I don’t think it’s necessarily targeted at gay men, mostly because of the mention of the ‘impressive athletic records’. For some reason, gay men and athletics just don’t seem to go together. Think of how many openly gay actors or musicians there are... now compare that with the fact that there has never been a professional athlete who was ‘out’ during his athletic career, last I heard at least. I know it sounds stereotypical, but I don’t think I’ve ever met a gay guy who played any sort of sports that didn’t involve a video game console.
‘Trolling the interstates’ could also mean attacks on hitchhikers, guys with broken-down cars, guys who pulled over to the side of the road to pee in the bushes, etc.,
You are exactly right. Chris Jenkins wasn’t gay.
His grandparents live just down the road from me.
This is a story from last fall:
http://www.waconiapatriot.com/articles/2007/10/25/carver_county_news/news/news01.txt
“I don’t think it’s necessarily targeted at gay men, mostly because of the mention of the ‘impressive athletic records’. For some reason, gay men and athletics just don’t seem to go together. Think of how many openly gay actors or musicians there are... now compare that with the fact that there has never been a professional athlete who was ‘out’ during his athletic career, last I heard at least. I know it sounds stereotypical, but I don’t think I’ve ever met a gay guy who played any sort of sports that didn’t involve a video game console.”
That’s probably because it’s less socially acceptable to be gay and in sport than it is in acting etc, so they stay in the closet...
The people who died in the LaCrosse, WI area did not appear to be gay. One of the drowning victims was a popular athlete who disappeared after a night of drinking with friends.
I’m also very skeptical of the MS-13, jihadist, black nationalist ideas, since people like that would be memorable in a small town like LaCrosse.
There has been a lot of speculation about these drownings being the work of a serial killer, but there hasn’t been much to connect the deaths. Most of the victims had BACs above .20 when their bodies were found.