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Re: Should the Duke Accuser's Name be Published No (none / 0) (#40)
by Talkleft Visitor on Tue Apr 18, 2006 at 08:02:01 AM EST
Wow, Lora, you wrote everything I was trying to say while I was writing my post. So why is TL being so weird about this case? Doesn't she have a college age son (probably at an elite university)? Maybe she just is really able to relate to the boys. I certainly know I feel bias toward the alleged victim in this case, and have tried to understand it. Partly it is being a woman, partly having been to college and had more than one incredibly unpleasant encounters with rich, frat boy types swaggering around with an appalling sense of entitlement, and women are just one more thing they are entitled to. Did that mean that these lacrosse players did anything? Of course not, but I gotta keep reminding myself that. I guess we can't get rid of our biases, but at least we can be honest about them. I would love to see a post by TL on why she is taking this case so personally and acknowledging what her bias is.

Should the Duke Accuser's Name be Published Now? | 97 comments (97 topical)

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