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[trochee]

marnanel pointed out this story about Alexis Goggins, a little girl who jumped in front of her mom's psycho ex-boyfriend and took six bullets in the head and neck for her mom.

The good news is that she has done incredibly well, and looks to make a full recovery.

What shocks and saddens me are the comments to that story: fully half of them, apparently men and women alike, take that story (yes, the same one I described above) to blame the mom for the whole thing, apparently because it is somehow her fault for dating the conscience-deficient triggerman in the first place. Never mind that he was an ex, never mind that he jumped out of bushes and pushed his way into the car -- it's mom's fault, because she once dated him.

Madonna/whore complex much? how about a side of misogyny with that?

Comments

[gentlybreathing.livejournal.com]

Wow. Just shocking. Bleh.

[boobirdsfly.livejournal.com]

I am not even gonna go look, because I am already pissed off without looking.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr,

[nein09.livejournal.com]

This is why I never, ever read comments on news articles, ever. My faith in humanity, especially anonymous humanity, is just too thin for me to think anything good will come of it.