Comments on: Witnesses testify about shooting of gay student in Oxnard http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/07/07/witnesses-testify-about/ Hatewatch is a blog of the Southern Poverty Law Center Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:59:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: MrsCaptJack http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/07/07/witnesses-testify-about/comment-page-1/#comment-306494 MrsCaptJack Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:41:41 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=7103#comment-306494 @ DorisV "Shotting (sic) someone in the head twice in a classroom sounds like an issue also." Sounds LIKE an issue? It is the ONLY issue. The poor boy was shot because he was gay and he was open about it. At 15, how wise were your decisions? Would you stand fully behind everything you said and did at that age? Hell no. Larry King was just trying to figure out who he was ~ high school is a place many kids do that. This is murder, plain and simple. No one brings a gun to school unless they have thought about the act ahead of time. It's not like he had a firearms class that day. @ DorisV “Shotting (sic) someone in the head twice in a classroom sounds like an issue also.”

Sounds LIKE an issue? It is the ONLY issue. The poor boy was shot because he was gay and he was open about it. At 15, how wise were your decisions? Would you stand fully behind everything you said and did at that age? Hell no. Larry King was just trying to figure out who he was ~ high school is a place many kids do that. This is murder, plain and simple. No one brings a gun to school unless they have thought about the act ahead of time. It’s not like he had a firearms class that day.

]]> By: DorisV http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/07/07/witnesses-testify-about/comment-page-1/#comment-305883 DorisV Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:52:41 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=7103#comment-305883 I can see a number of problems here. Racism is alive and growing in this country. Appears one boy is white and the deceased is Latino/Hispanic or something but white. The article claims that both had black friends. Well, this still doesn't mean they did not harbor latent dislike of other races. As for the dressing up as a female, well, I'm old school on this issue. He knew it made others do stupid things. Why wasn't it stopped by the school. They have a dress code, I assume. Shotting someone in the head twice in a classroom sounds like an issue also. The act was planned. How did he get the gun? Where were the parents of both Brian and Larry? Lots of problems here not only the gay/straight issue!! I can see a number of problems here. Racism is alive and growing in this country. Appears one boy is white and the deceased is Latino/Hispanic or something but white. The article claims that both had black friends. Well, this still doesn’t mean they did not harbor latent dislike of other races. As for the dressing up as a female, well, I’m old school on this issue. He knew it made others do stupid things. Why wasn’t it stopped by the school. They have a dress code, I assume. Shotting someone in the head twice in a classroom sounds like an issue also. The act was planned. How did he get the gun? Where were the parents of both Brian and Larry? Lots of problems here not only the gay/straight issue!!

]]> By: Ted http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/07/07/witnesses-testify-about/comment-page-1/#comment-305801 Ted Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:43:10 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=7103#comment-305801 The "sexual advances" defense is a long-standing fiction in anti-gay hate crimes. Take a look at the difference in their physical sizes. But if the defense is credited, does this now mean that all girls who are sexually harassed by classmates can just shoot them? (There wouldn't be many straight guys left at graduation). The “sexual advances” defense is a long-standing fiction in anti-gay hate crimes. Take a look at the difference in their physical sizes.

But if the defense is credited, does this now mean that all girls who are sexually harassed by classmates can just shoot them? (There wouldn’t be many straight guys left at graduation).

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