Dan White was not a monster!!
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Prismark10 — 15 years ago(January 28, 2011 03:46 AM)
He may not had been a monster but he killed the Mayor of SF as well as the politician, Harvey Milk and can count himself lucky that he only got 5 years.
Yes he had issues (personal and financial)and maybe suffered from PTSD but killing his fellow politicians is definitely extreme.
As for not wanting a teenage asylum, well there have to be put somewhere. The irony that someone who had mental issues did not want an asylum for the mentally ill in his district!
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Straight_Pride — 15 years ago(February 02, 2011 01:14 PM)
I agree that he is not a monster.
From what I saw in the film, Harvey Milk convinced the Mayor not to let Dan White have his job back.
So his crime wasn't a hate crime, I thought it was revenge (Not as cruel).
Dan White was wrong to kill them because murder is wrong but I can't help if I feel sorry for him and the way thing turned out for him. -
stefanheikel — 15 years ago(February 02, 2011 09:29 PM)
Actually several city councilmen/women told Mayor Moscone not to give Dan White his job back, not just Milk. Also, Did White ever even find out Harvey did that behind his back? If no, then what was his real motivation? I still think a big factor was that to Dan White, one of the "thems" was getting power and influence while he was losing it.
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rrb — 14 years ago(April 14, 2011 08:55 PM)
OP: you forgot the part about your "hero" murdering 2 people in cold blood.
Read The Mayor of Castro Street, which documents White's admitting he planned the murders, and intended to kill 2 more people during his spree, including future SF mayor Willie Brown. This was not the impulsive act of someone who couldn't control himself.
Dan White was every inch a monster. I'm glad he's dead, and I hope he suffered the pains of hell before he offed himself. -
straburyred-38 — 14 years ago(August 16, 2011 05:01 AM)
Where's the compassion for him?
And I might ask where the hell was Dan White's compassion before he pumped George Moscone and Harvey Milk full of lead?!
I don't have Bieber fever. I have Bieber nausea. -
Mattfinbell — 10 years ago(January 26, 2016 08:36 PM)
Yeah I got the feeling he was angry at the other guy and Milk not because Milk was gay though
otter
Uh, he SHOT AND KILLED THE MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO, as well as Harvey Milk. Two people dead, the government of a major city shattered, families and loved ones heartbroken, and there's actually debate about whether this guy was really so bad?
If someone shot and killed someone YOU loved, would you stop and say "Well, he was under a lot of stress, he'd lost his job, and he was so handsome and charming". No, you wouldn't. You'd realize he was a cold-blooded murderer, and that nothing else about him mattered.
But apparently there are still people in this world who think a gay man's life isn't worth much.
In the moment no but after I would think and yeah I agree about a gay man life
alpeaston
He was also a homophobic, throwback, redneck, a-hole.
That he only spent 5 years in jail for what was obviously the premeditated murder of two people was the true outrage and crime!
I would have hoped that had he not done the right thing and took his own life (cause even he knew he deserved the death penalty) that some gay man or woman would have shot him dead.
Oh and they should have made sure to have some Twinkies and milky way bars on hand just to have a decent defense!
If he was homophobic why in the movie did he allow Harvey to be at his childs christining?
CaliCurmudgeon
Dan White resented being stabbed in the back politically by Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Milk, and killed them both. No, this is not to justify the murders, simply to explain the motive. However, the attempt to make a sleazy politician like Harvey Milk into a martyr is rather repulsive.
i dont think any Politican is clean!
GAY Or STRAIGHT
CaliCurmudgeon
However, since Harvey's death hes become Martin Luther Milk. And he was anything but. He wasnt some sort of holy saint. He could be a corrupt maneuvering swine.
But thats anyone in a position of power
straburyred-37
Where's the compassion for him?
And I might ask where the hell was Dan White's compassion before he pumped George Moscone and Harvey Milk full of lead?!
There was none but to say Milk and Mascone were perfectly clean people in power is wrong
NO I dont think White should have killed them though
once a person dies thats it
rrb
OP: you can also make the argument that Charles Manson is mentally ill. In your eyes, is he also not a monster?
Manson was a monster thats crystal clear
Look like Tarzan talk like Jane! HAHA