"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."

  • ClassUpperMiddle [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Wait why cant I feel bad for the shooter too? Why cant we take care of people to prevent stuff like this from happening?

    • Changeling [it/its]
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      2 years ago

      You can feel bad for anyone you want. Most people with even a half-decent sense of empathy can find ways to empathize with anyone no matter what they did. Lots of mass shooters are autistic on top of being white supremacists. I could feel bad for them if I wanted. White men’s autism being leveraged to radicalize them and redirect the rage of their oppression elsewhere is an incredibly common pattern. But I don’t. Because I’ve had my empathy weaponized against me too many times on my life and if I can’t draw a boundary around wasting time feeling bad for people who murder children, how am I supposed to draw that boundary elsewhere?

      • ClassUpperMiddle [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        That's for you I guess and thats okay. i personally dont find it such a emotionally arduous task to consider the victims and the perpetrator. Like are the people who killed the Russian tsars children bad? I personally have a hard time having any empathy for rich people.