Man gets 18 years in federal prison for shooting, plan to rid Montana town of LGBTQ residents (apnews.com)

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[-] dope@beehaw.org 29 points 1 year ago

Defense attorney Colin Stephens told jurors that Howald had peacefully co-existed with the gay and lesbian community in Basin for decades. Howald testified that he is gay. “At his core, Howald is not a crusading bigot, who is hell bent for leather on wiping lesbians from the Earth,” Stephens said in his sentencing memo.

You've got to be fucking kidding me. Self-hatred being projected onto innocent people who just want to live their lives.

In 2006, Howald was sentenced to two years in prison for felony aggravated animal cruelty, after pleading guilty to shooting a chocolate Labrador at a southwestern Montana campground and decapitating the dog with a chain saw.

[-] cowvin@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

Harming animals is absolutely a sign of someone being deranged. Many eventually escalate to harming humans.

[-] dope@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Very true. Dahmer, Bundy, DeSalvo... the list goes on. It's a quick query away from Google or whatever preferred search engine used: animal cruelty and criminals.

[-] wicked82@readit.buzz 2 points 1 year ago

Absolutely, if you can do that to an innocent animal you are a fucking monster with no redeemable qualities. They deserve to rot.

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