"She knelt down and begged for mercy"
(That is in response to the Gwen Araujo trial.)
This is another message from one transsexual to another.
If people are beating the shit out of you do not beg for mercy, that would be a waste of time.
Instead kick the fuckin shit out of your attackers and give them no mercy to them because their going to kill you anyway.
A hate crime is like a rape the more you fight back the better your chances of survival.