To: "Sarah"
From: Ezekiel Krahlin
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 21:08:36 -0700
10/17/02 7:06:59 PM, Sarah wrote:
> I saw your rant about homophobia in the
> Castro and while I agree that homophobia
> is a problem,
A MAJOR, MAJOR problem...that is, WE'RE BEING THREATENED AND KILLED
IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS...in the very heart of our gay "meccas" that
are thought to be the safest: The Castro, West Hollywood, and Amsterdam.
And these latest hate crimes are largely from the new crop of crazies
coming down the pike.
> perhaps you should get your facts in order before
> going off on things you don't know about. The
> person you refer to as a homophobic "crazed
> street person" who was killed by the police last
> week was actually a gay man who lived in Oakland
> with his mother.
Well, homophobia is homophobia...doesn't matter if you're gay.
Spewing "faggot" and brandishing meat cleavers in the Castro is not
only homophobic, it is homophobic in the WORST DEGREE. How DARE you
think that scum should have been spared! How DARE you think we gays
are supposed to take all this crap that a heterocentric society dumps
on us!
> I didn't know him personally but I know his
> boyfriend and he is going to terribly missed by
> many people. His funeral is happening this
> afternoon.
GOOD RIDDANCE TO THE IDIOT SCUM...and I think his immediate
family ought to be IMPRISONED for not protecting innocent gays
from his raving lunacy.
> Yes, he apparently was having mental problems but
> don't you think people with problems need help
> rather than hate?
THE HATRED WAS COMING FROM HIM, YOU SCREWBALL! He should be
ISOLATED from the social, public spheres, to prevent such violence. But
since society fails to do this, it has come to where we either get bashed,
or bash back.
Now, what the fuck is wrong with you and his family and friends, to
let someone so DANGEROUS loose in our queer neighborhoods...when
we are already being so terribly attacked by our government, our
churches, our cities, our neighbors?
So I actually hope ALL his friends and relations who "miss" him, will
soon join him at his new location. Then, EVERYONE will be happy,
right?
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Ezekiel J. Krahlin (formerly Gene Catalano)
In service to our Gay Community since 1973
Lavender-Velvet Revolution: www.gay-bible.org
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