Posted on 05/01/2013 7:17:58 PM PDT by Pinkbell
A University of Wyoming student targeted by an anonymous Facebook posting that included a threat of sexual violence had posted the item herself, police said.
The university in Laramie, Wyoming announced on Tuesday that campus police cited Meg Lanker-Simons for misdemeanor interference with a police investigation by giving false statements.
The posting that threatened Lanker-Simons occurred on a Facebook forum for UW students, leading to an outcry and an investigation by UW police because it was directed at a student.
The Facebook page, which is not officially affiliated with the university, was taken down and a student-led demonstration against sexual violence was held.
UW police say they found what they called 'substantial evidence' verifying that the post came from the computer belonging to Lanker-Simons.
Lanker-Simons is a blogger and local radio show host who advocates for liberal causes.
In 2010, she filed a lawsuit against the university that forced UW to allow 1960s radical Bill Ayers on the campus for a speech on education.
Ayers co-founded the Weather Underground, an anti-war group from the Vietnam Era that claimed to be responsible for a series of bombings, including nonfatal explosions at the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol.
The Facebook post came to light last week when people including Pamela Kandt, co-convener of the Episcopal Women's Caucus and a Casper activist, complained to the university and demanded action.
Besides the threat of sexual assault, the posting was written to make it appear as if its author was a conservative Republican.
Kandt came to Lanker-Simons' defense Tuesday.
'I will tell you, I believe Meg is innocent of this outrage,' Kandt told the Laramie Boomerang, adding she believes the citation issued by police is a 'classic case of blaming the victim.'
'I mean, my God, who would do this to herself?' she added.
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Ironically, liberal scumbags have pulled this “hoax” thing so often the cops now look FIRST at the alleged victim in every alleged “hate crime”.
Another one of Rush’s “truths” validated - check her pic.
“Maybe it was she who raped him, who knows.”
That’s a hard issue.
Yeah, she can go rape herself.
Just get it over with and down a Mason jar filled with Everclear.
The hillbillies from Deliverance just ran into the woods squealing like pigs.
Good collection of links.
Affirmative fiction is usually followed by overblown, overhyped media coverage (due to the media's negative views of American society) and grandstanding by public figures, usually to the detriment of the alleged perpetrator's reputation. (re: Steven Pagones) Affirmative fiction is usually and eventually discovered as such, but: 1.)victim status is preserved for the minority,
2.)a spectre of doubt and distrust forever hangs over the head of the accused, and
3.)The media prints a retraction somewhere in the Classified section of the newspaper. TV and radio forgo that inconvenience altogether.
(At this point, the earliest recorded use of the term "Affirmative Fiction" I could find could be found in the March 1997 issue of Vibe magazine titled " Affirmative fiction: Hollywood's recent flood of interracial buddy flicks imagines a world where we're all just getting along" by Craigh Barboza, although that term was not used as it was in the definition above)
Sometimes it is necessary for an enlightened liberal to show the world how conservatives behave. Real conservatives just cannot provide enough appropriate examples.
Once again... Facebook is evil.
“Eww - she’s a 12-pack, maybe an 18-pack”
Uhh, she’s a fifth of Jack downed all at once with a beer bong.
Liberals have exalted “victimhood” into a position of privilege, and the mere perception of being a “victim” has been codified into many statutes, particularly with regard tro stalking, sexual harrasment, and “hate speech”.
Is it any wonder that so many are faking “victimhood” in order to leverage its privileges?
After all, if false witness weren’t a problem it wouldn’t be one of the Ten Commandments.
“After all, if false witness weren’t a problem it wouldn’t be one of the Ten Commandments.”
Great line!
Better prepare yourself for plagarism - that line will spread.
With a train...
Meg Skanker
Meg Canker
The cops probably took one look at her and knew her story was BS
Hard drives don't get that big.
Bitch should get TWICE the penalty someone committing the real act would get.
Did she pee on herself?
Wow. What a pig.
Guilty!
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