# Beat down son's rapist? Good. Try to exploit raped son for $1M? Bad **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 23, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833 "2014-07-23T12:51:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833/1 "2014-07-23T12:51:18Z")
> **[Florida father says son saved alleged molester’s life | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2014/07/22/justice/florida-father-beats-suspect/index.html?hpt=hp_c3)** > > A father who beat his 11-year-old son’s alleged molester unconscious told a CNN affiliate that his son is the only reason his assailant is alive. Unreal. This dad went from media hero to less than zero in like a day. What the fuck is wrong with people? :eek::smack: > [@](#): > > Chitwood had a starkly different reaction this week to news that the father had published his son’s photo on the Internet with a plea for cash. > > After the boy’s assault and his attacker’s beating became national news, the father reportedly posted the photo on Facebook saying he needed $1 million to pay for the boy’s care after the assault. He also set up a GoFundMe page, which Chitwood derided as a “disaster.” > > As of Tuesday morning, the GoFundMe link on the Facebook page directed visitors to a page asking for help saving a mother of four from being evicted. GoFundMe said in a statement that its privacy policy prevented it from divulging whether a user’s page had gone live, but Chitwood confirmed he had seen it. > > “My detectives and I went and looked at it. It was requesting 1 million dollars,” he said. “It’s out of control. Somebody’s thinking ‘We’re going to cash in on this.’ I didn’t get it.” > > Chitwood also expressed concern that the victim could suffer additional psychological stress as a result of his dad’s actions. > > “He’s a parent. He has to do what he thinks is right, but from a law enforcement perspective, we go through great lengths to protect identity of sex assault victims. There are psychological problems that come from being a victim. To put the kid out there is a disaster,” he said. “I’ve been doing this 27 years. I’ve never seen anything like this.” ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833/2 "2014-07-23T18:13:29Z")
What if the kid needs butthole reconstructive surgery? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833/3 "2014-07-23T19:52:21Z")
Well, it’s just riding on the community reflex of throwing money at people who have suffered misfortune. I’m surprised it wasn’t a roaring success. Look at Newtown - the money poured in nonstop for months, even after polite comments were made that we’d all probably sent enough. Last I heard, the funds had over a million dollars per victim family, after passing on a generous amount to many of them. The urge to help is powerful, even when it doesn’t make much sense; the line between “appropriate” donation efforts and ones viewed as scum-sucking ripoffs seems quite fine. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833/4 "2014-07-23T20:17:28Z")
Sorry kid, I already spent all mine on potato salad. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833/5 "2014-07-23T21:23:51Z")
I don’t condone this, but I’m ambivalent about it. If a person goes from an ordinary person, a nobody, to beating down an intruder raping his son, to suddenly a hero and literally famous person, and now son is injured and has suffered psychological damage, and there may be immediate medical bills or counseling or whatever, swept up in the suddenness of “I’m famous” plus “I’m a hero” plus I need to pay for X and Y… I don’t know. I don’t know what kind of a psychological state I’d be in if I had just gone through all that. Sometimes we don’t make the best decisions under those circumstances. After all that’s just happened to that family, I’m willing to give any member of that family a pass for acute selfishness. If the kid gets his college education paid for, for example, and medical bills and counseling covered. Maybe the dude snapped and he wants to buy the single most expensive alarm and security system for his house that he can find. I haven’t a clue. Basically here’s where I’m at- until the guy also commits a crime, I could give a crap about him behaving like a jackass right now. I think you get a pass on that. There are far more pit-worthy targets is what I’m saying. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833/6 "2014-07-23T21:28:22Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > What if the kid needs butthole reconstructive surgery? Surely “Obama Care” will cover that, right? Does dad work for Hobby Lobby? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833/7 "2014-07-23T21:32:51Z")
> [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > There are far more pit-worthy targets is what I’m saying. It’s no sexism, that’s for sure! ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833/8 "2014-07-23T21:45:52Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > It’s no sexism, that’s for sure! Or [rap music](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=697764), or [“faux culture warriors”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=711044), or even [evil itself](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=711542). Future pit topics for **askthepizzaguy** : Tipping; the AIDS epidemic; Civil War Revisionism; Indian Gaming; Night Blindness. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833/9 "2014-07-23T21:46:48Z")
You know who _else_ deserves pitting? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833/10 "2014-07-23T22:05:12Z")
That guy on 32nd Street who always tips with coins? ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833/11 "2014-07-23T22:10:10Z")
Whine, whine, whine. Pit me if you don’t like it. I promise you it won’t offend my fragile ego. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833/12 "2014-07-23T22:13:05Z")
Is that the title of the first chapter of the first volume of the response you’re working on? ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833/13 "2014-07-23T22:15:43Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Is that the title of the first chapter of the first volume of the response you’re working on? Awww, person on text-based forum doesn’t like reading blocks of text. I care! Watch. Watch me care. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833/14 "2014-07-23T23:17:05Z")
> [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > Awww, person on text-based forum doesn’t like reading blocks of text. I care! Watch. Watch me care. About that fragile ego you claim you don’t have… ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833/15 "2014-07-23T23:40:58Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > What if the kid needs butthole reconstructive surgery? I think that’s like a million bucks, if your employer dosen’t cover it. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833/16 "2014-07-24T03:00:05Z")
I don’t get this. As far as I can tell, **Askthepizzaguy** posted the only really sensible thing in this thread and he’s getting attacked for having pitted other things before. And everyone’s riffing on **Drunky Smurf** ’s comment, which, as far as I can tell, boils down to “har, har isn’t anal rape funny.” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833/17 "2014-07-24T04:11:19Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > I don’t get this. As far as I can tell, **Askthepizzaguy** posted the only really sensible thing in this thread and he’s getting attacked for having pitted other things before. And everyone’s riffing on **Drunky Smurf** ’s comment, which, as far as I can tell, boils down to “har, har isn’t anal rape funny.” Well, Askthepizzaguy is held to a high standard. Drunky Smurf is a moron who gets a pat on the head anytime he completes a sentence without shitting himself. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833/18 "2014-07-24T04:15:25Z")
I want a pat on the head too ☹ ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833/19 "2014-07-24T10:21:48Z")
pat pat pat @ drewtwo99 You’re welcome