This story on digg (and its comments) were so vile, so one sided…and so common. After the feeding frenzy over the Duke case I sort of felt that brought out a certain group of people that like to feel as if white men are a persecuted minority. But looking around I think the really is a strong current of misogyny in online communities. I don’t know what causes it, but it really disturbs me. Anyway, a couple of writers have tackled this well. Read on:

Joan Walsh
Random Blogger I found on Google

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