The Casey Anthony look-alike story: Readers react to the Nancy Grace debate

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Yesterday, I wrote about a story in The Oakland Press about a possible Troy sighting of someone who maybe looked like Casey Anthony. I posited that the bloodlust aimed at Anthony–largely fueled by Nancy Grace and the HLN–poses a threat to, well, almost any young white woman who share’s Anthony’s generic looks.In terms of both traffic and comments, the issue struck a nerve. Here are some highlights from the conversation:Awww…thanksjxnman81: “you sir are my new hero, great piece!”Blaming Grace is a slippery slopeanastasia2657: “If Nancy Grace is responsible for a drugged woman ramming her car into another woman’s car, who is responsible for the man who punched a woman in the nose because she objected to his very vocal support of Casey Anthony?”What we are all thinking about B’wanaamlive: “I’ve tried to communicate reasonably with you, I’ve tried to understand your views, but am beginning to feel I was a fool for attempting to do either. At this point I’m not sure whether you are simply playing the antagonistic troll for personal amusement, or if you could truly be as stupendously obtuse as your posts lately seem. A disappointment either way.”Is blaming Grace like blaming Sarah Palin for the Giffords’ shooting?statman24: Reminds me of when the Arizona Representative got shot and everyone blamed Sarah Palin.Tongue-in-cheek love for Nancy Gracehellzapoppin: “Forget Michele Bachmann… how about Nancy Grace for President? – that little firecracker of retribution with the carnivore gleam in her eyes, the pouty lips concealing fangs of vengeance, the wafting perfume of scorn and opprobrium, a very exterminating angel among the lumbering dark hairy beasts of Sodom America. I cringe a little, frankly, when I click through the CNN gauntlet and glimpse Nancy in full dudgeon, her delicate nostrils quivering with rage….”

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