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Behind the Aegis

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7. I am not going to say what I am thinking about that thread.

Tue May 13, 2014, 12:26 AM

May 2014

Was it wrong to throw the Slushee? Yes. Is it assault and battery? In this litigious society, you better believe it is. Does it EVEN come close to the things hurled at GLBT people...NO FUCKING WAY! Two wrongs don't make a right, but there are times when people just snap. There is the "fighting words" doctrine which allows some retaliation, and I don't know if that bigot's poster would meet those standards, but it would in my book.

They used to use a legal tactic called the "homosexual panic defense." It is still sometimes used, but doesn't succeed the way it used to in the past. Quite frankly, I see shit like that bigot's poster as leading a way to the "bigot made me batshit crazy" defense.

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Do you believe violence against bigots is ever justified (other than purely in self-defense)? [View all] nomorenomore08 May 2014 OP

The fact that you asked if you were a bad person because of this shows that you're not. johnp3907 May 2014 #1

Initiated violence is never justified. deathrind May 2014 #2

No, you're not a bad person for feeling that way. TDale313 May 2014 #3

You put it perfectly. Anger is fine, but it should be used constructively if at all possible. nomorenomore08 May 2014 #4

I don't think having a Slushee thrown at you is violence Terra Alta May 2014 #5

My instinct is to agree with you. Even if I might have worded some of my posts a little differently. nomorenomore08 May 2014 #6

I am not going to say what I am thinking about that thread. Behind the Aegis May 2014 #7

Can't say I'm really opposed to using people's own tactics against them. nomorenomore08 May 2014 #9

Self defense is the only thing I find acceptable. Fearless May 2014 #8

Agreed. The response must be proportionate to the threat. n/t nomorenomore08 May 2014 #11

Unprovoked violence is never the answer. Shannon1981 May 2014 #10

Tony Perkins is way up on my list of folks I'd like to take a swing at as well. nomorenomore08 May 2014 #12