.@Tomgahtem indeed. Thanks to all the protesters today at #occupysteubenville for rape awareness and justice. #inspiring @TakeActionNews
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David Shuster (@DavidShuster) December 30, 2012The Occupy movement, which at one point had the blessing of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, fell out of the media spotlight about the same time as news of “rape tents” began to dominate coverage. Flash forward to 2012, and an Occupy-led protest over an alleged rape in Steubenville, Ohio, manages to garner a shout-out from one-time MSNBC host David Shuster.
Occupiers, many wearing the Guy Fawkes masks associated with Anonymous, gathered in front of the Jefferson County courthouse to demand further investigation of an alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl by members of Steubenville High’s football team.
@KYAnonymous #oprollredroll #occupySteubenville #RenoResign #Anonymus http://t.co/IueyP96O—
Melanie Arnold (@Mel_Arnold11) December 29, 2012
Shuster’s solicited shout-out wasn’t the only celebrity endorsement of Occupy’s protest. Roseanne Barr has been tweeting her support.
steubenville: the homeowners should b sued by the victim 4allowing these athletes to rape kids in their homes. let's get lawyers—
Roseanne Barr (@TheRealRoseanne) December 27, 2012
to recap-let's gt a lawyer in steubenville to sue the homeowners who allowed children to be gang raped in their homes! #HOMEOWNERSINSURANCE—
Roseanne Barr (@TheRealRoseanne) December 27, 2012
Are there any true feminist lawyers in Ohio?—
Roseanne Barr (@TheRealRoseanne) December 27, 2012
When candidate Mitt Romney turned a campaign stop in Ohio into a relief rally for victims of Superstorm Sandy, Shuster was among those to denounce the event as a “lie.” Occupy still has his support, though, despite the unseemly association with rape that the movement still has for many.
I'm afraid to ask
MT@DavidShuster: @Tomgahtem indeed.Tks. to all the protesters today at #occupysteubenville for rape awareness & justice.—
Brent (@brento76) December 30, 2012
@brento76 don't ask, Google instead.—
Tomgahtem (@Tomgahtem) December 30, 2012
@Tomgahtem if you're talking about rapes and the occupy crowd, they go hand and hand. @DavidShuster sad you even have to Ed. Folks on it.—
Brent (@brento76) December 30, 2012
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