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2024-10-07 06:27:23 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1C9EAF6E755D3FD699DD9ED7E464A4803F8C33D8B64591980222BEFC382B054C
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Original Note:
Matthew Shepard knew his killer Aaron McKinney personally. They used meth together, had sexual relations, and were involved in drug dealing. The motive was not anti-gay hate. https://books.google.com/books?id=oYR2AAAAQBAJ https://reason.com/2023/10/12/matthew-shepards-murder-was-almost-certainly-not-an-anti-gay-hate-crime/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/26/the-truth-behind-americas-most-famous-gay-hate-murder-matthew-shepard
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