The anniversary of the creation of the Mathew Shepard lie.....

[2aguy]

No...he wasn't murdered because he was gay.....he was killed because he was a meth dealer and two other meth dealers, on a week long bender, wanted his money, and they lost control because of the meth fueled rage....

It was, of course, a total lie. Not one bit of it was true, in fact. It was made up to satisfy the need for a Jesus-like victim.

That the story is a lie is not really disputed. Stephen Jimenez wrote a book about the murder called “The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard,” which was well-reviewed and stands unrefuted. Even left-wing reviewers write glowingly of the book.
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I’m not going to get into the details, except to note one thing: one of the killers was not a homophobic hater, but was in fact an on-again off-again lover of Matt’s. This is hardly the stuff of a homophobic hate crime; it was a meth-fueled murder spree that was ignited because the perpetrators were trying to steal a cache of the drug from Shepard.

The true story of Matthew Shepard: it wasn't homophobia that killed him

Today is the 25th anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death 6 days after he was horrifically beat

hotair.com

 

[deannalw]

In the months before ID aired their documentary on his killing, they played a commercial about 47 million times. It seemed like they played it at least once on virtually every commercial break. A guy says someone asked him why he was killed and he replied because he was gay.

Whywashekilledbecausehewasgaywhywashekilledbecausehewasgaywhywashekilledbecausehewasgay

It sure seemed like brainwashing to me.

 

[whitehall]

It's not news or information anymore. The media spins incidents for left wing political gain. Chalk it up to never letting a tragedy go to waste.

 

[bodecea]

No...he wasn't murdered because he was gay.....he was killed because he was a meth dealer and two other meth dealers, on a week long bender, wanted his money, and they lost control because of the meth fueled rage....

It was, of course, a total lie. Not one bit of it was true, in fact. It was made up to satisfy the need for a Jesus-like victim.

That the story is a lie is not really disputed. Stephen Jimenez wrote a book about the murder called “The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard,” which was well-reviewed and stands unrefuted. Even left-wing reviewers write glowingly of the book.
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I’m not going to get into the details, except to note one thing: one of the killers was not a homophobic hater, but was in fact an on-again off-again lover of Matt’s. This is hardly the stuff of a homophobic hate crime; it was a meth-fueled murder spree that was ignited because the perpetrators were trying to steal a cache of the drug from Shepard.

The true story of Matthew Shepard: it wasn't homophobia that killed him

Today is the 25th anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death 6 days after he was horrifically beat

hotair.com

He was tortured and crucified because he was gay.

 

[Quasar44]

No...he wasn't murdered because he was gay.....he was killed because he was a meth dealer and two other meth dealers, on a week long bender, wanted his money, and they lost control because of the meth fueled rage....

It was, of course, a total lie. Not one bit of it was true, in fact. It was made up to satisfy the need for a Jesus-like victim.

That the story is a lie is not really disputed. Stephen Jimenez wrote a book about the murder called “The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard,” which was well-reviewed and stands unrefuted. Even left-wing reviewers write glowingly of the book.
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I’m not going to get into the details, except to note one thing: one of the killers was not a homophobic hater, but was in fact an on-again off-again lover of Matt’s. This is hardly the stuff of a homophobic hate crime; it was a meth-fueled murder spree that was ignited because the perpetrators were trying to steal a cache of the drug from Shepard.

The true story of Matthew Shepard: it wasn't homophobia that killed him

Today is the 25th anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death 6 days after he was horrifically beat

hotair.com

He was killed for being gay

 

[2aguy]

He was killed for being gay

No…he was not……he was killed by a guy he knew over drug money.

 

[2aguy]

He was tortured and crucified because he was gay.

No..he wasn’t..that is a lie…….he knew the guys who killed him, and they beat him to get his drugs and money and lost control during the beating because they were on a meth bender…….

 

[2aguy]

He was killed for being gay

From the link in the first post….

The sanctification of Shepard as a victim of homophobia rather than as a meth dealer murdered by other meth dealers is but one of many examples of how our view of the world is misshapen by the Narrative™ builders. So much of what we believe to be true is constructed out of whole cloth for the sole purpose of pulling our heartstrings, scaring us half to death, or nudging us to do as our betters want.

Shepard is interred at the National Cathedral, and they have celebrated masses in his honor.

We live in a world of lies because the people we rely on to tell us the truth are themselves liars.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

No...he wasn't murdered because he was gay.....he was killed because he was a meth dealer and two other meth dealers, on a week long bender, wanted his money, and they lost control because of the meth fueled rage....

It was, of course, a total lie. Not one bit of it was true, in fact. It was made up to satisfy the need for a Jesus-like victim.

That the story is a lie is not really disputed. Stephen Jimenez wrote a book about the murder called “The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard,” which was well-reviewed and stands unrefuted. Even left-wing reviewers write glowingly of the book.
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I’m not going to get into the details, except to note one thing: one of the killers was not a homophobic hater, but was in fact an on-again off-again lover of Matt’s. This is hardly the stuff of a homophobic hate crime; it was a meth-fueled murder spree that was ignited because the perpetrators were trying to steal a cache of the drug from Shepard.

The true story of Matthew Shepard: it wasn't homophobia that killed him

Today is the 25th anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death 6 days after he was horrifically beat

hotair.com

The only lie is the thread premise, a product of the hatful, bigoted right.

 

[2aguy]

The only lie is the thread premise, a product of the hatful, bigoted right.

The lie is that he was murdered because he was gay.......you can't lie about this anymore....

 

[Quasar44]

No…he was not……he was killed by a guy he knew over drug money.

That is BS

 

[2aguy]

That is BS

That is the truth. Read the book in the case

 

[Quasar44]

That is the truth. Read the book in the case

Others disagree

Do you agree his death was bad

 

[2aguy]

Others disagree

Do you agree his death was bad

Yes...his death was bad, but he was not murdered because he was gay.

Do you agree that the people who are lying about his death are bad?

 

[Lord Long Rod]

OP, remember, you are arguing with close-minded muppets.

 

[martybegan]

He was tortured and crucified because he was gay.

No, he wasn't. This is the equivalent of hands up, don't shoot.

 

[2aguy]

He was tortured and crucified because he was gay.

He was beaten by two men, one of them a guy he was having sex with, and they beat him to take his money and his drugs....Shepard was a low level drug dealer and he was targeted because of that, not because he was gay.