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We loved the Craiglist post City Desk linked yesterday, in which a Mt. Pleasant woman detailed her aggressive response to a total creep grabbing her ass on the street recently. So we were sad to notice today that it's been flagged for removal. Who would have flagged that post? We guess the author promising her assailant that she would "MACE YOUR FACE" should he ever try it again could technically be considered a threat of violence, but that's seriously lame.
Luckily, the author has re-posted her screed, this time adding an email sent out to the American University community reminding residents to be aware that there have been a series of sexual assaults around campus. The author notes that the suspect description of her assailant matches the one of the AU suspect.
She also adds this choice line:
P.S. If it was you, Mr. Perv, who flagged my original post for removal, DC POLICE IS COMIN' TO GET YOU!!Hopefully no Craigslist users will flag the post for removal this time around.
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i'm curious....how are the cops going to come get this guy? does she know where he lives?
BTW—these new ads from other -ists sure are big and clunky, at least in firefox 3 on OS 10.4.11
Yeah, IMGoph, it seems like they're still tweaking them, hopefully they will look better soon.
Hopefully she never goes to any of the bars and clubs in DC. No man would make it out of there alive.
If this is the same Mt Pleasant ass-grabber I'm familiar with, he already has a restraining order placed against him keeping him from mt pleasant street.
...how familiar?
WOW. That was awesome, way to go.
IMGoph; to rate a post in craigslist, you have to be registered with craigslist with a valid email address, which, I think, can be traced to an owner.
they keep track of the ratings you do on posts to prevent you from doing it twice on one post.
I dont think ive ever posted anything on craiglist without having it removed... For instance my columbia heights vs mt pleasant snowball fight. Bunch of fuckin nannies on there, Fuck CL.
gone.
It's gone again. Dammit.
Heaven forbid a woman defends herself against a creepy perv--and succeed in scaring the crap out of him. Isn't it nicer when we all pretend that women are frail flowers who need constant supervision, oops, protection in this cruel, cruel world?
As we all know, there's a cop on every corner who will protect any one of us.
Grrrrr.
As we all know, there's a cop on every corner who will protect any one of us.
Well, isn't that what Fenty and every Mayor since McCheese has been promising? Because god forbid people actually start defending themselves. Someone might get hurt! And it would definitely lower the self esteem of those poor, poor baby raping cannibal Council Members when they're double parked and looking for a quick bite.
Anyway, have patience. These things take time and, look, Fenty's right on the case! There he is posing next to an arrested frottageur and...damn, he's broken his foot again!
Good for her! I wouldn't be surprised if she was a Krav Maga student. And I bet she would fit in perfectly with the friendly staff at Junkpunchers.
the flagging system on craigslist is ridiculous.
For posterity, since nopantsmcgee forwarded it to me, which sends the whole text:
to the perv who groped me on my way home - w4m
Reply to: pers-774158390@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-07-29, 12:04AM
Me: caucasian, white yoga capris and tan tank top
you: Latino, 5'8, in your twenties, sports jersey, short hair, mole on your face.
You might have been following me for a while, Mr. Perv, I don't know - I was on the phone with my mother, venting about my roommate situation (we had to find a new one) and my job search (like, I need a job), when you snuck up behind me, and gently squeezed my ass. Not just the top of my ass, but kinda low, kinda close to my you-know-what, if you know what I mean.
You know, even my boyfriend needs permission to get that close, so having a perfect stranger attempt access so suddenly, so completely out of the blue, triggered my fight-or-flight response. And I *fight*. Did it hurt when I grabbed your collar and punched you in the head? I'm a little worried that I didn't get enough momentum in my swing to make you feel it, seeing as I'm kinda short (5'2"). But you must have felt bad when you took off running and I chased you down so easily - it's not that you're slow, dude, it's just that I run fast, as you might have suspected from the well-muscled form of my posterior, had you been viewing it with its athletic potential in mind.
It was all worth it when you realized you couldn't outrun me and so you stopped with your back to me in shame, and I kicked you in your hole. You might not remember, but I said: "Are you sorry? Are you sorry? Say you're sorry!", and you did. That was great. Then I said: "run on home, you asshole! Run home!" and you did that, too!
Ladies, these pervs are cowards who run in fear when confronted with any kind of resistance. They are weak and pathetic.
To the two guys who came out of their houses when they heard me yelling - thank you for being so aware and willing to help out-especially - Chris, was it? - who walked me home. It's great to know the people here care about the safety of others. Thanks so much.
My mom was really worried, because she heard me start swearing and then the phone went dead (I closed it so I could chase the motherf*cker down) and she thought I had been hit by a car. When I told her what happened, she told me not to be so agro, and pointed out that he could of had a knife or something. True. You're right, mom.
But you're unlucky if you're from this neighborhood, Mr. Perv. Cause I'm here ALL THE TIME (no job, remember?) and next time I'll MACE YOUR FACE.
* Location: Mt. Pleasant
* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
Despite craigslist's laughable official line that "97% of all listings flagged are in violation of the terms of use," the reality is that two or three vindictive assholes can get ANYTHING flagged. Pretty much everything I've ever posted in personals has been flagged. Small business ads get flagged down constantly by competitors who can't stand fair competition. It's a big problem with the system. I'm surprised this woman's rant stayed up as long as it did.
Hoyacougar - you don't have to register or have a valid email address to flag. You just have to hit "flag."
flagged for removal AGAIN!
What's even funnier than her response is the fact that she thinks this guy will see her response on the Missed Connections board on Craigslist.
somegirl: you are correct. after a little research (which should've been done before posting) i've discovered that my comments apply to rating/flagging posts in discussion forums on craigslist, not in the personals' missed connections, where there is no rating system and anyone can flag.
Hey, I just realized you used one of my photos! Hooray!
Apparently you can't give away six-packs on CL for free, either. We had a bunch of nasty beer that we were trying to give away (and we even stated that you had to show your state-issued ID to pick it up from us), but it kept getting flagged despite my starting sentence that I was not a bar, I just wanted this shitty beer out of my house like others wanted to get rid of a couch. Flag flag flag. Asses. Should have just replied, and you could have had all you wanted!