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Redirect: I can see both sides of calling you a bigot, and for those of you who do consider him a bigot, take your own advice and consider the gay person as simply a person and not as a gay person. The guy was someone that Redirect did not like, chose to talk trash to him while redirect and his buddies were quite literally trying to physically avoid making contact with him, and the guy got hit in the face. The best solution? Not really, in my eyes, but the guy's friends weren't men enough to shut him up before someone else did. A solution? Absolutely. Redirect did the right thing in my mind when it came to dealing with the situation in general. He kept his friends out of it in the lunch line, initially attempted to avoid making unnecessary contact with the guy on the street, then ended the ultimate issue rather directly rather than beating around the bush.

It seems to most of you, the word GAY in that story is what makes him a bigot. Which is what plagues this nation I live in. It's not a matter of a man killing a man, it's a matter of a white man killing a black man; it's a matter of a hispanic killing a black man; it's a matter of a heterosexual male assaulting a homosexual male. The problem is not in the fight, but the labels and stigma of each person in that fight. Honestly, take your own advice, and read the story without the word gay in it. Violence is not necessarily the best solution, but Redirect had attempted other measures prior to direct confrontation. The other guy pushed the issue, and got a bloody nose for it. Lesson learned, but surprisingly, no law suit filed for "gay bashing" or "gay beating." Call me jaded, but I think there is plenty of reverse bigotry in this nation, especially with white heterosexual males who happen to voice their opinions equally as loud as other groups voice theirs.

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