Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Dude, the world doesn't revolve around you
Some people just have to be victims.
On Friday Feb. 25 a threatening sign was found by the side entrance of Oscar Wilde House, the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgendered-themed housing cooperative. The sign read, “From now on, no coop people are allowed to pass through our property, 2400 Warring St, or else. WE HATE FAGS. Burn in hell.” The writer demanded the sign back to no avail, and responded by punching and kicking a Wilde house member, before fleeing.
Why didn't they just give him back the damn sign? Did they need it for something?
The suspect is described as a Caucasian male in his late twenties with a slight accent. He wore a red baseball cap and a large crucifix chain.
This is clearly a hate crime.
Sorry, the ordering of these comments is too funny to pass up.
The police have a suspect described as a hostile transient terrorizing the entire neighborhood, but our witnesses believe he is not the culprit. Such a portrayal of the suspect obscures the issue of homophobia as a motive for violence. Given the language of the threatening sign, the man’s agenda is clear: he is a hate-mongering homophobe willing to attack our members and to drag a sizeable chain link fence over an entryway.
No, it can't be a normal asshole, he has to hate us particularly. Because otherwise, we wouldn't be special victims.
Hate will simply not be tolerated.
Forty-three bucks a semester says it will. Do you really have the power not to tolerate it?
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