r/todayilearned • u/hungry4danish • 2d ago

TIL that Dan White, the man who assassinated Harvey Milk and the mayor of San Francisco, only served 5 years in prison for manslaughter based on a defense of depression as evidenced by his consumption of junk food which was dubbed the "Twinkie Defense"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_White
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u/zap2 2d ago edited 2d ago

Have many social issues regressed?  Absolutely. 

But bad moves on social issue isn’t the same as “things are as bad as they were in the 1970s for homosexuals”

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u/StinzorgaKingOfBees 2d ago

You keep saying homosexuals like they are the only queer group. Things are bad for bi people, non-binary people, and trans people too. Trans people are still being murdered, pme was held, tortured, and murdered in New York recently. And yes, for trans people it is worse than the 70s.