Reply #204: This attack happened in the neighborhood I grew up in [View All]

[rox63]

My elderly Mom still lives in that Lowell neighborhood, and sometimes takes her early-morning walks in that area. So I find the whole thing personally pretty scary. :scared:

BTW, I know the cultural-ethnic-religious make-up of the area, and chances are they weren't fundies. More likely they were just young, ignorant, bigoted drunk guys. Probably feeling insecure about their manhood, and decided to take it out on someone they knew to be gay. And yes, I'd classify it as a hate-crime.