Interestingly, the killers of Matthew Shepherd have said publically over and over again, they were NOT trying to commit a hate crime and they couldn’t have cared less about Matthew Shepherd’s sexuality. They were “friends” of his who had been totally aware of his sexuality for years. The night they brutally killed him, they went after another person (not homosexual) and beat them up also. I tend to believe they didn’t really target Matthew so much over his sexuality, as much as that he was an easy target because he was a gentle person who wouldn’t fight back when they decided to let out their brutal anger. As a gay person, I appreciate the martyrdom and the forum that Matt Shepherd’s family has provided, but I think we should listen to what a murderer says about their reasons for committing a crime - especially in this case, where it really wasn’t about gay panic at all if the truth be known.
Interestingly, the killers of Matthew Shepherd have said publically over and over again, they were NOT trying to commit a hate crime and they couldn’t have cared less about Matthew Shepherd’s sexuality. They were “friends” of his who had been totally aware of his sexuality for years. The night they brutally killed him, they went after another person (not homosexual) and beat them up also. I tend to believe they didn’t really target Matthew so much over his sexuality, as much as that he was an easy target because he was a gentle person who wouldn’t fight back when they decided to let out their brutal anger. As a gay person, I appreciate the martyrdom and the forum that Matt Shepherd’s family has provided, but I think we should listen to what a murderer says about their reasons for committing a crime - especially in this case, where it really wasn’t about gay panic at all if the truth be known.
I can’t believe I’d never heard of this case. Granted I was a 14yo British kid when it happened so prob didn’t hit my radar.
Holy fucking Christ this is heart wrenching!!!
That poor lad. I hope those fucking bastards rot in jail. 😭
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It was the argument their own legal team used, so I’m not going to give them too much benefit of the doubt.
Well I get that - and I don’t think anything can excuse what they did no matter what “reason” they did it.