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This was just forwarded to me by Linz:

Lesbian teen slashed with razor blades in Denver

A 17-year-old girl in Denver is recovering from an attack Tuesday by four men who used razor blades to carve gay slurs into her arms and abdomen, Denver's KMGH Channel 7 reports. The word dyke was cut into April Mora's forearm, and the initials R.I.P. were cut into her abdomen. Mora said the four men, all of whom she described as being about 18 years old, started to harass her as she was walking down the street on Tuesday. "I was looking at [their car], and they said, 'Look at that dyke.' And I guess I looked at them in the wrong way," Mora said. "[They were] calling me a dyke and [saying], 'Why were you looking at me like this?' and I was lucky that they didn't rape me." Mora said she believes she was attacked because of her sexual orientation. "I don't look like a girl," she said. Police have no suspects in the attack. Colorado is one of 20 states that do not include sexual orientation as a protected category in their hate-crimes statutes.

Remind me why I insist on thinking the best of humanity?

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Stupidity and a desire to feel better than others. Sadly, there are a lot of people in the world who, when they have it bad, blame others or try to keep them down so that they can say "well at least I'm better than them."


A South politician preaches to the poor white man,
"You got more than the blacks, don't complain.
You're better than them, you been born with white skin,"
they explain.
And the Negro's name
Is used it is plain
For the politician's gain
As he rises to fame
And the poor white remains
On the caboose of the train
But it ain't him to blame
He's only a pawn in their game.
(Only a Pawn in Their Game; Bob Dylan)