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1 posted on 11/26/2004 4:36:18 AM PST by foolscap
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To: foolscap

I always objected to the way the media lionized Matthew Shepard as "crucified." They tried to draw parallels between a man cruising for gay sex who ran into thugs and Jesus Christ.


2 posted on 11/26/2004 4:44:19 AM PST by SkyPilot
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To: foolscap
Like this one:

Kerry Says Shepard 'Crucified.'

3 posted on 11/26/2004 4:46:00 AM PST by SkyPilot
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To: foolscap

Why were they on meth?

The WOD made safer alternatives unavailable.

Sounds to me like Shepard was “crucified” at the alter of the WOD.

His death was a small price to pay, compared to the benefits that flow to the LEO community.

Heck, the death of a few members of the LEO community is not enough to stop the gravy train.

(Oh yea – The WOD is for the children – wink – wink!)


6 posted on 11/26/2004 5:00:46 AM PST by Mark was here (My tag line was about to be censored.)
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To: foolscap
Why does anybody give the murderers any benefit of the doubt?

As far as I'm concerned these guys should have been injected a few weeks after they were convicted regardless of the hate-crime designation.
7 posted on 11/26/2004 5:03:26 AM PST by McChordwatcher (Still Learning FR's Ropes)
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To: foolscap
The crime drew condemnation from President Clinton, Congress and the international community, and spurred debate on the effectiveness of hate crime laws.

These thugs committed a crime against the Sheppard. Clinton, the MSM and Congress and many state legislatures committed crimes against the Constitution. 1984 predictions of "thought crime" become fact.

8 posted on 11/26/2004 5:10:26 AM PST by Lawgvr1955 (I think Kerry needs more cowbell.)
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To: foolscap

It is truly sad that this young man died in such a brutal way but his murder was no more a crime than anyone elses murder. It just got more national attention because he was gay.


10 posted on 11/26/2004 5:17:47 AM PST by LoudRepublicangirl (loudrepublicangirl)
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To: foolscap
The final line from "Who Shot Liberty Valance":

If you have a choice to print the facts or print the legend, print the legend".

11 posted on 11/26/2004 5:17:53 AM PST by Semper Paratus (Michael)
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To: foolscap

What a truly odd plea for sympathy.

"We killed him.... but it was just random man... yeah random"


15 posted on 11/26/2004 5:25:43 AM PST by rwilson99 (I am a South Park Republican)
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To: foolscap
Related in-depth article from ABC News.
19 posted on 11/26/2004 6:46:28 AM PST by mountaineer
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To: foolscap

Lessee . . . they did not kill him because he was gay. They killed him in the processing of robbing him because they were so tanked on meth that thed did not know what they were doing.

Sounds like felony murder to me. Felony murder can earn you the needle in Texas, especially when you are a continuing threat to society. Meth head = continuing threat to society to me.

They should be grateful they did not do this in Texas, and doubly grateful that I was not on the jury.


22 posted on 11/26/2004 6:53:52 AM PST by No Truce With Kings (The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
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To: foolscap

Well, that'll blow the roots out from under one of the iconic chants of the left...that is, of course, if they actually concerned themselves about facts.


26 posted on 11/26/2004 7:54:25 AM PST by highlander_UW (Democrat - the party of racism, disenfranchisement and hatred)
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To: foolscap

So, Saint Matthew Shepard was a drug dealer?


33 posted on 11/26/2004 1:41:14 PM PST by Hildy (The really great men are always simple and true)
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BTTT


See also: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1026551/posts?page=326#326

37 posted on 11/27/2004 10:37:46 AM PST by EdReform (Free Republic - helping to keep our country a free republic. Thank you for your financial support!)
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To: EdReform; backhoe; Yehuda; Clint N. Suhks; saradippity; stage left; Yakboy; I_Love_My_Husband; ...

Homosexual Agenda ping.

More on the miserable Shepard case. The poster boy for "hate crimes". It is horrible, sordid, and tragic. But not what the media made it.

The poor boy who was sodomized to death was a worse crime by many magnitudes. But the media didn't touch that one.

Let me and ItsOurTimeNow know if anyone wants on/off this pinglist.


38 posted on 11/27/2004 10:43:53 AM PST by little jeremiah (Moral absolutes are what make humans human.)
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