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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (38607)	11/17/2000 6:14:59 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

>>"But if you look closely at that map you see a more complex picture. You see the state where James Byrd was lynch-dragged behind a pickup truck until his body came apart--it's red. You see the state where Matthew Shepard was crucified on a split-rail fence for the crime of being gay--it's red. You see the state where right-wing extremists blew up a federal office building and murdered scores of federal employees--it's red. The state where an Army private who was thought to be gay was bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat, and the state where neo-Nazi skinheads murdered two African-Americans because of their skin color, and the state where Bob Jones University spews its anti-Catholic bigotry: they're all red too."<< Well, there you have it. Out in the open. How nauseating. I could counter it by mentioning how many of the places on the map that are blue have their own dysfunctional elements, but to what purpose? I'd just be responding to hate speech with more hate speech. I'd also be tarring millions of good, decent people who don't have the same point of view that I do. I used to think that the conservative Republicans who were talking about the Culture Wars were exaggerating. After reading this, I wonder.