Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-10-07 14:29:54 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 37FD92213F45A63175667739439B5D6325482FD965EC62A89FFEC8DAC51BCC72
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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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