Hate Crime Charges Against Teen Who Shot 'Feminine' Boy

cnsnews.com ^ | 2/15/08 | By Susan Jones

[Etoo]

>>So many of them hate men, BUT they
>>also hate straight women, unless they can “flip” them, lol.

True, but I doubt you’d get them to admit they “hate”.

Per the gay NewSpeak dictionary, 43rd edition, The “Hate” word only applies to heterosexuals who find homosexual behavior objectionable.

[societygirl]

They don’t have to admit they “hate,” THEY JUST DO. Most Lesbians are truly hateful, of just about everybody. Plus violent, far more than straights. Everyone seems to be afraid of Lesbians. However, when you take them up on their threats, they back down.

[isrul]

If you read the post you know I neither said nor implied any such thing.

[Bobalu]

So many hateful comments on this thread.
I love FR and my fellow freepers but threads like this make me wince.
IMO the proper sort of comments to be made in a thread like this are...
“Prayers for the family of the child that was shot”
“Prayers and best wishes for the child him/her self”
and perhaps even “prayers for the disturbed kid that fired the shot”

Some of the comments being made here are disturbing.

[Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh]

Why did the school principal allow a 14-year old male student to wear makeup, high heels and feminine attire to school?

[ivyleaguebrat]

Will you volunteer this stance of yours during voir dire?

[garbanzo]

Normal heterosexuals are intimidated by the threat posed by a male disguised as a woman.

So you admit you're afraid of homosexuals...maybe even being homophobic? Gee, I wonder what it is you're really afraid of...

[Grizzled Bear]

Once every 10 years. This is nearly epidemic.

The two men who killed Matthew Shephard had, on previous occasions, traded sex for drugs with Shephard.

Funny how articles that reference the incident always seem to leave that part out.

[Grizzled Bear]

What is the ‘difference’ in punishment between cold-blooded, premeditated murder of someone you love and cold-blooded premeditated murder of someone you hate?

About 20 - 30 extra years in a maximum security facility.

[gondramB]

>>No excuse for a shooting, but the kid was a little more than “gay”. He wore dresses, high-heels, lipstick, and fingernail polish to school.<<

However the victim dressed, if its first degree murder the killer should already be getting the death penalty so calling it a “hate crime” would be pointless.

[supremedoctrine]

I think that’s true, the drug money angle in the Mathew Shepard killing—the fact that remains hidden is that Shepard’s main killer was known to have indulged in homosexual activity himself and was a self-professed “bisexual”.

[TChad]

The two men who killed Matthew Shephard had, on previous occasions, traded sex for drugs with Shephard. Funny how articles that reference the incident always seem to leave that part out.

Do you have a source for that? It contradicts what I have read.

[Drew68]

So many hateful comments on this thread.
I love FR and my fellow freepers but threads like this make me wince.

This thread should have been deleted.

The replies on this thread are disgraceful and embarrassing. If anyone needs to wonder why social conservatives have lost the culture war, they only need to look at the knuckle-dragging morons posting their sympathies for this psychopathic killer.

[Bobalu]

I feel the same way Drew.
I wish the admin mod would remove this thread.
I am ashamed of these comments...I don’t want people to read them and judge all freepers by what they see here :-(

[Trailerpark Badass]

I spent 12 years in small private schools and guess what? Bullying occurred even there and that was back in the 60s and 70s.

I must be lucky, because I spent 9 years in private schools, and I saw no bullying of any kind. Not even serious teasing and that was in the 70's and 80's. Sure, there were some kids who were thought of as "dorks" and "geeks," and there was joking behind people's backs, but nothing really mean-spirited.

If you really, REALLY, think the average private school has the same type of law-of-the-jungle type atmosphere of the average private school, I can only say that doesn't come close to my experience, even more so when I consider my children's private school.

[Trailerpark Badass]

"...as the average public school..."

[trumandogz]

The sick freak didn't belong in school. He belonged in a mental institution.

You might be more comfortable living in Iran, I understand the regime there thinks a lot like you.

[Nailbiter]

Depends on if the vic is member of protected class.
If vic is member then it is “hate crime”, if not vic is just dead.

[SoftballMominVA]

The worst bullying my kids ever saw came from our church youth group. It got so bad at one point, the pastor had to intervene. The leaders of the group? A bunch of prissy, very wealthy, girls who were in a home-school co-op. Every week was a litany of how sinful the other kids were because they were in a public school. The Sunday school teachers did nothing to stop it, even when the girls set up a seating assignment so as to not be contaminated with sin from the public school kids. It came to a head when my daughter was stricken with cancer at 12 and the girls insisted on holding prayer groups to get her to turn away from her sinful nature as God was punishing her with cancer for her sins.

Easy to see why this experience made a permanent impression on our family - especially when it was the public school kids who were calling to check on her, sending cards, stuffed animals, coming by with treats, and helping her with make up work. The kids in her Sunday school class did nothing - she was told she was an unrepentant sinner.

Does this mean I don't think bullying goes on in other places? Of course it does - but this is our experience, others will vary.

[Gay State Conservative]

Will you volunteer this stance of yours during voir dire?

Nope.Not a chance.Just think of it as my own little journey into "legislation nullification".And,no,I don't care if my failure to disclose this to a court is a crime.