I feel sick and scared, and I don't know who to talk to.

Jill at Feministe wrote an excellent post about the whole Duke rape accuser outing. But since she wrote it, she's had to add the following disclaimer:

In light of comments on the AutoAdmit/XOXO message board in response to this post (”I want to brutally rape that Jill slut,” “I’m 98% sure that she should be raped (even if only in Internet Land),” “So seriously, I think we should start another war with this cunt. She clearly deserves anything XOXO might inflict on her”), I’m going to be moderating it very heavily.

What the fuck kind of world do I live in where men want to rape women for expressing their opinions? (This also very much supports my fear for the accuser - if these men are so angry they want to rape a woman for writing a blog post expressing some support for the accuser, how do they feel about the accuser herself?)

I'm scared that men I know think and post this kind of shit. I'm scared to talk to them about this in case I find out something about them I'd rather not know. I don't know how Jill handles it, I don't know how she can go on, when I'm cowering in fear writing a journal that nobody reads instead of going out and speaking my mind.