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The author waits to choose to tell the reader of the heterosexuality of the victims in the anecdote to alert the reader of the tuning out effect that they would likely employ toward a homosexual person. If he had told the reader right away, then he would have allowed the reader to grasp the concept that it was a straight victim immediately, and they would never have been able to understand the subtle subconscious prejudices that they have against homosexuals. As it stands now the average reader is led to believe that this story is just one of many acts out of antigay violence, but the fact that the intended audience and the victims of the story are both straight causes the straight audience to suddenly feel a short moment of panic and surprise upon the awareness that the victims were actually straight. Suddenly the issue is no longer distant like they think of most issues involving homosexuality. Many stubborn individuals will hold their view away from the argument when reading it, and in a sense, ignore all things that they do not agree or want to agree with. This sort of delayed information tricks that sort of person by merging the sympathy a straight audience feels for a straight victim with the frequent victimization of homosexuals. Such an interesting twist makes the text exceptionally difficult to monotonously toss aside.