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Shooting in Florida gay club, 50+ casualties currently feared
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MSNBC has sort of intermittently mentioned it as a gay club.
e: and then they also had a terrorism expert on talking about how common it is for homosexuals to be stoned/beheaded in arabic nations
People who fantasize about fighting off home invaders or gangs or whatever with the awesome might of their guns are absolutely pro murder spree, they just frame it as 'self-defense'. And there are a huge number of those kind of fantasists on the anti-gun-control side of the debate.
Those mighty prayers everyone keeps sending would probably stop being sent if they knew they were going to LGBT people
Steam
Exceptionalism is a poisonous cultural mentality anywhere, and ironically America isn't unique in that
But it is a place where it is a particular favourite of regressive politicians to resist change that is visibly and demonstrably working elsewhere.
"Yeah, sure, but in America..."
Gun control, single-payer healthcare, police militarisation, up until recently gay marriage
These are things that most first world countries have kinda sorted out and gotten on the same page with. And these problems keep fucking Americans over. But every time you point at Canada, Australia, and most of Europe and go "well it's working fine there, more or less" with several variations to choose from, the response from regressives is to kick the dirt, put their hands in their pockets, shrug and say "shucks, that may be fine and dandy over there for them folks but here in America..." and then they just sorta trail off without having a real argument.
oofa doofa
Sadly, this proves the danger of the lone wolf that the fbi tried to warn the right about.
My friends who are gay didn't come out until after they went to college for fear of persecution. I've never seen any proof that being gay is harmful in any way. The only negative is discrimination against them by the religious.
I doubt this event will have any impact on gun control, but I hope it makes some people question their belief in the immorality of homosexuality.
EDIT: I failed to take into account that news outlets aren't clearly mentioning that the victims were patrons at a gay nightclub. I wonder why?
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The deep cynic in me let out one of those Edna Krabapple "Ha!" noises at this idea.
Sorry, I'm in a shitty mood.
There have been rumblings about that, but I don't know if there's been anything confirmed.
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No. He was a security guard and had a license to carry. He was being investigated for some crime though. Not been said what that is yet.
We were just about to head out and maybe hit up the Pride parade but I don't know if we'll be stopping by, now. Especially since the girlfriend's car still has Indiana plates on it (and so did the dude with the guns/bomb).
Oh for fuck sake Indiana...
or...never mind
I don't ever want to hear any asshole saying that Trans people using a public bathroom is dangerous ever again. I didn't want to hear that bullshit in the first place, but if I hear it now I won't be able to control my reaction.
Fuck everything about this massacre.
The same people that will kill us in our homes are afraid of us using their bathrooms
Steam
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colossally fucked up
and even then, networks are reluctant to mention that this was a gay nightclub
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Fuck this.
Steam
This always merits posting (especially 1:40 onwards)
I can't even imagine how LGBT Muslims are going to cope with this crap
Local article from a week ago.
50 plus Americans of an already vulnerable demographic are dead, and we just can't help but jockying for our favorite partisan positions.
And I would not stop with that sentiment in the wake of a terrible tragedy - indeed, it seems like the best time for it
Wait too long and people forget about it
Until the next time it happens, in which case silencers would try to say "let's not talk about that just yet, have some respect for the dead"
How about we try to prevent the dead