The worst kind of hate crime

The Fight for a Man's Rights
A while ago, I did a post here on an ethical dilemma I had re: lesbians. Basically, if a butch lesbian challenged you to a fight, would you be a homophobe if you didn't knock the living shit out of her? Normally, I'd just settle for being considered a homophobe, but now I'm not so sure.

Last summer, a straight guy in New York's Greenwich Village made the mistake of making a pass at a buncha lesbians. They responded by beating the crap out of him and stabbing him several times in the stomach.

Ouch.

The guy ended up spending five days in the hospital plus another month in bed at home waiting for his wounds to heal. Four of the seven girls were convicted of second-degree gang assault and could face up to 15 years in prison. The other three got off with a relatively lesser charge and were sentenced to six months in jail.

As far as I know, this case wasn't prosecuted as a hate crime, but I don't know. As a straight man, now I'm that much more afraid of being beat up by a buncha butch lesbians, both because of the actual pain such a beating would entail, as well as the embarrassment of getting beaten up of by a bunch of girls.

Isn't that what hate crime legislation is for, anyway: to protect the entire community from having to live in fear?

Bol says: There really ought to be laws governing guys having to beat up lesbians, especially if they're the ones who started it. If they've really got it in their minds that they're men, and are willing to fight you like a man, you beating the shit out of them shouldn't be treated as any different than you beating up another guy.

Checkit: Lesbians Convicted In Greenwich Village Gang Attack [WNBC]

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