Kelly Dzioba
studio manager | South Philadelphia
"Yes. They show she’s bigoted in her views and inclined to physically assault a gay couple, if she feels bold enough. I’m not saying she walks around assaulting gay men, but she certainly didn’t seem to be provoked. She was emboldened by her friends."
Kyle Kellam
student | North Philadelphia
"No, I don’t think that’s fair. There was a significant time differential between her tweets and the incident. And we sometimes say things off the top of our heads, without thinking, that we don’t really mean. That kind of information shouldn’t be used against us if we’re on trial."
Dara Peou
store clerk | South Philadelphia
"Yes. What she did was wrong. She never should have put anti-LGBT slurs on social media. It harms people and contributes to suicides. She needs to suffer the consequences. And she needs to apologize for what she did."
Megan Smith
social worker | Gayborhood
"No. Things we say in the past don’t necessarily represent who we are in the present. I’m not justifying what she did, by any means. But the incident is complicated. Using her tweets might confuse rather than clarify. It would be better to rely on clearer evidence."
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