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Here is my original post which I have an idea you never read. It was in response to another poster saying she wouldn't mind having the three defendants as sons:

There's something about Collin Finnerty that just doesn't sit right with me. David and Reade seem like stand-up guys. David's b/s about strippers and drinking (I was young,naive and sheltered) was a bit hard to stomach considering they had drunken parties there all the time. Reade seemed the most honest and sincere. He seemed like a guy who was good at lacrosse but wasn't into the hijinks of a lot of his buddies. Collin Finnerty appears to be the sleaziest of the three. Maybe it's because he was the least articulate of the three, but he just comes across as a real jerk to me. I just remember the so called anti gay incident. I know it had nothing to do with anything anti-gay, but from what I understand about tht story, Collin and his buddies were drunk and just started harassing some guy walking by. He wanted no part of any fight and tried to get away, but they made him admit he was gay before they let him go. He just seems like a first class boozing jerk albeit not a rapist.

As you can see, I gave my personal opinion about one of the three boys- noting he was not a rapist. Check the posts of the different threads. People give their opinion about people in the news everyday. They don't know them personally. They never met them. They just formed an opinion based on a news story or what they heard them say on TV. A guy gets involved in a road rage incident- well, he's a jerk. A woman get's in a shouting match with a store clerk- well, she's a bitch. And on and on ad infinitum. People on this board voice their opinion about the other stripper, Mike Nifong, Duke's president etc etc. I have an opinion about Collin Finnerty and you'd think I'd insulted Mother Theresa. One poster even suggested I should be ignored because I wasn't a regular poster on this particular board- that is pretty damn scary and is the same type of thing Mike Nifong stands for. Man, I have an opinion and you'd think I was a rapist. Do you truly believe every young man at that party was a fine upstanding fellow? Maybe you live in a bomb shelter, but there are jerks out there. I read about Finnerty and watched him on CBS last night- and I formed an opinion. Last I heard, that was what Free Republic is all about.