanks and welcome to DU! smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #179
Very shocking Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #139
Having seen the video Riftaxe Jan 2013 #177
i do not get why we sell our young men out so easily. you are right, you and most young guys would seabeyond Jan 2013 #187
In post-industrial America BainsBane Jan 2013 #180
And surprisingly, neither one is in the South. Bake Jan 2013 #190
The glorification/idolization of sports-guys is a big part of it. SoCalDem Jan 2013 #209
No, this is NOT another Penn State. Avalux Jan 2013 #216
I feel sorry for the players, but the pain of their disappointment should lessen over time. radicalliberal Jan 2013 #226
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