Comments on: Pay Attention to Chrishaun CeCe McDonald

By: Paul Hunter

Paul Hunter — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:15:13 +0000

“@Paul Except that he wasn’t defending himself at all, whereas Cece was.”

Oh, so a broken nose and bloodied head don’t count in the Social Media, just send the Lunch Mob?

Self Defense is a Fundamental Right for Everyone!

By: WMDKitty

WMDKitty — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:00:29 +0000

I think the hate comes from fear and anger. Fear of the “Other”, and anger that the “Other” dares exist openly.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:57:23 +0000

The point is not self defense. Even if CeCe struck first, it was an altercation that emerged from open and active hatred of transgender people, but the news has not touched it beyond the most basic mention.

By: Tenebras

Tenebras — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:25:05 +0000

*If Cece’s attackers.

By: Tenebras

Tenebras — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:24:45 +0000

@Paul Except that he wasn’t defending himself at all, whereas Cece was. Cece’s attackers were the ones claiming self defense, you’d have an appropriate comparison.

By: Paul Hunter

Paul Hunter — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:26:13 +0000

So sometimes Self Defense is a Fundamental Right?
Note that we are still listening to a social media fire storm about a man claiming he was defending himself.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:53:39 +0000

What does that hatred come from?

My guess: It comes from various places, personal and societal–but it gets directed at whomever is perceived as most Other, or easiest to pick on.