[FUMETTI]

Shepard was the one who approached them; if he flirted in a gay bar he would have never been attacked. If I went to a gay bar and hit on a lesbian, do you think I would not be physically attacked???? Guess again. These dykes on bikes are nasty people.

Not rationalizing murder, but whether you like it or not; straight men have been murdered and mutilated by homosexuals (John Wayne Gacy, Juan Carona), so this is not just big bad heteros targeting gays.

There will be a backlash, believe me. People will think this is the final straw. Most Americans vehemently oppose this.

[Kahonek]

"Shepard was the one who approached them"

Okay. Still sounds more like sanctimony than sanctity to me. Gotta go. Been nice meeting you...

[Modernman]

Shepard was the one who approached them; if he flirted in a gay bar he would have never been attacked.

We only have the word of a couple of murdering thugs that this is what happened. In any event, any man who is secure in his own heterosexuality should not be threatened by a gay man hitting on them. The proper response in such a situation is to simply say that you are not interested.

If I went to a gay bar and hit on a lesbian, do you think I would not be physically attacked????

I've mistakenly hit on lesbians in the past and gotten nothing worse than the cold shoulder. Lesbians are, generally speaking, pacifists.