Apr
30
In a post about a 17 year old assaulting a teacher, we get treated to a bunch of juvenile references to how the young woman looks and questioning of her sexuality:
lawlady April 29, 2009 8:27PM CST
Wow….that’s a girl…um…yeah, I would say she’s having an identity crisis for sure. She needs some counseling.
gobler April 29, 2009 9:24PM CST
nddp4me….you say she is probably made fun of and picked on?…Perhaps…but look and act right and it will stop. Did the being made fun of come first or after bizarre look and behavior? After, I would bet. Just like a few other posters said…this is not the first for her you can bet. She has probably done this all along but the school rewards the behavior and reinforces it. If you act bad enough, they do not require as much, expect very little, and let you get by with stuff no one else would even think about. Next stop…incarceration…because as schools….we teach this type of behavior instead of booting them out.
A 17 year old is responsible for her behavior and certainly this behavior is appalling, but let’s look how it is treated in a comment thread at a supposedly respected publication. Teenage humor dominates because the young woman doesn’t look like some posters expect her to and they question her sexuality and then excuse potential bullying because she’s weird.
This is good discussion? How? It’s homophobic stupidity at the level of a pre-pubescent boy.
The commenters are making up stories about how this individual must have come to be with nothing more than a picture a short story in a newspaper. How is that speculation not on par with rumor mongering? And how does a news organization allow it to continue?