Dad viciously beats 6-year-old son for "being gay" after finding him sitting on boy's lap

[Behind the Aegis]

A court in Australia has sentenced a man to three years in prison after he went on a vicious homophobia-fueled attack against his own 6-year-old-son and the boy’s mom.

The 28-year-old father of three, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is a landscape gardener who lives in Mackay, North Queensland, according to the Courier-Mail.

During his trial, the court heard that he had come across his 6-year-old son (his eldest child) sitting on the lap of another boy. Incensed at what he perceived as “sexual engagement,” the father then started to beat the boy, screaming “Being gay is wrong,” and, “if they were adults I would have killed them.”

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The boy’s mother then intervened to try and protect her infant daughter. The dad then turned his attention to mom, pinning her to the wall by her throat and telling her, “You better f***me after this.” He then choked her until she passed out.

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I know. I know. This happened in Australia. I know, this is LGBT related. Homophobia is a current event. Homophobia is a danger to the lives of LGBT people and even non-LGBT people. Homophobia and heterosexism are STRUCTUAL in so many countries.

This story is worthy of General Discussion.

[Stuart G]

1. K and R

[chowder66]

2. Holy mother of god. This is sickening.

That poor little boy (not to mention the mother).


Here's the kicker;

The man later told police, ​​”It’s hard to explain it, I caught my boy sitting on another boy’s lap, this is the saddest thing I’ve ever seen in my life.

“I’m a piece of s***. I shouldn’t have put my hands on my kid, but a matter of fact I have.”

The man was held on remand but ignored orders not to contact the children’s mother. He messaged her to ask her to drop charges against him, warning her that he might, “miss out on the children’s lives.”

Judge Tony Moynihan at Mackay District Court sentenced him to three years in prison. However, as he has already spent a year in prison, his first parole hearing could take place on December 18, 2021, meaning he could be out before Christmas.

[Demovictory9]

12. Plus 1

[NullTuples]

33. And conservatives claim kids are gay because of "indoctrination"...

More projection of course, but this is the end result of preaching that sort of thing.

Blank Slate theory posited that everyone is born identical, with essentially empty brains, and everything that makes you different from that initial state is due to learned experiences.

If flies in the face of modern neurology findings, but of course conservative religions became enmeshed with it decades ago. It makes everything a matter of morality. And from there, they influenced entire societies.

[chowder66]

41. +1

[2Gingersnaps]

38. Dear God the short sentence was a compound crime.

[chowder66]

42. That's why I wanted to post more of the story. My brain has a hard time handling these abuses

both in society and in the judicial outcomes.

[Elessar Zappa]

3. Waste of skin.

Homophobia is a very real societal ill that still claims innocent victims, despite some gains made in the last ten years.

[lambchopp59]

4. Oh, hell. PTSD trigger for me.

But I agree these atrocities need exposure.
I'll need to take my sleepy pill tonight.

[niyad]

5. That sick pos only got three years? For two major crimes? WTAF???

I hope that woman and the children are well hidden.

[MLAA]

6. Me too!

[pnwmom]

7. That was my reaction, too. If he had attacked strangers on the street like that,

I'm sure he would have gotten more than 3 years.

There seems to be a discount price for family members.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. One Of His Victims Was 6!

The age of the first victim should have added(!) 3 years.
And, his "you better..." remark as he choked his wife out seems a threat of sexual violence.
Seems aggravating enough to toss on 3 more!
Then, 18 months per battery.
That's 9 years. Seems more appropriate.

[3auld6phart]

18. Hmnn

He may not do well amongst the general population
Many of the incarcerated do not like child beaters or
molesters.

[ProfessorGAC]

20. I Think That's Mostly...

...about child molestation.
Back in the 70s, there was a movie about sexual predators targeting kids then going to prison, called "Short Eyes".
Very discomfiting movie.

[MLAA]

21. Exactly!

[sakabatou]

14. Same reaction

[smirkymonkey]

22. I know, he should be put away for at least 15 years and should never be able to

go near his family again. It's very likely that he will kill them next time. He is a violent abuser and it won't take much to set him off on a rampage again.

Personally, I think people like that are a waste of oxygen and should probably just rot in prison for the rest of their miserable lives, but I guess there are laws that limit what they consider "excessive punishment".

[Trueblue1968]

26. FRENCH REVOLUTION TIME ..... guillotine.

[CrackityJones75]

40. What?!?!?!

We are now advocating death sentences on DU?????


WTF?

[Trueblue1968]

49. for almost murdering his wife and beating his little kid to an anch of the baby's life. POSSIBLY.

[mwooldri]

30. I hope that there's a separate trial for the spouse beating.

Three years plus whatever for beating and choking their spouse. I also hope divorce proceedings are underway.

[Solly Mack]

9. K&R

[cayugafalls]

10. 5 minutes in a locked room...all I ask. Sorry...this triggers me badly.

[Tiger8]

13. Oh, how I wish I could arrange that for you.

Just so long as you leave a little piece of him for me, in the following 5 minutes.

[roamer65]

15. Makes me realize the human race may not deserve to survive.

Surely, evolution can do better than us????

[Calculating]

36. Not like we're all abusive monsters

We just need to weed out the defective ones.

[louis-t]

11. Hopefully, the kid isn't scarred for life.

God, what an asshole.

[DemUnleashed]

16. Please...

Please, oh please, tell me that this guy got/is getting what he deserves by his fellow inmates!!

[CrackityJones75]

43. And again calls for the the illegal prison justice

I understand wanting this guy punished. I am a victim of physical and emotional abuse by my step father.

But advocating for illegal abuse in out prison system should NOT be one of the things that is allowed here. That does NOTHING for the rehabilitation of this man but also is completely detrimental to all those in the prison system.

Please rethink this.

[Treefrog]

17. Kevin Hart said he would break a dollhouse over his kid's head if he thought he was gay.

I remember no one much cared about it here.

[Celerity]

27. here's a thread with more than a few shitty hot takes on Hart, some homophobic in their own right

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211639844

This board never fails to spew up some reactionary shit or cognitive dissonance-driven straight folk whitesplaining when dealing with black homophobia. Some of the anti-Buttigieg threads (pushing delusional denials about some blacks having issues with his gayness) made me want to reach through the comp and choke a few out. I am both multiracial black (part West Indian to boot, which is a whole other level at times of anti-LGBTQ crazy hate) and a queer woman, and it was outrageous some of the shit I took trying to explain things in a futile attempt to give some balance. I damn near quit DU. I am fucking seething all over again just thinking about it.

[Treefrog]

34. Thank you.

That upset me a great deal too.

And that was the end of my ever liking Ellen.

[Moebym]

47. I wasn't on DU at the time of the anti-Buttigieg attacks

But I saw similar attacks on Twitter from the Rose brigade (the Democratic Socialists). The way they talked about Buttigieg, Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren during primary season was absolutely disgusting and hardly distinguishable from Trump supporters' hateful screeds.

It saddens me that people who claim to be strong supporters of BLM, LGBTQIA+ rights and women's rights can be just as racist, anti-gay and misogynistic as the other side when their preferred candidates are challenged in some way.

[Celerity]

53. on Twitter a lot of shit (besides Red Rose twitter, who were horrid, the worst) also came from the

most noxious, poisonous parts of other campaigns' social media miasma, including the worst dregs/trolls of KHive and Donut twitter, especially after Pete won Iowa and almost won NH. It was far from just homophobia, it also often had a dodgy AF racial tinge and outright lies and ultra disingenuous, twisted framings.

[Moebym]

56. I admit I wasn't even active on my Twitter account during the primaries

Because I knew how left politics Twitter would have been insufferable then, but what you said doesn't surprise me.

I did become active again after the primaries had concluded and ended up following quite a few members of the KHive because I found them to be decent people by and large and generally agreed with their stances on issues. Still, given the nature of the platform and the fact that primary season is a rollercoaster of emotions for supporters and candidates alike, it doesn't come as a shock that some of them had at times behaved like English soccer fans.

I ended up deleting my 12-year-old account earlier this year because I could no longer ignore the damage Twitter had wrought on my mental health and feared that it would bring out the worst in me.

[Behind the Aegis]

54. Did you see my other thread?

Legislators beg Biden administration to evacuate LGBTQ Afghans before the Taliban kills them

[Celerity]

55. I saw it now, recc'd, thanks for posting that

(despite some nasty replies)

[2Gingersnaps]

39. Like Michael Che,

if he is a comdian he gets a free pass for being cutting edge. (The fuck he does)

[patphil]

19. Three years? I think there's a "0" missing in that sentence...should be 30 years.

[MustLoveBeagles]

28. At the very least

[SunSeeker]

50. According to the article he could be out by Christmas!

Judge Tony Moynihan at Mackay District Court sentenced him to three years in prison. However, as he has already spent a year in prison, his first parole hearing could take place on December 18, 2021, meaning he could be out before Christmas.

[Omaha Steve]

23. LGBT related is welcome in GD anytime

OS

[PatrickforB]

24. Geez. What a God-awful night that must have been.

Sad that a longer sentence couldn't have been imposed.

[Javaman]

25. Sociopath nt

[MrModerate]

29. This was a sick guy. He was making no political statement. Remove him from society.

[Martin68]

31. We don't see many stories that capture the violence of homophobic anger. Thanks for sharing.

[bucolic_frolic]

32. Criminal actions of an idiot

likely will have the opposite effect on his son, who will be afraid of dominant male types. His subconscious will carry this fear for the rest of his life, it will hamper his ability to trust and prosper. That man is truly evil.

[2Gingersnaps]

35. What also is current and has been ignored because it is uncomfortable,

is the threat to the fabric of humanity, childhood trauma brought on by mental, physical, emotional, or sexual abuse. We are not currently an endangered species, but we are working our way there pretty fast. If this maniac was one of "God's lesser creations" he would be put down. Three years of imprisonment is not enough, hard labor to pay for counseling and support that family will need sounds about right.

[Calculating]

37. He needs to go away for life IMO

What a waste of a human being he is, there's no place for sociopaths among normal people.

[Ferrets are Cool]

44. This hits too close to home. My "father" would have done the same thing. I was beaten

for much lesser "sins". The only difference here is that this man is going to pay for his crimes. Mine never did.

I hope this child can get help to get over this trauma.

[Dukkha]

45. to think this sociopath has kids

I can only imagine what manipulative mind games he concocted to pull that off. This kind views his family as mer property that he owns with no emotional attachment. The good news is they're all free from this monster for now.

[Moebym]

46. If anyone still needs proof that toxic masculinity is a real phenomenon

And not just a concept dreamed up by woke liberals to punish men, this is it.

He messaged her to ask her to drop charges against him, warning her that he might, “miss out on the children’s lives.”

I don't know about you, but I don't think he deserves to be in his children's lives after this incident. This is just another tactic abusers use to emotionally manipulate their victims, and I hope his wife sees it for what it is.

[SunSeeker]

48. The only saving grace for the poor mom and kids is Australia has good gun control laws.

But they are definitely in danger the minute this monster is let out from jail.

According to the article, he could be out by Christmas!

Judge Tony Moynihan at Mackay District Court sentenced him to three years in prison. However, as he has already spent a year in prison, his first parole hearing could take place on December 18, 2021, meaning he could be out before Christmas.

[LymphocyteLover]

51. it's horrible and it seems that the people who protest most loudly about homophobia typically have

those same desires.

[LymphocyteLover]

52. Charles Blow wrote a column in the NYTimes this morning about homophobia

particularly in the black community
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/opinion/homophobia-lgbt-hip-hop.html