A female liberal blogger and radio host at the University of Wyoming Meg Lanker-Simons, has been accused by police of fabricating a rape threat against herself. It appears that Ms. Lanker-Simons posted an obscene message on a college “crush” Facebook page earlier this week.
The message appears below:
At first glance if this post had actually been written by some anonymous individual there is no wonder that such a post would ignite outrage as it is clearly disgusting and vile. A demonstration and protest against rape culture, spurred by the UW Crushes Facebook incident, happened Monday on the UW campus. Lanker-Simons was a speaker at the event, where she called out the the anonymous poster.
Then in a surprising twist, Ms She was cited for interference with a police investigation for making false statement to UW Police. You see the threat actually originated on Ms. Lanker-Simons' computer, while the computer was in her possession.”
I'm certain Ms. Lanker-Simons originally felt that the accusation against this unknown individual served her purpose. She became the "victim" in the eyes of her supporters of an obviously misogynistic conservative and therefore a hero.
I find this EXTREMELY despicable As a rape survivor I denounce people who falsely claim rape or even a threat of rape as it makes it even more difficult for women who have been raped to come forward. Did Ms. Lanker-Simons ever once give thought to the fact that every false rape claim diminish the integrity of every legitimate rape claim. Ms. Lanker-Simon if you really cared about violence against women, why would you manufacturer such a blatant lie?
Now we discover that this hero has her very own Facebook support site claiming that Meg Lanker-Simons is not only innocent but they believe that what she did was justified. Furthermore, they believe that Lanker-Simons deserves not to be held accountable for her accusations. In other words, the ends justifies the means.
What do you think?
