• roux [they/them, xe/xem]@hexbear.net
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      Regarding part 3: I got into it in the comment section on a dumb FB post yesterday and this was literally the person’s rebuttal: Tyler’s gilrfriend(see: roommate) was trans. I asked him politely if he understood that “trans shooter by proxy” isn’t a thing. Then I politely explained that if we are going to play the statistics game, the shooter was a white cis, heterosexual, male, Christian conservative, which aligns more with the statistical commonality of shooters in this country.

      I fear for the safety of my trans siblings more than anything out of Kirk getting smoked.

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        The really fucked thing is that Kirk himself isn’t even relevant here. There was a high-profile crime and they want to attack trans people so they’re talking about trans this, trans that. Kirk had just mentioned trans shooters so they thought, bam, there’s our narrative, make the pieces fit, whatever you have to do.

        But it could have been any big, “scary” crime with any victim, as long as they saw a good narrative opening. If it hadn’t been this one, it would have been another.

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    I wouldn’t say they’re “trying to blame”. This is part of an escalating and very effective effort to dehumanize an already marginalized group. The end result will be very bad.