More “you lie” disrespect.
Judy Shepard was in Salt Lake City, giving a reading/Q&A for her new book The Meaning of Matthew when a man accused her of lying about what happened to her son. Via Pam’s House Blend:
About 45 minutes in, a man rose and asked a question that amounted to repeating a current popular right-wing lie - Matthew Shepard was killed because his killers were high and wanted to rob him; his sexual orientation was irrelevant. Mrs. Shepard refuted the claim – pointing out that in one of the killer’s confessions, he admitted they acted because of Shepard’s sexual orientation; the other, in his statement in court, admitted the same. Neither men tested positive for drugs or alcohol after Matthew’s murder.
The interlocutor asserted at this point that she was lying and doing a disservice to history by lying about the reasons for her son’s murder.
I read The Meaning of Matthew, and I went to the reading Judy Shepard gave here in NYC. I can’t imagine how any thinking person could doubt the truth of her words after reading what she wrote and hearing her speak.
28. September 2009 at 6:19 pm
Mrs Shepard is a strong woman, but it must be hard to be the brunt of such behavior of the right wing-crazys. This is just another exaple of the ignorance and hate that these people are trying to spread. She, and we had to put up with it at his funeral and now this. We need to stand up to these people, like Mrs Sheapard.