Dear Courageous Young Woman, Sean, and Scum

Dear Jane Doe Courageous Young Woman,

I believe you.

And I believe in you.

No one has the right to do what they did to you.  No one.  It does not matter that you were drinking.  They had no right.  Period.

It hurts to lose friends.  It hurts when you are not believed.  It hurts when rumors fly.  [I know because I have been through that too].  Know that the actions of others say much more about them than it does about you.

No matter what happens in the morning, know that you are strong.  Know that you are who you are and no one can take that away from you.  You are honorable.  You have integrity.  You have your own true self.

Much Respect,

sapphoq 



Dear Sean,

Out of the seventeen teens who were sent text messages and photos and vids, you were the only one who replied that this stuff is wrong.  I honor you for that.

sapphoq



unDear "alleged" rapists and other victim-makers and defenders of football teams Scum,

Just because the accused are on a football team, it does not follow that butt-hurt over that is a rational response to the horror of what happened to a teen from West Virginia that night.  I hate that you are butt-hurt over that.  How about reserving some butt-hurt for the "accuser" courageous young woman? 

Here's a question: Would have gotten in such a butt-hurt if the accused were members of the school's ping pong team? Debate Society? Misfits or nobodies who didn't really fit in anywhere?

And just so we are clear about this, there is no excuse for sexually assaulting someone-- whether with fingers, a penis, or other-- when they are drunk, on the verge of passing out, passed out, or "dead."  Regardless of what the judge decides tomorrow morning, I despise you.

sapphoq

sapphoq n friends says: Obviously the stuff I write is my own carefully thought-out opinion.  Obviously I have no intentions of defaming anyone.  Obviously if you don't like what I write you don't have to read what I write.
                                        And a big shout out to Anonymous who worked to bring what happened to national attention, to the other human beings who also protested on behalf of the courageous young woman, and to everyone who strove to do the right thing in spite of so much pressure to do otherwise.
    
References:

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/16/17341154-judge-in-steubenville-rape-trial-to-issue-verdict-sunday 

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/judge-set-issue-steubenville-rape-case-verdict-sunday-article-1.1290900

http://www.cbssports.com/general/story/21892772/accuser-in-steubenville-rape-case-cant-remember-assault

http://www.wcvb.com/news/national/Accuser-in-Steubenville-rape-case-testifies/-/9848944/19345254/-/xp5h35z/-/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/16/justice/ohio-steubenville-case/

http://www.wptz.com/news/national/Accuser-in-Steubenville-rape-case-testifies/-/8869978/19345254/-/laifya/-/index.html

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/us/victim-of-alleged-rape-in-steubenville-tells-friend-she-did-not-have-sex-according-to-testimony-679587/

http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2013/03/steubenville-rape-victim-liar-friends-former-friends-claim-during-testimony/

http://www.timesleaderonline.com/page/content.detail/id/545508/Three-witnesses-granted-immunity.html?nav=5010

http://www.timesleaderonline.com/page/content.detail/id/545507/DNA-at-center-of-testimony.html?nav=5010

http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Teens-with-immunity-testify-in-Ohio-rape-trial-4359533.php

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/16/teen-witnesses-granted-immunity-testify-about-allegations-in-ohio-hs-football/

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/15/17330245-steubenville-rape-suspects-teammates-testify-they-saw-them-commit-sex-acts?lite

http://abcnews.go.com/US/steubenville-rape-trial-taking-advantage-alleged-victim-texts/story?id=18737131

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/teammate-steubenville-football-players-testifies-taped-sex-act-article-1.1290358?localLinksEnabled=false

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57574617-504083/steubenville-rape-trial-these-kids-didnt-know-what-they-were-seeing-was-rape-says-advocate/

http://www.thenation.com/blog/173370/only-yes-means-yes-what-steubenvilles-rape-trial-reminds-us-about-sexual-consent#

http://www.ktbs.com/news/Teen-eyewitnesses-testify-in-Ohio-rape-trial/-/144844/19331882/-/14wybhh/-/index.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57574563-504083/steubenville-rape-trial-texts-from-witnesses-defendant-describe-alleged-victim-as-dead/

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/14/justice/ohio-steubenville-case/index.html

http://abcnews.go.com/US/steubenville-rape-trial-prosecutor-accuser-drunk-consent/story?id=18720098


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