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24. So that means it isn't true.

Reply to malaise (Reply #23)

Wed Mar 11, 2015, 05:20 AM

Mar 2015

Therefore, the need to produce something other than the actual topic.

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Report: Gay man stoned to death in Jamaica [View all] Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 OP

Why do I think some pompadoured right wing idiot from the US Warpy Mar 2015 #1

It isn't always the US, many of these places have their own, homegrown homophobia. Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #2

Yes, they do Warpy Mar 2015 #3

That may be true on occasion. Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #6

it certainly does lead to murder, more so than in the US in many places JI7 Mar 2015 #7

Jamaca has a huge problem with homophobia. stone space Mar 2015 #47

it has nothing to do with the US, there is hate in other places also JI7 Mar 2015 #4

No, no....the US MUST have something to do with it, they just HAVE to! ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2015 #46

Jamaica is one of the most homophobic marym625 Mar 2015 #12

Buju Banton is another mwrguy Mar 2015 #27

That's it! marym625 Mar 2015 #29

Sorry, Jamaica has dance hall hits about killing gay people Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #31

This thought process it terrifying. NCTraveler Mar 2015 #51

Let's also not forget ISIS is at it again. William769 Mar 2015 #5

Seems we are becoming a popular target again. Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #8

Agreed. William769 Mar 2015 #9

. marym625 Mar 2015 #13

Homophobia runs rampant in Jamaica zappaman Mar 2015 #10

Certainly does sakabatou Mar 2015 #18

Disgusting. romanic Mar 2015 #33

Here is a thread about his arrest a DUer felt he was being set up... Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #34

Wow. zappaman Mar 2015 #49

Yuppers. Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #52

I don't understand why someone would deny the problem. zappaman Mar 2015 #53

I am so very sorry. sheshe2 Mar 2015 #11

. marym625 Mar 2015 #14

Truly horrible. RIP. LeftishBrit Mar 2015 #15

Though many countries have a huge homophobia problem, it seems particularly bad in Jamaica LeftishBrit Mar 2015 #16

And elsewhere in the Caribbean KamaAina Mar 2015 #45

Horrible and sad azurnoir Mar 2015 #17

Good lord that's horrific. AtomicKitten Mar 2015 #19

I wonder if we will ever outgrow our need to be barbaric to each other as a species? Rex Mar 2015 #20

. marym625 Mar 2015 #30

Never saw or heard anything about that and it would have made the news here malaise Mar 2015 #21

And? Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #22

And I don't believe that story malaise Mar 2015 #23

So that means it isn't true. Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #24

That was a first in Jamaica malaise Mar 2015 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #26

Judge Rules Homeless Jamaican LGBT Youth Can Keep Living in Sewers Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #35

Watch this melman Mar 2015 #28

wow! marym625 Mar 2015 #32

I live in Jamaica malaise Mar 2015 #37

There doesn't seem to be any media coverage of this incident el_bryanto Mar 2015 #38

Watch the video melman Mar 2015 #39

So Jamaica has the world's only perfect press, prefect police and total reporting of bias crimes? Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #40

I don't know what is considered "major news" marym625 Mar 2015 #41

The attempted arson at the NAACP in Colorado got virtually no attention. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #42

Much as I pretend to know what will be the lead of every form of media in the states... LanternWaste Mar 2015 #44

And yet in other threads today you claim the media is rotten and pernicious. Selective framing.... Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #54

Really? zappaman Mar 2015 #50

Human Rights Watch: LGBT Jamaicans are targets of violence Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #36

The list seems to be growing, not shrinking. Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #43

I'll never go there... joeybee12 Mar 2015 #48

I was not expecting this when I saw 'stoned' and 'Jamaica' in the same sentence! KamaAina Mar 2015 #55

What the fuck is wrong with people?! one_voice Mar 2015 #56

Reccing for exposure. nt awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #57