Mental health
fromPortland Mercury
2 weeks agoAnd You Run for Your Life And You Hide
A person sprinted to a downtown building and narrowly escaped an attacker who hurled homophobic slurs and tried to break in with a skateboard.
"Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone," Kern de Gonzales wrote, adding that the incident came after "two years of threats" over their sexuality. "We were standing side by side. When the man fired, Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life."
"I don't think we should ever accept that. Golf should be held to a higher standard than what was seen out there this week. Golf has the ability to unite people. Golf teaches you very good life lessons, it teaches you etiquette. It teaches you how to play by the rules, it teaches you how to respect people. Sometimes, this week, we didn't see that. This should not be what is acceptable in the Ryder Cup."