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University of Wyoming student fakes her own rape threat on Facebook.

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Philia

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Keru_Shiri said:
I think my biggest problem with those posts she made is how she defiantly told UW to leave the post up, acting all brave against an imaginary foe. Makes a mockery of those victims who are brave enough to go public against their aggressors, while putting an unfair amount of pressure on those who are still too frightened to come forward.
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Yeah. Suitable punishment would include her banned from the internet period.
 
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Wuthering_Heights

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animlboogy said:
You really can't stop playing the victim, huh? "Oh they're sharing the story, but they're not being MEAN enough because all they want to do is EXCLUDE strong conservatives from discussions!"

Derp derp, cry more, etc. People brought up memories of the equally pathetic backwards B girl to chuckle about. But it's not venomous enough so it doesn't count? Turn off the fucking radio and stop looking for victimhood at all opportunities.
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Wow, somebody's salty.

Calm down, tiger.
 
Sye d'Burns

Sye d'Burns

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Well, this thread certainly came out of nowhere.

Lonely1 said:
TUCSON, Arizona -- A student's message has triggered outrage on the campus of the University of Arizona.

He's carrying around a sign that reads "You Deserve Rape."

The student says he is trying to encourage women to dress modestly. He says he's proclaiming "God's law" and women will be punished for dressing sexually.

In a statement, the university calls the message "vile and repugnant," but it does acknowledge the student's right to free speech.

Video at the Source.

Source 2.
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TheJollyCorner

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animlboogy said:
You really can't stop playing the victim, huh? "Oh they're sharing the story, but they're not being MEAN enough because all they want to do is EXCLUDE strong conservatives from discussions!"

Derp derp, cry more, etc. People brought up memories of the equally pathetic backwards B girl to chuckle about. But it's not venomous enough so it doesn't count? Turn off the fucking radio and stop looking for victimhood at all opportunities.
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Man, you took offense to that hard.
 
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dojokun

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animlboogy said:
You really can't stop playing the victim, huh? "Oh they're sharing the story, but they're not being MEAN enough because all they want to do is EXCLUDE strong conservatives from discussions!"

Derp derp, cry more, etc. People brought up memories of the equally pathetic backwards B girl to chuckle about. But it's not venomous enough so it doesn't count? Turn off the fucking radio and stop looking for victimhood at all opportunities.
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Based on all the time I've spent on GAF, I'd say he's right. If the guilty party was a conservative, GAF would be more likely to emphasize the fact that her political views are right-leaning. And there would be more generalizing posts about the right-wing.

And I lean left on most issues, too. Doesn't make me blind to it.
 
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Tacitus_

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The zaniness doesn't stop there. (from reddit)
Taken from the womens studies facebook group she's from, removed her name:

I plan on escorting xxxxxx to classes tomorrow so she is not alone. I understand the feeling of betrayal that might come from learning that xxxxxx has been cited in regard to this incident. I think that it is important to let the legal system do their job because I suspect f that right now, we have reports from the police and UW but they seem incomplete and unfinished. Before I can believe that the woman I watched, racked with sobs, as she wondered who on earth would do this to her, did this. As yyyyyy has pointed out, it is not uncommon for women who speak out like this to suffer retaliation and it is I portent that we consider that possibility. I just spoke to the national director of UniteWomen.org and she requests that I inform those involved that the organization stands behind xxxxxx, even if she is proven guilty, because we do not stand by retaliation against victims. I will certainly be disappointed if the evidence does indeed show that she is guilty, but I will be sincerely and absolutely shocked and surprised.
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Seems like she was trying to get the FB pages admins names for some reason and thought making a rape threat would be the perfect choice
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dojokun

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Cumpkin Hubris said:
"Even if she is proven guilty"?? Wouldn't that be a good time to condemn her actions instead of supporting her unconditionally?
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Like I was saying earlier in this thread, once people emotionally invest in a political cause, the "us versus them" war becomes more important to them than the actual issue.
 
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Cyan

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Tacitus_ said:
The zaniness doesn't stop there. (from reddit)

Seems like she was trying to get the FB pages admins names for some reason and thought making a rape threat would be the perfect choice
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That's amazing. How is it retaliation against victims if she made the whole thing up?
 
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Jacob

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Tacitus_ said:
The zaniness doesn't stop there. (from reddit)

Seems like she was trying to get the FB pages admins names for some reason and thought making a rape threat would be the perfect choice
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That is some Jesse Jackson/Duke lacrosse case-level bullshit right there.
 
Emerson

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My favorite kind of idiot. Manipulative enough to do something like this, but not a big enough sociopath to actually do it in a way to avoid getting caught. Go to a library to post it or something
 
Crazyorloco

Crazyorloco

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She's a mess, definitely attention seeking. She needs psychological help. She may have emailed a death threat to herself in 2011:

"Lanker-Simons has been in similar situations in the past. She claimed to have received a death threat via email in March 2011 before syndicated columnist Ann Coulter visited UW."


http://billingsgazette.com/news/sta...-ac5a-fc1ffbab2faf.html#.UYCJHl5LSck.facebook

I feel bad for her husband. He sounded serious about catching the guy...and now this happens.
 
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dojokun said:
Based on all the time I've spent on GAF, I'd say he's right. If the guilty party was a conservative, GAF would be more likely to emphasize the fact that her political views are right-leaning. And there would be more generalizing posts about the right-wing.

And I lean left on most issues, too. Doesn't make me blind to it.
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Eh, from what I remember, when the Backwards B thing happened, and before it was known to be a hoax, conservatives on this forum went apeshit. I may be remembering it wrong though. Been trying to find the old thread but it's pretty hard.
 
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dojokun

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quadriplegicjon said:
Eh, from what I remember, when the Backwards B thing happened, and before it was known to be a hoax, conservatives on this forum went apeshit. I may be remembering it wrong though. Been trying to find the old thread but it's pretty hard.
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Yeah, I'm not saying right-wing GAF is better. But GAF has more left-wingers than right-wingers.
 
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sangreal

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I know this has been discussed, but hatefuck does not mean rape whether or not this Andrew Simmons guy (her husband?) wants to read it that way. So if she intended this as a fake rape threat, she did a pretty bad job. I guess she wanted that UW Crush page taken down pretty badly.
 
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dojokun

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So maybe I missed it, but if UW Crushes isn't her Facebook page, how did she post under their name? Police say she did it from her laptop, so does that mean she hacked them? Or someone working at UW Crushes is in on this and gave her the password?
 
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BobbyRobby

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Pau said:
I don't think women have an exaggerated sense of fear. But then again, going by previous threads, some people don't think we're scared enough.
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if my neighbour faked a robbery, i would have an exaggerated fear of my own house getting robbed.

i would think women on this campus might be more afraid of rape if they see people being publicly threatened.
 
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sangreal

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dojokun said:
So maybe I missed it, but if UW Crushes isn't her Facebook page, how did she post under their name? Police say she did it from her laptop, so does that mean she hacked them? Or someone working at UW Crushes is in on this and gave her the password?
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They're sent through surveymonkey and then posted anonymously by the admin
 
Rentahamster

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The various threads on the front page recently reminded me of this thread, so I decided to see if anything has happened since then.

A "no contest" plea, apparently. Looks like they made a deal.

http://abovethelaw.com/2013/10/law-student-of-the-day-alleged-social-media-hoaxer/

http://www.laramieboomerang.com/articles/2013/10/01/news/doc524a4532ca9f5666441217.txt

A jury trial scheduled for next week in Second Judicial Circuit Court concerning an alleged social media hoax at the University of Wyoming has been vacated.

“I know this is a case … I’m able to take it to trial, I’m willing to take this to trial, (but) I don’t want to take this to trial,” prosecutor Joshua Merseal said Monday afternoon in Circuit Court.

“It would be more of a mess than the expense warrants, if that makes sense to the court.”

Former University of Wyoming student Meghan Lanker-Simons, now attending law school in a western state, is charged in Circuit Court with interfering with a peace officer, a misdemeanor. She pleaded not guilty to the charge earlier in the case.

However, according to a court document, she now intends to change her plea pursuant to an agreement with the state.

Neubauer said his client intends to change her plea to no contest. No contest means the defendant concedes the alleged charge without disputing or admitting guilt, or without offering a defense.
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Trojita said:
http://news.yahoo.com/police-28-old-undergrad-threatened-herself-rape-facebook-144619851.html

What? She cray.
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lol I just noticed this too. smh.

http://www.laramieboomerang.com/articles/2013/05/15/news/doc519303f6ba00d303141049.txt

According to court records, she was charged in November 2005 in District Court with aggravated assault.

Lanker-Simons, then Meghan Michelena, pleaded guilty to the charge in May 2006 as part of a plea agreement, records indicate.

According to an affidavit, the charge stemmed from an incident in which Lanker-Simons walked into an Albany County radio station she’d been fired from with a Glock 22 .40 caliber handgun.

She confronted a man who had decided to terminate her, the affidavit reports. The man also told her, the court documents state, that she would not be rehired.

Lanker-Simons “pulled a semi-automatic pistol from her purse, waved the firearm around and pointed (the) firearm at (the man),” according to the affidavit.

The man, according to the affidavit, said he was “in fear for his life.”

The radio station, the affidavit states, was evacuated.

Albany County Sheriff’s Office deputies made contact with Lanker-Simons as she was attempting to leave the area in her vehicle and detained her at gunpoint.

During an interview with deputies, Lanker-Simons “admitted to having (a) gun in (her) purse and pulling it out and waving it around (the) victim,” according to the affidavit.

She was sentenced to six years of probation in July 2006.
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crozier

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"Now attending law school"...I sincerely hope whatever school accepted her had no clue about this little incident.

EDIT: Incident(s)
 
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Valnen

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crozier said:
I hope so. I'd love to see a follow-up story 4 years from now that has her working fast food with six figures of debt.
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So you want someone's life ruined over a facebook post? Really? You're worse than she is.

Should be illegal for employers to not hire someone based on internet postings.
 
Lord Ghirahim

Lord Ghirahim

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Valnen said:
So you want someone's life ruined over a facebook post? Really? You're worse than she is.

Should be illegal for employers to not hire someone based on internet postings.
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It's not her disgusting facebook post that should will ruin her life, it's the false police report and threatening to kill a man in 2005.
 
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