And to add to Portabella's anecdotes, I don't think that the comment about blaming a girl for her own rape was anything to do with people from Oklahoma. It was said, I believe, as an example of the victim-blaming attitude that can oft be taken by people, regardless of who they are or where they come from. So, in this case, writing Daryn off as a 'weirdo' or something similar because he wasn't "ordinary" in the way he identified as a 'furry,' for example, and thus not taking a great deal of interest in the case.
I'm sorry if any of the comments on this thread have upset you. I personally have not felt like anyone has bashed Oklahoma or its residents in any general terms. Maybe offered some demographical 'analysis' of Guthrie itself as a place, but actually as someone who is unfamiliar with much of the U.S., let alone individual states and towns, it's really useful information to have and if somewhere is a little rough around the edges, important to bear in mind when we're trying to think as hard as possible about what may have happened to Daryn.
