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News: Fan club dedicated to Boston bomber surfaces
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Fan club dedicated to Boston bomber surfaces
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As 19-year-old Boston bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev awaits trial, a legion of Americans -- often teenage girls -- has been furiously filling the Internet with fan club sites and support groups.
Alisha, a blond, blue-eyed 18-year-old from Topeka, Kan., is one of these Tsarnaev's "fans." Using her Twitter handle @keepitbluntedd, Alisha has been questioning the government's case against the younger Tsarnaev brother.
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I cannot stress enough, there are so many holes in this story, we live in a country where you are innocent until proven guilty. #freejahar
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In an interview with the New York Post, Alisha even said she was planning on getting a quote of the teen (“If you have the knowledge and the inspiration all that’s left is to take action”) tattooed on her upper arm.
“He was just this pothead 19-year-old boy who didn’t care,” she told The Post. “I don’t see it.”
Although Alisha has decided not to get the tattoo, she has not backed down from her support for Tsarnaev. And she is far from alone.
Using the hashtag #freejahar, as well as handles -- like @FreeJaha, @Fighting4Jahar or @PrayForJaharr -- that contain Tsarnaev's nickname, the suspect's supporters are easy to find online.
There are also multiple Facebook pages, such as the "Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Free Jahar movement," which currently boasts 6,600 members. Many of these pages express similar sentiments to those expressed in the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Free Jahar movement's "About" section:
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a young man of 19 years of age's life has been stolen and has been made into a public object of hate, created by the inaccurate reports by the media.
We believe in innocent until proven guilty by undeniable evidence, which so far has not been provided.
According to Yahoo! Shine, fans have made bracelets, and the phrase "too pretty to be guilty" is becoming a common refrain.
Yahoo! spoke to several psychologists, who said Tsarnaev's appeal may stem from the myth of the "bad boy" or from a deeper motive: fame.
“It’s not that he’s a bomb suspect, it’s that he’s notorious,” Sheila Isenberg, author of “Women Who Love Men Who Kill,” told the site. “A lot are going to say, ‘I just want to make sure he gets a fair trial, but that’s really window dressing for their inherent need to get famous themselves.”
“Similar to the fascination teen girls have with vampire characters in movies and books, dark characters are a way to forge a separate identity and to defiantly (or rebelliously) declare oneself as independent of authority figures,” psychologist Jill Weber noted. “Some of this is normal teen development, but being drawn to a criminal is a dysfunctional way to forge independence.”
ABC News adds that this phenomenon is not limited to "cute" teenage suspects, either.
Luka Magnotta, the so-called "Cannibal killer," has a devoted female fan base as well, the outlet reports. Accused Aurora shooter James Holmes had a legion of fan girls all his own, including Aurora, Colo., resident Misty Benjamin, who told reporters she was "physically attracted" to Holmes.
"When I get upset, I look at his picture and I calm down," she said at the time.
Of course, social media only throws fuel on the fire, giving teens in particular an accepting, somewhat anonymous community to express their beliefs.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...ref=weird-news
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*waits for an atrler to make a base for him*
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Luka Magnotta, the so-called "Cannibal killer," has a devoted female fan base as well, the outlet reports. Accused Aurora shooter James Holmes had a legion of fan girls all his own, including Aurora, Colo., resident Misty Benjamin, who told reporters she was "physically attracted" to Holmes.
"When I get upset, I look at his picture and I calm down," she said at the time.
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#justiceforjahar
#freejahar
#prayforjahar
#cutforjahar
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He is kinda cute, but still those girls 
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Haha, I was literally on Yahoo! days ago and screamed at "too pretty to be guilty".
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It's right to believe in innocency until it's proofed that one is guilty, but this girl is a mess
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Some of these girls are so stupid! How would they feel if someone in their family lost a leg or an arm? What does him being "cute" have to do with what he did? Just because you might find someone attractive doesn't mean they are a good person.
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I don't get the point of people publicizing stupid stuff like this. Like, that's what the creators wanted, for people to just be disgusted and know about the site.
However, you can't do anything to take it down. They're free to be delusional as they wish, there's fan clubs for disgusting people like Hitler or bin Laden so this is no different. Sure, people are idiots but giving them more attention is what makes them strong. If we ignore it, it'll go away.
Same thing for the Westboro Baptist Church, ignore them and they'll have no point in being ignorant.
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He cute, I'm not gonna lie.
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I'm surprised there isn't a Terrorist sub-genre of **** (there probably is).
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Those people
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This is so dumb. "Bad Boys" are not cool. And your beloved "innocent" Jahar would have killed you in an instant had you been there. Stupid bitches.
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Ridiculous
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Yea. Because innocent people hide under boats to not be seen.
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Trolls will be trolls. 
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