Black Noose Found on Front Door of Gay Rights Organization | Responding Police Officer: "Sometimes, You Just Have to Live with Being the Victim"
source: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local-beat/Noose-Found-Gay-Rights-Organization--106344253....
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Noose Found at Orange County (California) Gay-Rights Organization
By ERIN RICHARDS
Updated 3:50 PM PDT, Fri, Oct 29, 2010
Equality California
A black noose was found on the front door of the Santa Ana chapter of gay-rights organization Equality California on Thursday in what some are calling a hate crime against supporters of gay marriage.
Employee Mel Distel was on her way to work at around 6 p.m. when she found the noose.
According to the Orange County Register, Distel called the police and now plans to file a formal complaint on their response after she said police dismissed the noose, saying, "Sometimes, you just have to live with being the victim."
Distel said finding the noose "was shocking," Distel told the Orange County Register. "It struck me as something that could escalate, something that was definitely meant to be hurtful."
"The dismissive and deeply offensive conduct of the police officer who responded to this incident is nothing short of appalling and sends the message that LGBT community members cannot rely on the police for protection against the kind of hatred and prejudice that can lead to violence," said Equality California director Geoff Kors in a statement.
Santa Ana Police are denying any negligence, telling the Register that they are treating the case as a possible terrorist threat and it has been assigned to investigators.
Volunteers were working in the office Thursday evening to make calls for Assembly candidate Melissa Fox's campaign. Fox, a gay marriage supporter, said in a statement that the noose was a "despicable and hateful act, clearly intended to threaten and intimidate Equality California and other supporters of marriage equality."
The Orange County and Long Beach chapter of the Anti-Defamation League also condemned the noose and alleged police dismissal.
"Our community and its policing agencies must treat such incidents seriously, and send a strong message that such attempts to intimidate an entire community will not be tolerated," said ADL Regional Director Kevin O'Grady. "Law enforcement should make every effort to …send a clear message that they will protect the gay and lesbian community."
Santa Ana police are now treating the incident as a hate crime.
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CharbyteU
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Aren't gay taxpayers paying for law enforcement? Isn't this a form of misconduct on the part of officer? Isn't this 2010 and not 1910?
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CharbyteU
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Naumadd
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Finding the noose, yes, is an appalling aggression, but the comments from the Police Department are the most disturbing of all. Such dismissive attitudes have no place in any public servant.
"Serve and protect" indeed. The officer should lose his job over his attitude.
Mista Pohlisman: "Sometimes, you just gotta live with the consequences of being a complete ass."
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Naumadd
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Kaplow820
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Come on people! This is CALIFORNIA! This our home! this isn't texas, or alabama, or oklahoma, we don't do this redneck hatred kind of shit here!
better stop this shit, or we'll deport ya out of cali and back to the middle of the us where you belong!
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Kaplow820
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Tyr
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Orange County is the most right wing of counties in the blue state of California, it's the home of the John Birch Society and Richard Nixon...there is such a direct connection between the right wing hate mongers and this kind of garbage that it just amazes me that there are still thinking people who support them.
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Tyr
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CharbyteU
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Tyr:
Thes HATErosexuals are paid by public tax dollars and yet they're NOT receiving service....take his bigoted butt to court. Don't get mad get even ;)
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CharbyteU
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H2O_4U
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Take a count of all libertarians in the city and search their homes, you will find you're homophobic ape that did this!
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H2O_4U
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dreamsenvoy
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H2O_4U:
Disagree...Shows what you know
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dreamsenvoy
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KingBot
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Hey guys, last time I checked, a noose is a noose, a piece of rope. Never did anyone no harm (and if your willing to say "what are you talking about?Of course they've killed people" then you are implying that they get up and kill you, that guns are the real killers,not humans.). these people are clearly hiding behind freedom of speech, that should already tell you there efforts will be minimal and lethargic. this whole situation will fade away, in the same way black oppression did.(not applying black oppression is gone, but it's been hell a of a step up from the 30s)
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KingBot
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bailey78
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KingBot:
A noose is a tool just like a Gun they are made for killing nothing more. Those that are down playing this are fools of the up most ignorant kind.
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bailey78
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randallr01
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KingBot:
And the act of leaving a noose on someone's doorstep?? That's a symbol of intimidation & threat.
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randallr01
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Nephwrack
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KingBot:
what if someone left a bullet in your mailbox or a knife stuck in your door? what would you think of that?
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Nephwrack
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KingBot
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randallr01:
If that's how you perceive it, okay then, thanks for sharing with the world.
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KingBot
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KingBot
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Nephwrack:
I live in a terrible neighborhood?
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KingBot
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KingBot
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bailey78:
You don't kill people with a noose, you execute them. You can kill anybody with anything, but a legal execution requires a said tool or method from the government.
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KingBot
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Nephwrack
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KingBot:
that or an ignorant mob. and last time i checked, execution *is* killing someone. shooting someone in the back of the head is called an execution. doesn't mean it's not murder.
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Nephwrack
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bailey78
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KingBot:
i don't see it like that if i hang somebody are they any less dead than if i shoot them?
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bailey78
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bailey78
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KingBot:
Guns don't kill! People kill the tool of choice in most cases is a gun but not limited to.
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bailey78
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Vierotchka
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KingBot:
I love the Freudian slips that double negatives are!
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Vierotchka
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Vierotchka
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KingBot:
I wonder how you will feel when you start receiving little coffins in your mail - after all, coffins don't kill people!
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Vierotchka
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ayipis
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randallr01:
yeap it is a thread and intmidation..then i get my ass ready for to either kick some ass or get my ass kicked..thats the rule of the jungle...
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ayipis
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ayipis
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Nephwrack:
it means get your bullet or your knife ready...."wearing purple" is not going to help your ass.
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ayipis
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Nephwrack
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ayipis:
really? wearing purple wont help? wow! how insightful. you must be in between "jobs" at the truck stop again.
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Nephwrack
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passjay
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typical
with all of the mass hysteria in the world
this type of thing is still going on..please spare my the unethical post for a change
wry don't you - 1 year ago
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passjay
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ayipis
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those liberal atheist are all in a frenzy over a noose they found around the vacinity..................
..SHIT knowing these elites its probably some left over sex fetish gadget from the previous party they had..
drama queens LOL..look around they might find a matching black dildo somewhere around the bushes
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ayipis
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Dmerza1989
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ayipis:
I would much rather be the atheist liberal bitching about it than the hate filled delusional catholic conservative that left it there .
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Dmerza1989
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CalgarC
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Dmerza1989:
i would rather be the liberel rebel doing something about it.
rebels :D
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CalgarC
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moodyblue
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ayipis:
The definition of elite, another thing you know absolutely nothing about. Your lack of knowledge on well, everything, is stunning and to put it bluntly, pathetic. Dont you ever get tired of being the dumbest person in the room?
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moodyblue
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randallr01
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ayipis:
Somehow I don't think anyone is in a frenzy.
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randallr01
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Nephwrack
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ayipis:
did you leave one there?
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Nephwrack
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ayipis
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Nephwrack:
i would not even bother...
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ayipis
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ayipis
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randallr01:
LOL...your right ..no frenzy here..everybody go home...take that sex toy and leave it in the "lost and found" box...
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ayipis
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dreamsenvoy
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ayipis:
you are not a good person to humanity
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dreamsenvoy
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Dmerza1989
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so does this mean rainbow is the new black for hate groups?
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Dmerza1989
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ayipis
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LOL..I guess SOMEONE cannot take the taste of its own medicine..
COME ON PEOPLE ITS JUST SATIRE..IF NOT..hey..its freedom of expression ..
RIGHT??
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ayipis
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EthicalVegan
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ayipis:
A black noose is "SATIRE"???!?!?
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EthicalVegan
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ayipis
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EthicalVegan:
well for some bush on a noose is..
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ayipis
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EthicalVegan:
someone thought this was satire...do you agree with this??
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ayipis
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dadevil
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Some childish prank by some Gay Republican juvenile looking to scare?
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dadevil
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ayipis
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dadevil:
it does not take much to scare a gay liberal democrat..LOL..
tell them they have to work for a living and hear them scream "facist" LOL
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ayipis
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Nephwrack
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ayipis:
what is it that you get paid to do ayipis? yeah i'm talking to you. you just assume that none of the rest of us work, sitting behind your computer screen in your mom's basement, snorting meth all day... how sad.
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Nephwrack
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ayipis
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Nephwrack:
I would say "a large portion" of socialist leaning liberals do not work or like the idea of work..
LOL..i cant sit behind the computer all day and snort meth..someone has to go to work to fund your stimulus package..
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ayipis
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themotivateddropout
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ayipis:
You would say that "a large portion" of socialist leaning liberals do not work or like the idea of work based on what? Your extensive experience working?
Those on this site that are employed have no difficulty explaining what their job is.
You do.
What kind of work are your doing to fund our stimulus package, again? - 1 year ago
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themotivateddropout
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bike10
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Good old moral and family value Tea Bagger/Republican Christians.
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bike10
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ayipis:
so why were you at all of these gay pride events taking pictures? are you just curious? or are they for some sort of personal collection? you can tell us! we're not going to judge you!
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Nephwrack
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ayipis
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Nephwrack:
i got it off your daddy's personal collection...dont worry ii was more forgiving than your momma..
LOL - 1 year ago
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ayipis
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ayipis:
erm, no you didnt, my father is a conservative Limbaugh fan NRA member gunsmith. i met him when i was 21, and he has a wife and kids. you're the one with all the pics, really, if you want to come out and be who you really are, we're not going to judge you. you still haven't told us what it is that you do, so i'm still going to assume that you prostitute yourself to men at truck stops to feed your meth habit.
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Nephwrack
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ayipis
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Nephwrack:
HAHAHHAHAHAHA...there you go..get all inspired..thats a good start..
next step..get over you grade school mentality so next time someone tries to fuck with you for being gay..fight instead of whining and bitching
(("my father is a conservative Limbaugh fan NRA member gunsmith. i met him when i was 21, and he has a wife and kids"...wow!! do you need a hug or a shoulder to cry on?))
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ayipis
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ayipis:
your girl knows i'm not gay!
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Nephwrack
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johnrohan
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I am very sad.
I am very sad, that almost no one has even considered the possibility that this was a hoax, despite the fact that most "noose" incidents these days are indeed hoaxes. It's simply too easy to make a noose, leave it somewhere, and bask in the great publicity. For example:
http://www.amnation.com/vfr/archives/008983.html
http://isteve.blogspot.com/2010/03/another-campus-hate-hoax.html - 1 year ago
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johnrohan
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JanforGore
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I am so sad for where this country is going, because I fear violence will be the result. Anyone who does this to threaten the life of another human being is subhuman. I have to also say I am embarrassed to call myself a Christian with the hatred I see coming from the zealots who claim to be tolerant, loving, and accepting of all. And the response of the police was nothing short of irresponsible. Would they also have said that to the Jews in Auchwitz? "Sometimes you just have to live with being the vicitm?" Unbelievable.
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JanforGore
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JanforGore:
I am sad for you poop toucher.
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Christopher_Parrott
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JanforGore
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Christopher_Parrott:
I am sadder for your lack of intellect.
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JanforGore
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ayipis
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JanforGore:
janforgore..these incidents side with my point that you cannot change a human with "wearing color purple".."gay parades with half naked leather wearing guys".....other people see this as a joke a sign of weakness that they pretty much feed on..
but at any rate, the only that you can stop people from attacking you (regardless if you are black or white or gay or a martian or a AL Gore zombie) is to actually FIGHT..because if you dont..you will always be victimized
question is
"are you really going let yourself be victimized all the time?"
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ayipis
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UtopianSky
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ayipis:
Unlike you, we are smart people.
We use our intelegence, not our fists.We solve problems by laws, and by education, and by increasing awareness.
And it works.Bigotry is on the decline compared to previous decades.
When I was young, almost everyone thought homosexuals were sinners, or possessed, or mentally ill, or criminals.
Now, most people in this country realize that sexual orientation is simply a part of who someone is, it's an innate characteristic like being left handed.
The vast majority support equal rights for GLBT people, and recent polls show the majority support same-sex marriage.THAT is what gets done by using brains, not brawn.
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UtopianSky
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bailey78
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Christopher_Parrott:
Does your mommy know your on her computer?
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bailey78
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ayipis
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UtopianSky:
then i guess you best start conditioning your intelligent brain to understand "asskicking"..
its the rule of the jungle..
"your weak..you dont survive"..
good luck with that..
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ayipis
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ayipis
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UtopianSky:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA7YjIskWDc
so what about this "vast majority"???
do you think your can get them to stop killing homosexual by wearing purple??
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ayipis
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UtopianSky
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ayipis:
Unlike you, I don't live in a jungle.
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UtopianSky
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UtopianSky
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ayipis:
Unlike you, I know what the phrase "vast majority" means, and that only an idiot would try and counter that phrase with a specific example.
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Daisy_Candice:
suck a bleep
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Christopher_Parrott
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I think I'm the only one that see the humor behind this... haha
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Christopher_Parrott
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Christopher_Parrott:
And we all know the reason for that.
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Orsin430
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Sounds like Halloween to me ;)
Though, those that speak/act out of hatred and ignorance. . . I pity you. . .
No H8 4life!
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Orsin430
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antisocialnetworker
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What Century is this?
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antisocialnetworker
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EmperorThan
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Why don't the Gay Rights Organization employees place a bomb threat call to the local police station. Then once the call is traced back and they're arrested just say "Sometimes you just have to live with being the victim, you fucking pigs."
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EmperorThan
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EmperorThan:
then that is when you ass gets kicked.......those "fucking pigs" are not touchy and weak as those (should i say the word?) and they will "fuck" you over..
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ayipis
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ayipis:
is that what you do? are you a cop ayipis?
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EmperorThan
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Nephwrack:
I must say, he is stupid enough to be one.
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EmperorThan
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EmperorThan
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What. The. Fuck.
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EmperorThan
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fun_size
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What the hell is wrong with people? Who cares what your neighbor does between the sheets?! There are many many straight people out there have sex with animals and are into kinky shit like watersports and BDSM. What is soooo wrong with gay people that you have to resort to violence and intimidation? Just live and let live... its the true Christian way!
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fun_size
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chuygarsia2
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What is USA coming to? Jesus fuckin Christ.
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chuygarsia2:
If only more "Christians" were actually like Christ this would be a great country. Instead we get uneducated haters who claim to discriminate in the name of their "savior". As if he would somehow approve.
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chuygarsia2:
Yep Jesus fucked Christ and he liked it.
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EthicalVegan
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chuygarsia2:
"Jesus fuckin Christ."
And that, in a nutshell, may very well BE the problem.
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EthicalVegan
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keepthinkingboo
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wow ...
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keepthinkingboo:
learn a new word
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themotivateddropout
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shanklinmike
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It's an inside job!!! lol j/k
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unimatrix0
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I can't help but wonder what sort of person would do such a thing. Is it simply some childish prank by some juvenile, or is it a calculated message from a serious hater?
Whatever the case, it is a sad commentary on the current state of affairs.
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unimatrix0
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unimatrix0:
yeap only a bunch of idiots can do something like this..LOL
hey maybe its just satire???
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ayipis
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bailey78
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ayipis:
You really should get your girl friend down from there.
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bailey78
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ayipis:
That is called an "effigy," ayipis. Effigies are Constitutionally protected free speech, says the Supreme Court.
Harassment, however, is not protected speech.
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randallr01
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ayipis:
no,most likly it is because you are not a good person
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dreamsenvoy
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randallr01
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Bring it on!
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Christopher_Parrott:
Is that really the best you can do?
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bailey78
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timetide:
I was afraid of that. so many people with what one would think is a good education yet they are so ignorant of the facts that they are borderline brain damaged.
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bailey78
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zHellas
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They're gay... Why not use pink?
Though that might make it seem more like a bad attempt at a joke or something.
Just saying that if you're gonna harass someone or a group of people, keep it themed with what/who they are.
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zHellas
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zHellas:
Do lesbians like pink? Do gays like pink? Because I'm gay & my favorite color is not pink. Actually, pink makes me look too red so I can't really wear it. Blues, grays, purples and greens are my best colors.
Not that I'm offended. That's not actually possible.
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zHellas:
Jesus, zHellas. What the hell does PINK have to do with gay and/or human rights? Even though I don't like colors representing causes, pink "belongs" to breast cancer awareness, just as red "belongs" to HIV/AIDS awareness. Pink is not a "gay color."
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EthicalVegan:
Yeah, people are stupid.
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randallr01:
Out of curiosity, is there anything that all gays despise? Don't mean to offend you.....:P
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EthicalVegan:
pink is a gay color. poop toucher.
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EthicalVegan:
Yes, but the people who don't like gay people usually stereotype them. Pink is a color that's stereotypically attributed to femininity and homosexuality.
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