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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
Have you ever heard of gay bashing?  Or of Matthew Shepherd?  No one is denying the atrocity of slavery and Jim Crow, and its unique and appalling place in American history.  I'm just saying, let's learn from history.  [/quote]

I was just about to write nearly the same thing. Of course, sexual and racial discrimination are different. Race in America has a unique history and race is normally something that can be determined visually. The impact of these factors can't be ignored. But, there is probably more in common then many posters seem to realize. Matthew Shepherd is one example of a gay man being lynched, but far from the only one. Shaw Middle School's Assistant Principal was targeted due to his sexual orientation. A number of transgendered people have been killed in DC in past months. Gay clubs have been burned down or attacked in other ways. Violent hostility is something that both the gay and civil rights movements have in common.
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Not to mention the many many kids who commit suicide everyday because of being bullied at school for being gay, effeminate or whatever. The ones who turn to drugs, the ones who cut, all in an effort to soothe their oppression should not be discounted either. [/quote]

Is this to excuse the murders during the civil rights era? Prior to the civil rights area? The KKK? I do not see how one movement is greater based on what you are saying.[/quote]

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