Straight man 'gay-bashed' in Surrey

Blackleaf

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Or neither one should be hate crimes. Rarely are any crimes motivated by hugs and puppies.

I agree.

If you attack a gay, a black, a disabled person or a Muslim it's a "hate crime". It's even a "hate crime" now in Britain to attack punks, emos and goths.

Yet it's not a "hate crime" if somebody attacks a straight, Christian white man who isn't a fan of The Clash, Jimmy Eat World or The Cure, even though I doubt that an attack on such a person was motivated by friendship and love.

Basically, if you are a black, Muslim, homosexual, emo with two heads your life is worth more than somebody like me who is a straight, Christian, able-bodied white person who doesn't walk around dressed like an imbecile.

You're being completely evasive. So are you playing dumb or are you just that thick?

I'll ask again: If he wasn't targeted because he looked gay, then why was he targeted?

The last time I checked, this guy was targeted because they thought he was gay. And there was a reason why they thought he was gay. Could they not have thought he was gay because he LOOKS gay?

I would wager that that's what happened. You don't have to be Doctor Spock to work that out.
 

SLM

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I agree.

If you attack a gay, a black, a disabled person or a Muslim it's a "hate crime". It's even a "hate crime" now in Britain to attack punks, emos and goths.

Yet it's not a "hate crime" if somebody attacks a straight, Christian white man who isn't a fan of The Clash, Jimmy Eat World or The Cure, even though I doubt that an attack on such a person was motivated by friendship and love.

Basically, if you are a black, Muslim, homosexual, emo with two heads your life is worth more than somebody like me who is a straight, Christian, able-bodied white person who doesn't walk around dressed like an imbecile.

So you don't look like what you are yet a determination of sexual orientation can be made by looking at someone else?



I'll ask again: If he wasn't targeted because he looked gay, then why was he targeted?

The last time I checked, this guy was targeted because they thought he was gay. And there was a reason why they thought he was gay. Could they not have thought he was gay because he LOOKS gay?

I would wager that that's what happened. You don't have to be Doctor Spock to work that out.
Tell you what, I'll answer your above question if you can answer this one posed by Sons of Liberty in response to the statement you posted below:

It's not that strange. The guy looks gay. He's a bit like Robbie Williams or David Walliams - one look at him and you think "Is he gay or isn't he?"

It's not strange he has been beaten up several times because people thought he was gay?
 

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So you don't look like what you are yet a determination of sexual orientation can be made by looking at someone else?

I can't see how you are getting so confused. It's not difficult to understand. It seems to me that this guy was attacked because the people who attacked him thought he looks gay and therefore that's why they thought he was gay. And, you can hardly blame them for thinking he's gay because he DOES look gay.

Why else would they think he's gay? Was he wearing an Elton John T-shirt? Was he dressed like Daffydd from Little Britain and telling them that he's the only gay in the village? Was he quoting them his favourite Mr Humphries lines? Probably not. So the most likely candidate is that they thought he looks gay.

Tell you what, I'll answer your above question if you can answer this one posed by Sons of Liberty in response to the statement you posted below

I try to avoid answering silly questions. But, in this case, I will make an exception.

The answer to the question It's not strange he has been beaten up several times because people thought he was gay? is, quite simply, No.
 

SLM

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The answer to the question It's not strange he has been beaten up several times because people thought he was gay? is, quite simply, No.

If it's not strange then beating up people one thinks is gay must be fairly common place then. So then you are in full support of hate crime legislation against members of the LGBT community? Given that its so common place and not strange it must be a real problem within society right?

I'll ask again: If he wasn't targeted because he looked gay, then why was he targeted?

I never said he wasn't targeted because they thought he was gay. In fact, I'm quite certain he was targeted because they thought he was gay. Of course, being the neanderthals that they are, they could have beat him or someone else for the crime of being too short too.