Comments on: Brothers beaten after attackers thought they were gay

By: Thom

Thom — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:31:17 +0000

Mickey, I agree with wanting them to suffer, but don’t think the tax payers should foot the bill forever. Maybe it is cheaper to simply do away with them. Like wevtake out the trash!

By: TANK

TANK — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:23:04 +0000

We need not distinguish who’s to blame here, specifically. It’s sexism and homophobia, of course, and they are as interelated as religion and homophobia. You can’t with any degree of plausibility suggest that religion isn’t to blame, as religion is a big part of the puzzle here that serves to perpetuate sexist and homophobic memes and dehumanize lgbt americans. It’s hardly either or and oversimplifies the issue by suggesting that it is. Sexism, homophobia and religious intolerance are all prominent features in this country, and in–no surprise–the black community…and the white community, too.

By: TANK

TANK — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:19:05 +0000

“It takes just as much faith to believe that god is nonexistent as it does to believe that there is a god.”

This is either a lie to dilute the truth or just a complete misunderstanding. First, one isn’t believing that there is no god–one is believing that in order to BELIEVE something, a shred of positive evidence needs to be offered to believe it…more than a shred…none of which religion can offer. WHere’s the faith in that?

Second, how can FAILING TO BELIEVE in something require faith? How is the lack of faith a faith based claim?

By: charlie

charlie — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:12:11 +0000

The four attackers were black men? It didn’t say that in this article, I assumed they were white. Well u know what happens when u ASSUME! I really have to find a REAL news site to vet these stories before I comment on them! Although this does make my previous remark about Rev. Al all the more…what’s a good word?….suspenseful! WE SHALL SEE! A couple of months ago it was 3 white males luring a black gay man, thru the internet, to a mugging when he broke away and was hit (and eventually died)fleeing into traffic on the Belt Pkway! The homocidal hate of our kind is alive and flourishing in all races, creeds, nationalities, cultures and even tribes. So it has always been and unless we fight back, so it shall ALWAYS be! The only good homophobe is a DEAD homophobe!

By: charlie

charlie — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:03:02 +0000

ok kids, first the bad news! We had the death penalty, finally, in NY some years back and suddenly we don’t any more! A mutt recently got convicted of killing an off duty NYPD officer who interrupted him and his daughter’s boyfriend(the kid in Bronx Tale and a minor Soprano’s actor) who caught them trying to break into a house where they thought they could find drugs. He was convicted of first degree murder and got life without parole! If they catch these animals do u think they’ll get that or maybe 20 years to life, eligible for parole after 10 years with time off for “good behavior”? Especially since the victims are probably illegal aliens? If it goes to trial and not the usual “lets make a deal” plea bargin! Law & Order is a TV show and its DA’s have a much higher standard of justice than the REAL Criminal Justice System in NYC! BTW before all u flaming bleeding hearts get your panties all in a bunch the term MUTT is NYPD slang for ANY suspect in a heinous crime regardless of race, religion, nationality or sexual persuasion. Thats not to preclude some of New York’s Finest from using some less than PC terms as it’s not a perfect city or world. And please lets stop with this TOLERENCE BULLSHIT! U tolerate hemerroids until u can get rid of them. U don’t want to keep them forever like a US Senate seat! We should be demanding the Respect the Constitution says we’re entitled to and if that flies in the face of some god’s rules let the faithful pray to it to punish the “offenders”! But if they decide to act because their almighty god doesn’t, then arrest them, try them and execute them. And the TRUE FAITH Bullshit again! LOrion if your true god is ALMIGHTY & just, why is there something “downstairs loving it”
DUH! Neil, faith is…I don’t know but I think, hope or want it to be this way. Which would be fine if DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL” applied to religion and not the Armed Forces of the USA!
Unfortunately, being human and not wanting to admit we don’t know if this life is the only one we get, the more faithful of our true faith we can get to believe the surer we become that our Faith is the one real truth! Bud, I agree with u on all, but give the “Ks” a rest. Sometimes it just better to call “a spade, a Spade!” or like I do – A FUCKING SHOVEL! Something to be said for shock value! Morgan, THOUSANDS of people every month, the media only reports the really outrageous brutality. As a resident of NYC I’d say about a hundred a month, in EACH of the 5 boroughs of NYC. What must the numbers be in Tupelo, Mississippi? We’ve been averaging about one “front page” gay bashing incident a month this year and the money crisis has’t even hit bottom yet! We’ll be easy targets then because u know ALL gays & lesbians are filthy rich! As for the late at night thing… yes and no.. sort of like blaming the rape victim for wearing a short skirt, she was asking for it! One of the great things about NYC is it is a 24/7 town I don’t want to give that up to these MUTTS. Hope that Rev. Al Sharpton jumps on this one with his usual pit bull tenacity. For all his faults, he’s consistantly been in our corner even when it wasn’t the best choice for his “career” in the black community that is his base! Luv ya all! be well, be safe and remember – No more MR. NICE GAY!

By: JJJJ

JJJJ — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:33:36 +0000

David : We don’t know that. Maybe if those African-American attackers DID attend a Christian church instead of listening to gangsta rap they wouldn’t have killed. We might think black Baptist churches try to push their religion on others, and maybe they do, but at least they DO tell people not to kill. Let’s be fair.

By: David

David — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:59:33 +0000

Blame it on deluded Christians and their teachings.

By: JJJJ

JJJJ — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:15:40 +0000

This is more evidence of the homophobia of SOME African-Americans. And don’t blame their churches. It’s the gangsta rap culture that promotes killing gays.

By: Corey Lynxx

Corey Lynxx — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:29:50 +0000

At first thought, I said to myself that homophobia has reached such a climax in our society that even straight men get beaten just because a gang of homophobes are immediately set off by the possibility of a gay couple in their presence. Then I realized that this hatred has existed for centuries and not only against us. I wish there was some remedy to get rid of it.

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:19:36 +0000

Dave, anything anyone believes concerning the religious or spiritual aspects of existence is believed by faith. It takes just as much faith to believe that god is nonexistent as it does to believe that there is a god. Neither side can scientifically prove their belief or disprove the opposite belief. Believing anything without proof is done by faith.

Indeed, regardless of what these murderers believed, they acted out of the hatred of their faith that said it was OK to kill gay people or immigrants or Hispanics.

Frankly, should we kill them because they killed? No. But we should kill them because they, by their actions, agreed to the consequence of those actions. The consequence? The forfeiture of their own right to life.