Report: Gay man stoned to death in Jamaica

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20. I wonder if we will ever outgrow our need to be barbaric to each other as a species?

And I don't mean the GOP, I think in many ways they are a lost cause. Maybe not their future offspring, but yeah probably.

I remember growing up in Texas in the 80s the word was 'different'. It was a catchall for minorities. They were not wanted or allowed to even STAY in a small white town. Republicans are some of the most judgmental people on earth. However in those days the Dems weren't much more evolved. I heard people from both groups say the same thing about minority groups. 'Why...well those folks are different'.

Those folks meaning anyone not exactly a cookie cutout of my relatives or their neighbors (white, Southern Baptist). Thankfully (for me) my parents were open minded school teachers (we finally moved to a big city that was more diverse). It is a privilege (in south Texas) growing up with parents that embrace the liberal arts. Even with that, I experienced horrible discrimination by relatives and neighbors. 'Different, those people are not like us and we don't want them living here in our neighborhoods'. That poor man in Jamaica could have been here in a small Texas town and the same thing would have happened in the 80s and did. Lot of people killed 'just because'. It could happen today in some of these small towns, Texas has one hell of a racist/bigot problem imo.

It makes me shudder - an ancient form of shame execution. 2015 and people are still getting stoned to death for being different. The human race seems unable to evolve in some ways. 1,000s of years pass and nothing changes. As a young kid, I watched Reagan laugh and make jokes about human suffering. Thousands of AIDS victims died pleading for help from that man.

Reagan could have been born in 4000 BC and the first thing he would have done is find someone to hurt, because he received joy for being cruel to the helpless. I truly despise Reagan on a personal level, because I do whole heartedly believe deep down inside he enjoyed being cruel to those in need.

Ronald Wilson Reagan. *spit*