Not gonna call it a 'Check In Thread' this time on account of I'm up early af and the first thing I see is another mass shooting. Going fucking doomer mode now. I'm sure I'll calm down soon though. Happy to listen if you need it :stalin-heart:

  • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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    2 years ago

    Not great. Just learned that the Q shooter is claiming he's nonbinary to get out of hate crime charges and cis liberals are eating it the fuck up.

    I had a great weekend, at first. Met up with some of my trans friends for the first time in a bit and it was so wonderful. Like I was able to exhale without even realizing I'd been holding my breath. And then Sunday happened and I fell to pieces.

    I knew when I came out that a shooting like this would happen at some point. How could it not? Mass shootings happen so much in this country anyway, and with anti-trans rhetoric ramping up this was inevitable. But I didn't expect it to hurt this much or leave me feeling this vulnerable.

    And like, usually after something like this, fash backs off for a little while to pretend to disavow it. They're not doing it this time. They're just continuing to ramp up. They're using this as a reason to continue to ramp up

      • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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        2 years ago

        It's funny, I was just arguing yesterday with some asshole ranting about Chris-chan and I made the point that you always use the pronouns someone says they prefer even if you doubt their sincerity.

        But I'm not doing that this time. Not for someone who murdered some of us and is claiming this identity cynically

      • edge [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        “He used the term f****t a lot.” shooter’s friend

        I use the term a lot too, mainly when talking about myself.

        Though I 100% doubt that's anywhere close to how he was using it.