Matthew Shepard Article

Last week I read the article on Matthew Shepard and how he got murdered for being gay. Everyone was outraged by his murder, there were rallies all over, even in Indiana! But soon, after the trial of one of the murderers, everyone just seemed to forget how outraged they were, before. Twenty-six states tried to pass a law preventing hate crimes against gays and lesbians, but only one state passed the law, even the federal government dropped the law that they were planning on trying to pass. I found that very interesting, but I am actually not surprised because I think things like that happen all the time. People hear about something on the news and they get worked up, then the media starts with a new story and people move on to the new topic. I wonder if it connects with our previous lessons. A previous reading said people like reading small bits of information rather than long articles. Maybe people only like to focus on one story at a time and when a new story is out on the news they just drop the idea of the old story.  I find it very ridiculous either way. I don’t see how people can go from having rallies and being completely outraged to just not caring at all. I know they didn't “forget,” but I don’t see how they can pretend like it never happened. One would think that the public would not tolerate hate crimes (especially murder) no matter the race, religion, class, or sexual orientation of a person.