"avoid pandering to those individuals on the Right who will use this double-tragedy to torment fear and terror of transgender people in order to advance a political agenda of transgender elimination."

  • FearsomeJoeandmac [he/him, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Some right wing nobody known as Jared genesis is already trying to do this. I would imagine some bigger names on the right will be doing this as well, be prepared my friends.

    • forcequit [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Youre not wrong, but stop paying attention to lolcows I beg you.

      • FearsomeJoeandmac [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        he still pops up in my YouTube feed every now and then. I don't watch his videos though, I just know he put out a video saying the person who did this was equivalent to all trans people and that trans people are all' fucked up in the head'

    • DictatrshipOfTheseus [comrade/them, any]
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      2 years ago

      There are plenty of fascists already trying to do this. And Elon Musk even "chimed in" on one on Twitter. (CW: transphobia, obviously, but the transphobia is being made fun of in a thread started by a trans person. )

      spoiler

      "One thing is VERY clear: The trans movement is radicalizing activists into terrorists"

      Elon's respone: "!"

      • SoyViking [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Aiden or Aubrey's tragedy was not that he was shot after killing three innocent people, fuck him.

        His tragedy was that he became a killer in the first place, the murderous product of a sick society.

      • forcequit [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        The tragedy is his actions and the circumstances that preceded them. His death is par for the course considering you know, active shooter and all.

        • Gimbrone [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          Look, I'm trying to echo the line advocated by the Trans Resistance Network. "The second and more complex tragedy" is right there, although I guess not many read through that wall of text.

          • 22corporateammo [any,comrade/them]
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            2 years ago

            Yes I did read the entire thing. Most likely people did not read this at all since you posted a screenshot of tiny text instead of the image they posted along with a link.

            People probably didn't suspect an insanely dangerous radioactive take was lurking in there.

            Do you think that describing a mass shooting as the "only effective way to be seen" at a moment when rightists are trying to paint transgender rights advocacy as terrorism is wise?

            These influencers don't fuck around. They say "I'm going to get a billion engagements on a tweet lying in the most vile ways you can possibly imagine" and they do it. Elon Musk, who was recently the richest man in the world and uses his purchase of one of the most popular social networks solely to push culture war bullshit, is harping on this exact issue.