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Then, after lunch, McGuire and Sheehy were walking in front of Tillinghast Hall when a woman wearing alligator sunglasses stormed up to them. It was the trustee whose daughter had formed the anti-McGuire club.
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“You logged into Facebook under a false name,” the woman said, glaring at McGuire.
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“I had a right to defend myself against defamation,” McGuire responded.
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“Students are just blowing off steam,” the trustee said. “They’re very stressed; it’s not unusual for them to say racist and sexist things … The site is private.”
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“No,” McGuire insisted, “it’s got 9 million users.”
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“What you did was like breaking into my daughter’s room and reading her diary … ”
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“No,” McGuire said, the emotion rising in her voice, “what your daughter did was the equivalent of posting something in Times Square.”
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McGuire could not control herself any longer. “What your daughter did was actionable, and I’m not talking about this anymore,” she said before walking off.
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