Chelmsford High School, in the northeast corner of Massachusetts, is playing home to a police investigation after administrators were alerted on Wednesday to a Facebook event, set for Jan. 19, called “Kill All Gay People,” which claims, in a spelling error-riddled post, “ever one that s gay dies.” The Facebook page includes a photo of men hitting another person with sticks; it’s captioned “Attack on a gay individual in Iraq.” At least nine students have RSVP’d for the event.
Fitz
What do you expect in country where even a progressive, minority president doesn’t believe or promote equality. gay kids: learn to fight. Your life depends on it.
Nicholas B
This is sad. I hope those kids get expilled
romeo
Wonder if the publicity about Uganda’s “kill the gays” bill inspired this? Expelled my ass, they used the net for this; that makes it a federal offense. The FBI needs to be involved. There should be prosecutions. Also, their parents need to be made very uncomfortable in a very public way, which, in Massachusetts will be very uncomfortable indeed.
Daniel
ahahahahah Nicholas B you are hysterical.
Jaroslaw
I wonder what the kids can possibly say in their own defense. There’s nothing ambiguous about that event.
Al
@ Jaroslaw: They’ll inevitably blame it on media or pop music/culture.
romeo
@ Al: the media lobby has seen to it that that can’t be used as a defense. These punks are on their own. Anybody in Massachusetts local that can keep us up to date on this? I’d be curious to know what’s being done. I’d also love to kick their asses if I wasn’t in California.
graham
Article from the local paper:
http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_14182795
dvlaries
Just tomorrow’s Sarah Palin voters.
Crackers
More evidence for the Prop 8 trial to demonstrate that GLBTQ people are persecuted.
romeo
If you use the internet to organize a lynch mob to kill people, then it isn’t a joke, even if you thought it was a joke. There needs to be federal prosecution, not just a bunch of high school administrators trying to take advantage of a “teachable moment.” Fuck that.
terrwill
Guarantee at least 7 of ’em gots ads on craigs M4M looking to hookup………….
Lukas P.
“Kids’ll do the darnedest things!”
If the parents had ANY knowledge of this caper beforehand, or—heaven Forbid!—aided or encouraged in any way, then I think they should face the full fury of the law AND a batallion of horny gay prison inmates. Maybe some Dykes on Bikes might like to join?
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WildwoodGuy WA
The parents should be held directly responsible. These children were not *BORN* hating Gay people. They were *TAUGHT*! The parents are fully responsible.
Dasher
I grew up not far from there, and Chelmsford (known for its golden ginger ale) was a quiet middle-class independent town near Lowell. It’s now a commuting suburb of Boston, and not the quiet small town it used to be. Still, I’d bet the Facebook event “Kill all the Gay People” was a hoax some high school students designed to sucker morons into responding to it. So far, 9 morons have responded.
jason
I’ve always thought that it’s liberals who will kill us first. Conservatives might not like us but at least they respect life.
Mike
I would guess, that because it’s high school related, that a number of these bigots are under eighteen. So, their names will probably not be released and/or their “juvenile records” will be expunged.
Also, they will probably try to put some kind of spin on it with a lame excuse like they only said they were going to show up so they could explain that this is wrong and they want to talk people out of it.
I’m confident the wingnuts will come up with something to help them out of this.
Too bad it can’t be on their permanent transcripts. It might hinder them from being accepted at progressive colleges. Although, it would probably get them a scholarship at Liberty or Regent Universities.
Peter
Jason;;;;Oh, weren’t those conservatives, that started the genocide in Iraq?
Nicholas B
@Daniel: im pissed its not fair at all when a straight does it to gay they punish if they find them
if a gay does it to straight they just look for the first gay and punish
Lukas P.
@NICHOLAS B: yeah but what if its really just sum gay kids playin a bad joke or something they still should get punished or like if one kid hijacked another guys account because hes mad at him you really cant tell on facebook haha but its not nice anyway of a straight or a gay
Nicholas B
@Lukas P.: well they are threats so what would you do
Lukas P.
Well, Nicholas, I’d start by finding the perps and anyone who helped them. Refer them to legal authorities, alert the school and the parents. Then, I’d go after the people who aided, abetted or assisted, including those who RSVP’d “Yes.” I’d spend the rest of my trying to understand what you were trying to see what you meant in post No. 19,. Then I would go to work–my job.
Jaroslaw
I guess nobody on this post has kids. Unless you can prove the parents encouraged hate, did nothing to stop the event or similar I don’t see how we can hold parents responsible. Many kids are very good liars and doing things your parents don’t approve of is a game for many to appear “cool.” A coworker I used to clean house for had a daughter. They seemed to have a very good relationship with their kids and the oldest one kept it a secret that she was pregnant for 7-1/2 months!
#6 Al, thanks for the answer. You’re probably right and how pathetic. So if these kids are so easily influenced, and we are talking about KILLING, not teasing, then they should be incarcerated as a danger to society since they’re so easily influenced (and for stupidity)!
Alex
These kids will probably end up on the staff of The Observer at Notre-Dame!
schlukitz
No. 23 · Jaroslaw
The points you make are very valid.
However, we should not overlook the fact that the bigotry and hatred these fucked-up kids are displaying, often originates at home and is a reflection of the parents thinking and attitudes toward LGBT people.
These kids were not born hating gays. They had to learn it someplace.
This is something we need to keep in mind when we hear about public school teachers and principals who look the other way when when LGBT kids are taunted and beaten on in our public school system.
The teachers are also the parents of these kids.
JP
You know, the article didn’t really say what the school had to do with anything. This appears to be completely outside of school to me.
If anyone’s to blame, it’s Facebook for allowing this event to be posted. However, I don’t really think there’s anyone to blame and we should all just deal with the fact that there are a lot of asses out there online and they’ll always be around so we should learn to just deal with it.
They didn’t actually kill anybody, I’m sure, and this isn’t a crime, however much we don’t like it. No one should get expelled or arrested. Maybe take away their Facebook accounts if you’re really upset, but that’s all you can legally do.
tjr101
I’m certain the parents of these kids are going to turn out for Scott Brown come Tuesday. The Teabaggers ideal conservative candidate for senate!
Jacob
What a bunch of idiots.
I cant believe this but its true that the parents must be to blame. The book should be thrown at these sick kids!
romeo
@ JP #26 – It IS illegal, and a federal crime to boot. Congress has been tightening the screws on the net in recent years.
Ryan
@jason: Only before you are born. After that, most hard core conservatives could care less.
Wen
@30 Ryan, excellent comment.
kf
Yes this event is ok. The Uganda law is only the beginning for legalization for killing gays in the US. They want civil rights or civil war so now some is getting upset for taking gays at their word. Aren’t they happy to die for their cause? I requested the leader of the gay killing militia be transfered to Los Angeles along with Bin Laden’s daughter.
schlukitz
Advocating the killing of anyone on the Internet, for whatever reason, is a federal crime, KF.
Your comment has been flagged and if you persist in making more posts of this nature, you will be reported to the FBI as well.