Anyone notice the media.talking about TERRORISM instead

[JudyM]

5. Yep.

Been raising this issue, to continued mixed (mostly deflecting) results:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027904702 (this and the next post were before we knew the attacker had been socializing with the LGBT community, but plenty of replies show refusal to see the still-central issue of homophobia, even if now it appears it may have been most relevant in causing his internalized homophobia) and

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027909231 and

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7913531

Thanks for raising it again. Yes it is the LGBT community that was brutally victimized. It is also a fact that cultural/political/religious homophobic vitriol is desperately in need of exposure and rooting out!