I've been working on other things all day, so I only just now was able to read the news about Minnesota. Before I'd gotten the full story, however, I did notice that people on the right seemed to care about this shooting after ignoring the hundreds before it—so I wondered about that. Now I know why.
Why?
The alleged shooter appears to have been trans
What do you mean appears?
This is going to make things even worse now for the already suffering trans people. Like red meat to rabid dogs.
It's right-wing hate that made him suicidal. Death by cop is common, but taking out children at Mass is not.
His pic suggests he had long hair. That doesn't make him trans, or a hippy. But he was MAGA, racist & anti-semetic. He ticks all the far right propaganda crap. Trans people seldom do that.
he/she seemed to have quite a list of groups of people to hate including trump, perhaps if people had been more tolerant of her/his struggles we would not be here in this position to wonder, don't even get me started on rapid fire large magazine guns or universal background checks.
Except they believed in the Great Replacement Theory and were racist and antisemitic too
“There is something deeply hypocritical about praying for a problem you are unwilling to resolve.” -Miroslav Volf
so . . .. . . why?
Sadly, spot on. A certain orange man actually offered condolences too. Likely for the same reason!
We're not a serious country and I don't know if we will be again in my lifetime. Half of America cares not at all how many children are murdered with guns because we don't have basic, commonsense gun safety laws. But if the shooter seems to have been trans suddenly these MAGAs cry, Oh, the children!
The US isn't a serious country. It's a country that lies about its history so smoothly that almost everyone is drawn in (unlike the USSR where the people knew their media were liars). But there must be enough Americans who want a sane nation who'll rise up against a dictator in dictator's clothing.
The monstrousness of not caring about gun violence until the alleged shooter is from a group you want disgraced is the sort of thing that causes me to wonder if the US deserves to be saved from the ruin it's come to. And *of course* corporate media is fine with it all, because it means more revenue.
Exactly! It's f'n ridiculous.😠
❤️❤️❤️ Indeed
There it is!
Hey buddy, lemme tell ya: it does not.
It often feels like the people who want America to be Russia and the people who don't care if we become Russia outnumber those who want to save democracy.
Sadly I feel you’re not alone in that sentiment. We are too complacent. We slow walked into servitude to the wealthy-Frogs slow boiled in a pot of water no longer capable of seeing what we’ve lost and feeling gratitude every time someone throws us a bone. We’ve lost the will to even fight back.
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Couldn't agree more. Children are expected to act like responsible life saving adults for each other while adults are maniacal toddlers throwing tantrams about sensible gun laws. We as a nation are warped and depraved.
I saw one guy post a rant which included the notion that we should deport all trans people to Uganda. I couldn't even make up woolly-headed shit like that.
We have Representatives who supported Uganda's death penalty for gays law.
I swear we're going to eventually regress back to having witch trials or something.
Not sure either.
No. No it does not.
Here’s a hint: it doesn’t. America is done. We need to burn it down and start over.
Not media- corporate tabloids
Nothing lasts forever. I will fight, for as long as I can, to bring something better for all out of the ashes of America.
My mom and her family is from Newtown, Connecticut. You can never think “this won’t happen to me.” It is a given in this country that it CAN and WILL happen to you until we change the most obvious reason WHY it happens. Anyone who tells you otherwise is a terrible person…
Thought of the Day: Democ-rats wasted their majority; RepubliKKKans turned power into autocracy in a year. The bipolar political duopoly is broken. Only deep reform—multiparty democracy, anti-corruption laws, SCOTUS limits, direct voting—can save America.
That those terrible people can then take this and use it as a justification to demonize someone even MORE vulnerable… I don’t even have a word to describe that.
And it matters why? Democ-rats wasted their majority; RepubliKKKans turned power into autocracy in a year. The bipolar political duopoly is broken. Only deep reform—multiparty democracy, anti-corruption laws, SCOTUS limits, direct voting—can save America.
"Eh." I voted for her in the general election and told everyone I knew to do the same, but I don't really want to look back on Hillary Clinton, of all people, and say that's the best we can be.
I was just replying to your statement, “I don’t even have a word to describe that.” The best we can be will only come to fruition when we remove legalized bribery, reduce campaigning to two months before election using taxpayer money allotted to each candidate, and enforce corruption laws.
Yeah, but we’ll never know. So don’t pass judgment on something that never happened
She was the best we could’ve done in that election. It could’ve saved us from where we are now. Everything from the Supreme Court to Covid response. It’s unfathomable how different life might be now.
Hillary Clinton would have been one of the most qualified presidents we’ve ever had. If that’s the best we can be, I think that’s pretty damn good. I’d vote for her again in a NY minute.
Yeah, but when have we ever been able to vote for the best we can be?
Last one in my lifetime was Jimmy Carter (but, I wasn’t old enough to vote in ‘76 and ‘80).
Jimmy Carter was my first time voting for president. At the time, we were all like, a peanut farmer? Okay, it’s not like we are voting for Ford. So in retrospect, yes, he was the best. But at the time, it was such a chaotic time in the world, we didn’t have that feeling.
Carter’s stature becomes clear only in hindsight and in comparison to those who succeeded him. They could not hold a candle to his ethics and diplomacy. If the religious right so-called Christians truly understood and believed Christ, they would have held Carter in high esteem, but they never did.
Carter was very bright and had the tenacity of a bulldog. His public persona was that of a gentle and thoughtful man. He was a good mix.
Thought of the Day: Democ-rats wasted their majority; RepubliKKKans turned power into autocracy in a year. The bipolar political duopoly is broken. Only deep reform—multiparty democracy, anti-corruption laws, SCOTUS limits, direct voting—can save America.
Thought of the Day: Democ-rats wasted their majority; RepubliKKKans turned power into autocracy in a year. The bipolar political duopoly is broken. Only deep reform—multiparty democracy, anti-corruption laws, SCOTUS limits, direct voting—can save America.
No, she wasn't. She was wrong on everything to do with Israel and just about everything else. She and her sex pest husband are deplorables.
I like this thread…damnit I’m out of 🍿
When did we stop trying to protect children? I find it horrifying that we don't even TRY
Seth, on behalf of the entire trans community, thank you. We shouldn't have to suffer even further because of one person's horrible actions. It shouldn't be fodder for the MAGA hate mongering
They don't care about kids getting shot. End of story. They have massacred people in churches, innocent little kindergartners, teenagers, concert goers, etc. and it does not matter. The gun lobby won.
Makes me wonder too. Does seem like no one cares.
I wonder if they/them went to that school and was fondled by a priest or two as a kid….. or in fact, in ANY Catholic Church, or School.
I hate to say this but I was wondering the same thing.
How do we get REPUBLICANS to bring the same outrage to our CHILDREN DYING FROM GUNS as they do to the REBRANDING OF A CHAIN RESTAURANT LOGO? #CrackerBarrel #SchoolShooting #JesusWept
That is an excellent question! An even better question is CAN we get Republicans to bring the same outrage! I highly doubt we can. They're clearly ok with the orange menace being a pedophile... They have no low point and are all scumbags now. Republicans= Fuck your kids as long as we have our guns
I'd be interested in knowing if she suffered abuse at the hands of clergy, administration, or other members at the church/school when she attended
The American Psychiatric Association has never officially recognized extreme racism (vs ordinary prejudice) as a mental health problem arguing that because so many Americans are racist, even extreme racism in this country is normative—a cultural problem rather than an indication of psychopathology.
Quote: To continue perceiving extreme racism as normative and not pathologic is to lend it legitimacy. Clearly, anyone who scapegoats a whole group of people and seeks to eliminate them to resolve his or her internal conflicts meets criteria for a delusional disorder, a major psychiatric illness.
I’ve never really been able to grasp how guns are more important than human life. The detachment from humanity itself is beyond disturbing. I refused to even give my sons toy guns when they were growing up.
How many times have we heard "It's too soon to talk about this" or "How dare you politicize this tragedy?". MAGA is nothing if not hypocritical.
They love to talk about it on the very rare occasions it’s not just some white guy.
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Thanks for the 😂
By their logic, we should be deporting white cis men that commit so many crimes and shootings.
Because it hits home with the Leonard Leo co-religionists.
White, Black, MAGA, Liberal, Straight, Trans...I DON'T GIVE A SHIT. It's another insane person with easy access to GUNS. This time it was more children who paid the price for America's sickening gun fetish.
Imagine after every mass shooting, someone comes on to say - “another white person” …
Why?
The shooter was trans.
And...
What about all of the white men who’ve shot up schools and workplaces and dance halls in the past ? Deport all white men? How do we get logic inserted into the brains of the far right extremists? (including the federal administration!)
lobotomy
Yeah, there’s always a new low waiting just around the next headline for these degenerate hypocrites.
Yeah, unfortunately with much knowledge comes much sorrow. A growing pain for sure. But if you're smart enough to become a good adult, a good human. We might be an Earth forever. Doesn't matter who you bed or love. It's called Morning Star!
Let's see how much it bothers them. Enough to pass serious legislation- I think not.
America has squandered its reputation, its moral high ground, its global leadership, its institutions, its journalistic integrity, its values, its democracy, its rationality, its soul, etc. For what? A fake tanned pathological liar, literal sociopath, malignant narcissist, criminal, con artist moron
And a Republican Party full of gutless lackeys and sycophants.
It’s thrown away all its aspirations in 8 months.
Exactly.
They give zero fucks about facts, reality & statistics. They will light an even bigger fire against the trans community for this, when they should be looking at THEMSELVES in shame for bullying, hate, harassment and downright evil. No excuse for killing innocent children, but hate isn't the answer.
They will move to ban trans people and do nothing on guns.
Already are.
The fact that the guns were all purchased legally is the root of the problem, full stop - or as you say in the US, period !
I knew the second the shooter was identified the anti-trans floodgates would fly open. IT’S THE GUNS. I feel so worried about everything. More violence. More oppression. All of it sickening.
Why? Were the victims all white?
The shooter is reported to be trans and, what make it even sweeter for them, is the shooter said they wanted to klll Trump, so trans and Trump hater - wE gOt aH vIoLeNt LiBuRaL!
Ah! Thank you. Got it now.
Lots of bots spreading misinformation. Hopefully we will get the real story ASAP.
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My daughter is trans and lives up there. She's scared to leave the house tonight. Never mind that most mass shootings are done by cis ppl though right. Im very scared rn.
The shooter is a maga
Quite possibly, but that no longer matters because if they were also trans the entire far right is going to be in a frenzy over what a tragedy this was, when they have let thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of Innocents die of gun violence without caring at all
Every time removing guns from our society is proposed as a way to lower homicides by guns, the response is always "We can't deny gun rights to lawful citizens" . Why won't Americans relinquish their guns to save Americans?? Give up your gun and save a child. Too much for Americans to do.
You allow them to remove common sense based on their right to safety. You allow the NRA and others to bribe your politicians No guns, less death from guns, by probably 30,000+ a year. Global stats prove it. Sense before safety Children before donation
Considering Europe has a pop of approx 744 mil, or if you go with the EU 450 mil, compared to the USSA 340 mil. It makes the comparison even worse. 🤷♂️
I think in the UK we feel blessed that we don't have much gun crime. we feel desperate for America every time the news breaks. Its awful. UK In the year ending March 2024 includes most 2023 there were 24 individuals killed by firearms, down slightly from 27 in the previous year. 1-2 avg p.m
From the outside even when we try to think of what justification the US can have for its positions on guns, we can't, we try to recognise the idea of the right to bear arms, but as proven you don't so what possible justification is left. You lose a lot of children by not removing them.
We could do with that "well regulated militia" now. No where to be found. Most Americans have guns to use on minorities only, when they accidentally go to the wrong house or turn into the wrong driveway. Few will admit it.
No need to feel desperate for America. If Americans really wanted change, we'd force it. We get outraged each time then go right back to normal two days later. The outpouring of emotion here is a sick game at this point. Save the empty emotion, get fking angry and force change. Take care. Thanks.
But this is how little girls in the UK need to defend themselves. Tell me the UK is better.
She can’t cut a bullet tho, lol
From the view point of safety the UK is better
Gun culture in the US is bizarre, a learned and perpetuated mental illness. I have US relatives who go to firing ranges for entertainment, or shoot cans for target practice at 14 yrs old and younger. Living in Canada, I am not aware anyone who owns a hand gun. Some may have hunting rifles locked up.
With all that is going on & all the disappointment many of the MAGA faithful are having about high grocery & gas prices, the r/conservative subreddit always has a big thread on trans shooters, or an undocumented person that kills an American, by accident or willingly. They are truly pathetic. 1/2
There's nothing on Trump putting National Guard in cities. Nothing about a fascist takeover. Nothing about the extra hundreds of billions being wasted. They do live the Lawfare and EOs they so bitched about during Biden.
The shooter wrote Kill Trump on their gun.
It's just nonsensical because we don't infer anything about all the shootings that happen from white middle aged men but we extrapolate a ton of bullshit the second the shooter is trans or a minority.
It's become clear it's not just a trump problem. These aren't brainwashed people swept up in a cult of personality: conservatives are just evil, vile, disgusting racist ghouls that were waiting for the right leader. A War may be necessary to be rid of these vermin, sadly.
We are a nation that is calcifying itself at the cost of our humanity. We are damned, one way or the other.
They don't care about the shooting as much as the fact they can now seize on the shooter's gender identity to prop up their raging bigotry.
Not in any way justifying any shootings, but….hear me out….could the fact that this person has been vilified by Trump, had their care essentially taken away, their suicide hot line taken away…their basic human dignities….could that perhaps have pushed them over the edge?
Same thought I had.
And a wee bit anti christofascist…. Let’s not forget where the attack was aimed. The church ( any of them) is behind 90% of the homophobia and gender hatred. What a shame. It came to this already. The retaliation will be worse.
Apparently He went to school there when he was younger, and his mom worked as an administrative assistant until four years ago when she retires.
Why?
Sir, all this he is trans is bullish to me. Don't care what pic they show or the other so-called evidence. Trans people are not going to do this..period. it's a distraction to make it seem like Trans are issues. When have you ever seen a trans person kill anyone?
One way to solve this issue is to stop giving these damn kids guns at 2 years old as a birthday present.
