Hello fellas and felletes (idk?)!
Today, i received an email which is calling on for a petition. Usually, i'd ignore some of these emails but this one was against McDonald's and i was wondering why. I mean, fast food establishments vs homosexuality, there's almost nothing to petition against. Then i read the email. There's a reason why i'm blogging about it. It's not only shocking, it's repulsive, sickening and disgusting.
Read the email, if you like. Watch the video, if you like.
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Dear jallen,
On Friday, Adrian Leigh Cowan of Baltimore started a petition on Change.org, speaking out in response to a shocking online video of a transgender woman being brutally beaten at a local McDonald’s.
As Adrian told our team of organizers, “I was moved to start this petition because when I first viewed the video, I was brought to tears. How anyone could stand by and allow this to happen is unfathomable to me." More than 30,000 Change.org members had the same reaction, and joined Adrian in signing the petition.
If you would prefer not to watch the video posted by Adrian, you should know what it documents: A 22-year-old transgender woman is pulled out of a McDonald’s bathroom and viciously beaten by two customers. She is punched, knocked to the ground, dragged across the floor by her hair, and kicked in the face until she appears to experience a seizure.
Instead of coming to this woman’s assistance, one McDonald’s employee filmed the assault while others can be heard cheering the assailants on as they attack the victim. After the brutal incident, the video was posted to the Internet, where an employee bragged that the assault was OK because the victim “was a man dressed like a woman.”
Sadly, this attack is a reminder of the rampant harassment and discrimination that transgender people face every day. Nationwide, more than half of all transgender people experience verbal or physical abuse when trying to access public accommodations like restrooms. Brutal acts of violence are all too common -- and authorities often fail to prosecute these crimes to the fullest extent of the law.
Not surprisingly, McDonald's lacks standard policies for protecting transgender individuals, despite a decent record of workplace discrimination protections for gays and lesbians. And while the company has pledged to “take appropriate action” against all employees involved in this heinous event, just one has been punished.
Please join Adrian Leigh Cowan in demanding that McDonald’s and Maryland authorities hold accountable both the assailants in this beating and the employees who cheered it on -- and to make sure that an attack like this never happens again:
We can’t let this brutal hate crime in Maryland go unpunished. Thank you for taking action today.
- Eden and the Change.org team
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Okay, let's assume you didn't read nor watch the video. In summary, it's about a couple of guests whacking and bashing up a trans-gendered woman in a McDonald's. Granted that it was not the employees of McD doing the bashing, one of them was filming everything down whilst the rest either did not bother to stop, interfere or help the poor lady being bashed, they actually cheered on. One of them said it's okay, because she's a "man in a woman's clothing".
Repulsive.
In fact, it doesn't take a transsexual, homosexual or anyone to be bashed up for another person to interfere and stop a bashing. Seriously, you see a woman getting bashed and you wouldn't help? Or in fact, you see ANYONE of ANY gender getting bashed up and all you can think of is to film it down?!
Guys, nothing justifies a bash up. Nothing justify a person getting whacked so badly.
What kind of sick joke is this?
I hope the person being bashed up is fine :( It's really annoying how some people can think this way, act this way and get away with the whole bashing and stuff. It's unfair, isn't it?
If you agree with me, join me in signing this petition, a petition calling for attention of the public how absurd some people can be, a petition calling for fairness for the poor lady-man, a petition to show the world that there's absolutely no reason one can bash another person up like that. Please sign it. Join me in signing this petition to call for the attention of the Maryland authorities to take action against the bastards who bashed her up, against the employees who encouraged and filmed the whole process. Something needs to be done! :(
HERE'S THE LINK: PETITION
& In case you might think it's not worth the trouble creating an account signing something that probably doesn't work, let me clarify, this petition site DOES WORK. It's not a scam nor is it fake, it worked before and will work if you do your part in this. Please do!
Thanks.
Jallen
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