Lori Drew or Internet Troll, Part II
The conversation still rages between the author claiming to be Lori Drew, Internet hoaxer, and readers of the blog, "Megan Had it Coming".
After posting twice as "Kristen"--the first on the weekend when most of the country was just learning of the Megan Meier story--today the poster wrote "I'm Lori Drew". This touched off a war of words with readers of the post.
The author claiming to be Drew says the main reason for revealing her identity as "Kristen" is that her daughter is having a tough time of it from the other kids at school. She says it's time for this harassment to stop.
Is the author of "Megan had it Coming" and Lori Drew one and the same person?
We don't know; we can only hazard a guess. We've given our best guesses elsewhere and they're referenced at the end of this post.
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One thing's for sure, the author of Megan Had it Coming is not backing off from her critics. Here's Part II. The blog author ('Lori Drew') is identified in the following as "Megan Had it Coming"
leigh said...
Lori, I for one believe you that this thing went out of control. I do. I don't believe for one second that you wanted, or intended, for Megan to harm herself, for what it's worth.Anonymous said...
But if you fire a gun in a crowded theater and the bullet hits and kills someone, aren't you responsible? Even if killing someone wasn't your intention?
I have two daughters, and have--as any other mother of daughters has--encountered kids who were mean and hurt my kids' feelings. On those occasions where my girls were unable to deal with the mean kid, I forbade contact, and I spoke with the parents.
You should never, ever have set up that "Josh" account, and I suspect you know that. You knew Megan was troubled--you knew that from direct experience. So you must have known that humiliating a troubled 13-year-old girl would be tantamount to setting a match to a pre-existing fuse.
You know how hard children take things--you've seen it in your own daughter. You know how irrational kids can be. You know how important acceptance is to an adolescent, how excrutiatingly painful rejection is. You know, and knew, all of this, and you engineered a trap to do serious psychic damage to a child.
This is why you're incurring so much ire.
The decent thing to do would be to stop justifying your actions and to offer a genuine apology to Megan's family.
December 3, 2007 11:08 AM
You have all these issues with Megan, Megan's parents, etc..Anonymous said...
And yet, you still have them hold a Christmas gift for you in their garage?
I don't buy anything your saying.
December 3, 2007 11:11 AM
After reading all of your blogs, it is clear, as someone else mentioned, that your behavior closely resembles that of a sociopath. There is a certain arrogance to your writing that completely illustrates that type of persona. You have no conscience, so it is futile to try to convince you of your wrongdoings, but Karma is a bitch, and, I believe you certainly deserve whatever backlash you receive as a result of your actions. I can only hope your husband is a more responsible parent than you, otherwise, I fear for your daughter's upbringing.Anonymous said...
December 3, 2007 11:16 AM
Two fake online identities, bullying a teenage girl, starting a blog called "Megan Ha It Coming," and then defending your actions. Lady, actions have consequences and your poor decision making has lead to people giving you a hard time (ironically) on the internet.Megan Had It Coming said...
December 3, 2007 11:16 AM
The police are your second stepRusty said...
How can you say that? The police can't do anything in a dispute between two 13 year olds. I would have been laughed out of the police station if I had come with the complaint, "a child is setting up a cyber bullying attack against my child."
As we all know, there weren't any laws about cyber bullying back then. What Megan did was subtle and devious, but it wasn't anything the police could act on. That's why I took this into my own hands. I had to do SOMETHING, and simply separating the kids wasn't enough. Megan was coming after my daughter ONLINE. So instead of continuously running away from this bully, we fought back. No one could have guessed it was going to end so tragically.
On those occasions where my girls were unable to deal with the mean kid, I forbade contact, and I spoke with the parents.
I DID THAT I DID THAT I DID THAT! How many times do I have to spell it out? It's here in the post, I'm stating it again, get it through your head -- I'M NOT A BAD PARENT. I did what any parent would have done. I tried to resolve it amicably, but the Meiers wouldn't have any of it, and Megan wouldn't listen. What other choice did I have??? If Megan wasn't systematically spreading hurtful things about my daughter online and causing massive grief, separating them would have been the end of it. But this is the internet age we live in. Separating the kids is NOT ENOUGH. Maybe your daughters didn't have to deal with the internet. Mine does.Anonymous said... The notion that "Megan Had It Coming" is loathsome. The rationalizations in this newest post are loathsome. But how can we be sure this is really Lori Drew speaking? I'd like to know . . .but, what evidence would be conclusive?
December 3, 2007 11:18 AM
Wow.. I just saw this story online and after hearing both sides of the story and reading hateful comments from both parties I am baffled.Anonymous said...
Megan killed herself. It's her fault, not anybody else's. People get harassed all the time and bullying is a natural human behavior, not one of you can say you have not encountered bullying throughout your childhood. If it is anybody's fault it is the fault of her parents for not keeping a close eye on their clinically depressed daughter. She had just told them about the harassment she was encountering on the internet and they let her carry on.
Of course that doesn't mean Lori isn't immature and irresponsible for messing with a 13 year old, but it was in clear defense of her own daughter and I don't even consider her actions harassment. The only harassment I saw were the comments left by Megan's peers once they got control of the account.
Sorry to quote Lori Drew the "monster" of this whole mess but seriously people, give it a rest, multiple people share blame but the most obviously goes to Megan for being the cause of her own death.
December 3, 2007 11:18 AM
Just stop justifying.
You are a bad mother. A helicopter parent. You created this hell for yourself and your daughter and you JUST DID IT AGAIN! You put Sarah at risk because you can't just stop playing with fire.
Ashley is under psychiatric care because of your choices.How many more lives are you going to ruin? You have ruined Curt's, and Sarah's and Ashley's. Why don't you figure it out?
You know you did. You need to APOLOGIZE. You keep making it worse.
You also need to grow up. This little 'monster' was a child. Still a child. You are egocentric in your actions and deeds and are still doing it.
I hope your family is safe, because with you at the helm...you just keep steering them into danger.
December 3, 2007 11:19 AM
Megan Had It Coming said...
And yet, you still have them hold a Christmas gift for you in their garage?Anonymous said...
Have you ever lived in the suburbs? Even when you don't like people, you still try to maintain friendships. We ultimately didn't like Megan. We did like the Meiers despite a few of their choices. Yes, I asked them to hide a secret gift for me. No, I couldn't just go over and ask for it.
December 3, 2007 11:20 AM
Have you ever lived in the suburbs? Even when you don't like people, you still try to maintain friendships. We ultimately didn't like Megan. We did like the Meiers despite a few of their choices. Yes, I asked them to hide a secret gift for me. No, I couldn't just go over and ask for it.Megan Had It Coming said...
More choices you make, that come back to haunt you.
December 3, 2007 11:22 AM
You know, and knew, all of this, and you engineered a trap to do serious psychic damage to a child.Entity said...
WHY????? WHY WONT YOU READ WHAT I WROTE???????? I didn't set up a TRAP for anyone. It was an attempt to find out what Megan was doing online. I was trying to protect MY DAUGHTER FROM A CYBER BULLY. I tried to find a way to gracefully back out without hurting Megan but once we found out just what Megan was up to, it got out of control too quickly. There was no way to predict that Megan would react this way.
Kids get cyber bullied all the time. They go to their rooms and cry for a day then they go to school and life gets back to normal. That's what you expect any child, even a depressed child, to do. You never expect them to kill themselves.
December 3, 2007 11:23 AM
Do you honestly not see why you are wrong and the Meiers are right?Megan Had It Coming said...
You killed Megan.
Not intentionally, of course. No one thinks you did it intentionally. You act as if the media giants are painting you as a killer--no, they are painting you as someone who would stoop to the level of a 13-year-old to combat one. You, a grown adult, would use the same bullying tactics that a middle-schooler would use.
Which, as you admit, is entirely true.
But unintentional homicide is still manslaughter, Mrs. Drews. No, forget the title. As you have been acting like a teenager, I will address you as one--Lori.
GET THIS THROUGH YOUR HEAD, LORI. YOU DID NOT DO WHAT A REASONABLE PARENT WOULD HAVE DONE. YOU ARE WHAT YOU ACCUSE THE MEIERS TO BE--UNBALANCED. YOU RESORTED TO THE SAME EXACT TECHNIQUES AS MEGAN--YOU, A GROWN ADULT, WHO SHOULD KNOW BETTER.
If you were a reasonable adult and parent, Megan Meiers would still be alive today.
You are the unbalanced one, Lori, and the one who deserves to be locked up.
December 3, 2007 11:25 AM
Thank you, Rusty, for re-introducing a sane perspective in this.December 3, 2007 11:25 AMAnonymous said...
Have you ever lived in the suburbs? Even when you don't like people, you still try to maintain friendships. We ultimately didn't like Megan. We did like the Meiers despite a few of their choices. Yes, I asked them to hide a secret gift for me. No, I couldn't just go over and ask for it.Anonymous said...
Sorry, don't buy it. You probably had a number of other options for hiding the Foosball table (e,g, in your business office). Also, this act usually requires one to proactively ask for the favor (its not like your neighbors would volunteer to do so)
December 3, 2007 11:25 AM
You're a monster and by now, with you and your daughter growing closer (which I'm sure it only because she's a social outcast now), she's a monster too. I hope you're happy.Anonymous said...
December 3, 2007 11:26 AM
Yes, I live in the suburbs, but no, I don't associate with idiots.December 3, 2007 11:26 AMAnonymous said...
WHY????? WHY WONT YOU READ WHAT I WROTE???????? I didn't set up a TRAP for anyone. It was an attempt to find out what Megan was doing online. I was trying to protect MY DAUGHTER FROM A CYBER BULLY. I tried to find a way to gracefully back out without hurting Megan but once we found out just what Megan was up to, it got out of control too quickly. There was no way to predict that Megan would react this way.anon said...
By giving the password to the account to your employee? How was that bowing out gracefully?
Having conversations that were sexual for a 13 year old? How is that monitoring for cyberbulling?
Take responsibility for it, Lori. It is the only way it is going to go away.
December 3, 2007 11:27 AM
Lori, have you ever heard of "turn the other cheek" and "take the high road"? Do you have any Christianity in your life at all?! If not, I strongly urge you to find God. No one is taking your side on this because no one would do what you did, what you condone. Face it, you're wrong. Plain and simple. Wrong.Megan Had It Coming said...
Your actions were childish and immature. Your daughter has to learn to fight her own battles, the right way, not your way. You've shown a remarkable lack of sound moral judgment. I pray that your daughter sees the wrong in all this and never does anything like this again.
I believe you owe the Meier family a heartfelt apology.
December 3, 2007 11:27 AM
If you were a reasonable adult and parent, Megan Meiers would still be alive today.
It's not fair to put that on me. I didn't know Megan would kill herself. No one suspected Megan would kill herself. If you blame me then you have to blame Megan's parents, too. They were closer to Megan. THEY WERE HER PARENTS. And she still managed to kill herself. What does that say? Does it say they're bad parents, too? No. It says that no one could have predicted Megan's suicide. Not Tina, not Ron, not me.
This is a horrible tragedy. But I'm no murderer.
December 3, 2007 11:28 AM
The comments keep coming, the author keeps fighting a rearguard action.
Some have already dismissed this as the work of an Internet troll. If it is, it's a very elaborate troll, one who timed his posts to cleverly coincide with when Lori Drew might have felt the need to speak.
DBKP took screen shots of both the blog posts and the comments from the very beginning. From the moment the blog appeared, we've monitored it and its readers. We've also made a few attempts at discerning the identity of the author.
If the author really is Lori Drew, wouldn't a better forum have been to contact us, or another blogger/press outlet to tell her story?
That fact argues against the blogger being Lori Drew.
However, little in this story of hoax and re-hoax have made good sense to the disinterested reader.
Is this Lori Drew?
We've made attempts to reach Ms. Drew. We're still trying. In the meantime, we'll present this online debate.
And as always, we'll let you read and make up your own minds.
by Mondoreb & Little Baby Ginn
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