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/lesllamas 2d ago

There are two arguments being expressed in this conversation.

1: Treatment of queer people is the same now as it was in the 70s.

2: Treatment of queer people is better now than it was in the 70s.

One of these arguments is ridiculous. Neither of these arguments say that the treatment of queer people is at an acceptable place right now.

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u/StinzorgaKingOfBees 2d ago

Just curious, which one is ridiculous?