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[rubyredrose]

Sometimes things happen, and I think about how lucky I really am. I mean...true, I've been sick lately (dear lungs, plz work kthxbai!) but I do have so much to be thankful for. I mean...my folks are in reasonably good health, I have a good relationship with them...heck, we're going to a concert together later today. And I'm steadily employed, my friends are all great people (I luff you!) I don't have any major long term illnesses, and none of my life choices have attacted hate crimes.

Yesterday, a coworker was telling about a call he'd taken earlier that really got me thinking. A vandalism claim. Someone..or someones, I suspect..had broken every window in her car, left footprint all over the hood, and keyed the work "fags" on her car. But that's not the really sad part. It has nothing to do with where I work, but at the same time that this had happened, she and her family were gone for two days (someone I assume is her partner and two children from a previous marriage) this same someone broke into her house. And took everything. I'm not talking just furniture and electronics. I mean EVERYTHING. They took her food. They took the toilet paper. They took her childrens toys. They took a custom ac vent grate. The ONLY thing that wasn't taken was a fan on the ceiling. Ten days later, there's not even a police report yet, she could only call to report it to her auto insurnce now...because she's just been able to get a phone. I don't know this woman's name, I don't know where she lives more than that it's between Longview and Tyler. BFE of BFE, really...but I was born in Longview. There's still a lot of racial problems and segregation in that part of Texas.

The concert I'm going to later today is the True Colors tour, which was organized in support of equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people. True, I'd be going anyway since I'm a fan of Cyndi Lauper, but..the area where that happend is just a few hours drive from here. I wish there was something I could do to help. So...I guess this is where I ask..if you believe in such things..to keep her and her family...and all in her position..in your hearts and your thoughts. Because no one deserves to be persecuted for who they love.

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Some people are without remorse...

[wildstarjp.livejournal.com]

As an Aesop's Fable once said, "Any excuse will serve a tyrant." This wasn't just a hate crime, it was a crime of opportunity. I've heard of people's homes/property getting vandalized and ransack because of bigotry, but the individuals (yes, more than one) who did this was using that as an excuse to hurt these people a lot more. I mean they had plenty of time to destroy a car and then cleaned out the whole house faster than most people can move out and basically made the Grinch look like a Saint at Christmas time. And someone had to witness this unless they live in the middle of no where alone, and even then that would mean someone been stalking them to know when they could get away with this. Maybe the hate crime part happen after the robbery, and not before/during it (or maybe everyone who took part in it did so for their own "personal" reasons). Whatever their "reasons" for doing this was, any true law abiding citizen would feel safer with the culprits behind bars for a very long time.

[babyzerochica.livejournal.com]

Have fun at the concert!! *jealous*

[ngyoshi.livejournal.com]

That's just sick... I an't believe people can do things like that just because of who the decide to love. I'm saddened that people can't be more openminded and just keep to themselves. The feeling of losing everything like that is not an easy feeling.