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Originally Posted by Lateralus
These are just three quotes I found from a quick Google search of news articles and comments from when the incident happened. ( The Age, The Australian, No Cookies | Herald Sun).
Of course when the incident happened there were many more comments following by members of the public, talkback radio etc, but I don't have the time to track them down right now.
Clearly these comments are not only indicating that what Jill did was stupid, but they are also victim blaming her, i.e. suggesting the crime is somewhat of her fault. This is what victim blaming is. Like I said, I too agree that walking home unaccompanied in the middle of the night is not the smartest thing to do. But I do not agree that the rape/murder was in ANY way her fault. And I do also think that comments like these ARE of victim blaming nature. |
Yeah those second two are stupid, I can see why people would have an issue with those, first one just sounds like a dumbass trying to counter something and makes himself sound like a knob.
lol at even taking these people seriously or getting wound up by them when they can't even write correctly in their own language though. That's without even considering that the internet and stories like these are a troll's wet dream. Nobody in the real world thinks like this. Nobody reasonable anyway.
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Originally Posted by 216
i agree Fluffy Kittens that victim blaming is one of several things that is more of an internet sensation than actually happening in the real world. i think things like social media and especially twitter make it easy to fool people into thinking somethin is more prevalent than it really is. you also reminded me of a video of a cab driver who was driving a few drunk girls who refused to pay the fare and then claimed he sexually assaulted them but luckily his camera was rolling.
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Grief junkies and moral warriors love Twitter. It's a competition on there to see who can be the most righteous or pay tribute first. I remember when Gaddafi died and some no-mark celebrity tweeted 'RIP Gaddafi', obviously without knowing who he was ffs
