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In reply to the discussion: Steubenville looks to be another Penn State. [View all]Guy Whitey Corngood
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Well, I will admit I don't know the usernames of all the DU football fans, . . .
radicalliberal
Jan 2013
#98
I had told you in a PM that I would no longer post in any more of these Steubenville topics;
radicalliberal
Jan 2013
#170
The poster you have just mentioned was severely bullied by jocks at his high school, . . .
radicalliberal
Jan 2013
#99
I didn't know you had PTSD. You must have really suffered. I'm very sorry . . .
radicalliberal
Jan 2013
#219
The problem with the bad culture that is active in Steubenville and elsewhere . . .
radicalliberal
Jan 2013
#101
Theory is that there was a date rape drug involved. Girl was unconscious for so long
Liberal_in_LA
Jan 2013
#153
The boy who hosted one of the houses where the girl was raped is the son of the prosecuting attorney
yardwork
Jan 2013
#18
She was given GHB, a date rape drug. She was NOT partying and drunk, she was deliberately
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#64
The police chief said some people are "simply jealous" of the football team.
Jamastiene
Jan 2013
#76
With each horrid story, my one hope is that the Social Media now makes it harder and harder to lie
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#29
Kind of like Foley got caught in IM Hell, Romney got caught in a 47% Reality Show.
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#97
Don't laugh, Skittles. We'll still be arguing at 109 on DU… that's a date, okay?
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#166
I think the officials who cover this up are really commiting the more serious crime.
MindPilot
Jan 2013
#37
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
The police chief said some people are "simply jealous" of the football team.
Jamastiene
Jan 2013
#77
Uh, the rapists themselves are on facebook bragging about this. Are you watching?
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#65
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
Did you watch the video made by the perpetrators themselves? And read their own tweets?
yardwork
Jan 2013
#149
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
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
to be so flippant and unconcerned, when we are talking about a kid gang raped. disgraceful. nt
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#214
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
Hey, I guess everyone should have kept quiet during the Watergate scandal ...
radicalliberal
Jan 2013
#105
The State of Ohio investigators turned the text message over to the Steubenville
doc03
Jan 2013
#140
would you consider posting this as its own OP? I wish I could rec it a million times.
niyad
Jan 2013
#165
He and the sheriff and the prosecuting attorney and all 19 coaches in Steubenville.
yardwork
Jan 2013
#117
But we were supposed to wait for the (nonexistent) trial before passing judgement.
yardwork
Jan 2013
#119
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
If I have anesthaesia on day one, I can not sign a legal document or even drive for 24 hours.
Lars39
Jan 2013
#200
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
I feel sorry for the players, but the pain of their disappointment should lessen over time.
radicalliberal
Jan 2013
#226