Slog - Comments on It's Too Early for This Headline of the Day

Comment by Anna

Anna — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:20:52 -0800

Since it was stated by motel staff that he rented a room often - the cops did not perceive hookers - male or female?

One night stands - men or women?

Lazy cops are the rel problem in this case.

Very sad and badly handled murder.

Comment by flamingbanjo

flamingbanjo — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:11:52 -0800

I was all set with a follow-up quip but then I read the story and it's just unbelievably sad. A 58-year old closeted man strangled in the motel he frequents for his clandestine trysts, and his family is so ashamed of his homosexuality that they hide all evidence of his "lifestyle" from police. Just as, years earlier when he was a child, they evidently covered up the fact that he had been molested by an older member of their church.

The whole thing reads like a morality tale on the deadly perils of denial and sexual repression.

Comment by whatevernevermind

whatevernevermind — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:39:26 -0800

Don't miss the matter-of-fact implication for mentioning the molestation in the first place, which is as a way of explaining how he ended up a dreaded "homosexual" in the first place.

It's easy to forget that there are places like this still in America.

Comment by Dan warmonger Savage

Dan warmonger Savage — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:25:12 -0800

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Comment by east coaster

east coaster — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:34:25 -0800

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Old news, you lose.

Comment by Ferin

Ferin — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:10:07 -0800

That is a truly unfortunate headline.