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who was lying?Did the girl herself lie about the age at which both girls started dating? Did she start the "Free Me" campaign? I find that a little hard to believe, since supporthonesty.net plainly says that the girl was honest in her statements to the police. In fact, said site also says that Kaitlyn's supporters were the ones who may have spread misconceptions (if accidentally).
If Kaitlyn Hunt was honest with the police and her misinformed supporters are the ones spreading misinformation, then why the sudden venom toward her? This thread is not a case of "Well, the law is the law. Even if I disagree with it, she did something illegal." This is a case of "We were wrong about the age by a few months? FUCK YOU KAITLYN YOU SCUZZBUCKET! ROT IN JAIL!"
It's apparent by the initial posts in the thread that some of those who made such a turnaround don't actually have an objective problem with underage teenage girls having a sexual relationship. The questions about Romeo & Juliet laws, for instance. So why did the tone of the thread suddenly switch to one that you would use for a sexual predator? Or claims that Kaitlyn lied about her case for sympathy? Some examples:
Wait, so this is confirmed that she actually 'is' a sleeze? I thought the cracked article that mentioned it was just succumbing to bad propaganda. Well now I'm pissed off.
....Can I reject this reality and substitute my own where she actually isn't a scuzzbucket?
Is this version confirmed to be true? If so, Hunt definitely deserves to be in jail, regardless of her orientation. Dating is one thing, but sex with a 14 year old is definitely a crime, and fabricating the facts to make it look like an anti-gay attack makes it worse.
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O_O I am now completely for letting her rot.
These are not the responses of people who are confused by the misinformation, but are merely rescinding their viewpoints because they think that the law is the law. These are the responses of people who believe that the girl in question willfully mislead others and is, in fact, a sexual predator who deserves to be jailed. When mere moments ago, they were perfectly okay with the relationship as long as an arbitrary barrier had not been crossed.
I'm not here to question the validity of the arrest or age of consent laws. I'm here to question the people who suddenly made such a gigantic shift in opinion and are now condemning a person that they once supported based on finding out that they were a few months off on her age.