Comments on: Anti-Gay Bigotry Roundup http://www.kipesquire.net/2006/01/anti-gay-bigotry-roundup/ A Stitch in Time Saves Nine ... But Haste Makes Waste Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:02:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt http://www.kipesquire.net/2006/01/anti-gay-bigotry-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-1780 Matt Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:34:46 +0000 http://www.kipesquire.net/?p=2017#comment-1780 Well, I'm pretty sure the cops who chained my hands behind my back and my ankles together immediately after stripping me naked and immediately before throwing me into a cell with five unrestrained violent criminals weren't gay, so I suppose it makes sense that the criminals who actually did the raping weren't gay either. <BR /> <BR />Ultimately, the sexual orientation of the perpetrators of such crimes is pretty damned irrelevant, I'd say. I know I for one was way too busy getting medical treatment after I got out the next morning (not to mention weighing the odds that the cops were serious when they threatened to kill my family if I reported them) to worry about whether any or all of the involved parties were getting off sexually at the time, or if they rather were just on a power trip. Well, I'm pretty sure the cops who chained my hands behind my back and my ankles together immediately after stripping me naked and immediately before throwing me into a cell with five unrestrained violent criminals weren't gay, so I suppose it makes sense that the criminals who actually did the raping weren't gay either.

Ultimately, the sexual orientation of the perpetrators of such crimes is pretty damned irrelevant, I'd say. I know I for one was way too busy getting medical treatment after I got out the next morning (not to mention weighing the odds that the cops were serious when they threatened to kill my family if I reported them) to worry about whether any or all of the involved parties were getting off sexually at the time, or if they rather were just on a power trip.

]]> By: Crime & Federalism http://www.kipesquire.net/2006/01/anti-gay-bigotry-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-1781 Crime & Federalism Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:15:24 +0000 http://www.kipesquire.net/?p=2017#comment-1781 <strong>"Anti-Gay Bigotry Roundup"</strong> Kip has an interesting collection here. "Anti-Gay Bigotry Roundup"

Kip has an interesting collection here.

]]> By: Billie http://www.kipesquire.net/2006/01/anti-gay-bigotry-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-1779 Billie Sat, 21 Jan 2006 19:19:14 +0000 http://www.kipesquire.net/?p=2017#comment-1779 I thought it turned out that Matthew Shephard wasn't targeted because he was gay, but that it was a robbery and beating gone wrong. <br /> <br /> <i>[Kip replies: That's one of the defendant's stories -- concocted long after his conviction and denied by the co-murderer -- in order to gain a media interview. Weigh its credibility accordingly. More <a href="http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1101696546.shtml" rel="nofollow">here</a>.]</i> I thought it turned out that Matthew Shephard wasn't targeted because he was gay, but that it was a robbery and beating gone wrong.

[Kip replies: That's one of the defendant's stories -- concocted long after his conviction and denied by the co-murderer -- in order to gain a media interview. Weigh its credibility accordingly. More here.]

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