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I was thinking the same thing. It seems that the only group targeted were Christians (ie, the comment the hoaxer made about Hell). That was pretty low IMO (and I don't even consider myself to be Christian at all).
Agreed. There are plenty of people who hate gays who aren't Christian, and plenty of people who call themselves Christians who are very accepting of gay people, even if they don't necessarily agree with homosexuality being a natural state.
I was thinking the same thing. It seems that the only group targeted were Christians (ie, the comment the hoaxer made about Hell). That was pretty low IMO (and I don't even consider myself to be Christian at all).
Other groups besides Christians believe in Hell and use language like that; you can't say that his (made-up) choice of words was anti-Christian, per se.
I agree that I would like to know exactly where the burn came from. Can't possibly be something even an attention-starved person would to do himself.
I hate to speculate any further on this without knowing all of the facts. However, the location of the hoaxer's injury made me think of a possible suicide attempt (and the hoax was the cover story).
I love this thread. All of the self-righteous whining and indignation at the start, only to find that the "hate crime" was a hoax. And then the "yes, but I think that it coulda happened, and therefore it probably does happen all the time, but you don't know about it" cliche. And then the hand-wringing over whether Chapel Hill is still "gay friendly." One might just as reasonably ask whether Chapel Hill is "straight friendly."
This hasn't made national headlines yet. Though when it does I'm sure it will be covered most heavily on Fox News.
I read about it on the N&O online yesterday.....though it sounded tragic the biggest question for me was what magic tool/object did some random guy that was sitting on a bridge for who knows how long have that could stay hot enough to cause such severe burns if he just randomly burnt a gay passerby. Also, I believe Mr. Quinn said that he didn't even know the name of the "acquaintance" that he was having a conversation with when the fake assault happened
This story shouldn't make the Triangle or UNC look any more ore less gay friendly than it was previously thought to be; nor should it make other accusations of hate crimes seem less genuine.
I love this thread. All of the self-righteous whining and indignation at the start, only to find that the "hate crime" was a hoax. And then the "yes, but I think that it coulda happened, and therefore it probably does happen all the time, but you don't know about it" cliche. And then the hand-wringing over whether Chapel Hill is still "gay friendly." One might just as reasonably ask whether Chapel Hill is "straight friendly."
I do still think it sucks when people target others for crime based on their sexual preference, nationality, gender, etc.
It's even more repellent than just randomly targeting someone for no reason other than they appear to be an easy target, because you're not just out to steal a purse or a car... you're out to hurt a person JUST because they are the subject of your loathing.
It's vile.
It is also a terrible thing to lie about being assaulted. I feel every bit as disgusted when women lie about being raped.
Makes it all the more difficult for people who were actually raped to be believed.
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