"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."

    • 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.

      • 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.

    • 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.