I don’t believe in moderating comments and banning commenters on blogs. That doesn’t mean, however, that gay bloggers need to just take violent homophobic threats sitting down. Such is the case that is breaking throughout the gay blogosphere this U.S. morning.

It seems a Philadelphia man responded to the popular Good As You blogger Jeremy Hooper’s appearance on the gay news magazine In The Life by saying the following:

“I just saw your clip on T.V. I know your (sic) not going to change who you are. I know what I have to say, your (sic) not really going to give a shit about, however you have this site so I’m posting on it.

You CAN’T just expect everyone to be okay with you, and your life. Your (sic) a fag, and that (sic) fine, but keep it to yourself. Trust me, if I ever walk by you on the street with my kids and I see you kissing or holding hands with some dude, I’ll brake (sic) every bone in your gay little body. Keep your shit behind closed doors, so children can’t see you.

I know your (sic) going to say “oh here is another person who is out to hurt me because I’m gay, oh the life I have to live”. Your (sic) wrong dude, I’m just giving you the “kick in the pants” you like to give the rest of the world, as you said on the T.V show. Now Ms.Honest, how’s that for truth?”

The intrepid Jeremy has responded by sharing with his audience the results of a small sleuthing operation. By googling the commenter’s e-mail address, Jeremy found out that the commenter is one Nick Peronace who runs a business in Philadelphia called Enterprise Steaks.

This is probably the best handling of below-the-belt commenting on gay blogs I have seen, and I love that Jeremy didn’t take the inconsequential easy way out by merely deleting and banning in this hate-speech and physical threat-ridden case. I hope some of you will join the crowds that are sending polite, above-the-belt notes to the not-so-kind owner of Enterprise Steaks. I also hope that you bloggers out there remember what Jeremy did if you should be so unfortunate to have something like this happen to you.

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