Morphine Prince 109,655 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 A South Dakota man was left with a black eye after allegedly being assaulted when he spoke out against a woman who was using anti-gay epithets on the street. As Keloland reported, Drew Bartscher was outside of a popular bar in Sioux Falls when he overheard a woman use an anti-gay term while having a conversation with her boyfriend. "She said these 'f**ing f-words,' referring to homos-xuals," Bartscher, who is straight, told local ABC affiliate KSFY. "I stopped and I just commented to her, 'You really shouldn't call anybody the f-word, that's rude.' Then I continued to walk in the direction towards our car." He continued, "Then I hear this guy yell at me, 'What the F did you say to my girlfriend?!?!' I turned just a little bit and then the next thing I know, my friends are picking me up off the sidewalk [because] I had gotten punched pretty good." The vice president of a local lesbian, gay, bis-xual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy organization said he was "pretty shocked" by the news, according to KDLT. "Just to punch someone who was trying to say you shouldn't use that derogatory term is pretty shocking," Thomas Christiansen of Sioux Falls' Center for Equality is quoted as saying. "Letting people know that a slur here and there or even where it goes further, when that slur turns into violence, shouldn't be tolerated." In 2013, a Nebraska man was left bruised and bloody after allegedly being beaten by three men who had initially been harassing his two gay friends, one of whom was dressed in drag. Ryan Langenegger, who identifies as straight, said the he stepped forward after one of the suspects told his pal he was "disgusting," followed by a series of other anti-gay epithets, and took a blow to the face shortly thereafter. Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/19/south-dakota-anti-gay-attack-_n_5849944.html Picture: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeleteMyAccount 11,881 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 He's a brave man. I applaud him. The guy that got punched.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brainiac 11,171 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 so now LGBT allies are getting beaten on the streets as well? The world is truly ridiculous... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knife 7,079 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 That was nice of him to take that stand against them. Of course the people using that kind of language would respond with violence when confronted. Disgusting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByeBye49 161 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 This is sickening. Why would somebody punch a person, just for standing up for others? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batwings 12,957 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 What's just as sickening are the comments insisting that he should have just minded his own business. Yes, let's attack the guy who was physically assaulted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staryu 6,162 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 This world is messed up. All he did was trying to defend gay people... a**holes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MahoganySnitch 67 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 How terrible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henny 1 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 ok, so even the allies are getting beaten up now? wtf...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagaDragon 10 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 wow.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djBuffoon 12,235 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 What is wrong with the human race? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc 4,776 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 hope he's okay. He's very brave for doing that. It's sad that we're living in a world where people use violence to solve things Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qualle1 1,385 Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Bless him! :) MAKE LOVE NOT WAR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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