GOD, Y'ALL STOP MURDERING PEOPLE PLZ KTHX
Apparently while the news was drooling all over the latest school-massacre story, a kid shot a gay kid with basically no reporting whatsoever by major media.
Link goes to a very interesting examination on how there has been no exhaustive "background check" on this 14-year-old murderer. Normally the media tears up the past of the death-metal listening, Nazi-site visiting child murderers...but this particular one's extracurriculars were martial arts and Junior Marines. The author comes to some interesting conclusions as to how heteronormativity plays into this reporting. Check it out.
More from the same author, with more details of the crime including the warnings the victim received from other classmates. This goes beyond homophobia; the facts suggest the murderer was motivated by his victim's gender identity and sexual preference.
Link goes to a very interesting examination on how there has been no exhaustive "background check" on this 14-year-old murderer. Normally the media tears up the past of the death-metal listening, Nazi-site visiting child murderers...but this particular one's extracurriculars were martial arts and Junior Marines. The author comes to some interesting conclusions as to how heteronormativity plays into this reporting. Check it out.
More from the same author, with more details of the crime including the warnings the victim received from other classmates. This goes beyond homophobia; the facts suggest the murderer was motivated by his victim's gender identity and sexual preference.