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[-] grue@lemmy.world 60 points 3 weeks ago

Right-wing media claimed the shooter was trans.

At what point do we admit that this is no longer "free speech" but instead incitement to violence?

[-] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 31 points 3 weeks ago

Of course they did. They do that every single time there’s a mass shooting now, which is daily.

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 28 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

another trans shooter

Pretty sure there's been a grand total of like... a single trans shooter? As opposed to almost every other which has been... cis white male, who probably watches the programs that claim he was a trans shooter

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago

Pretty sure they tried to do this with the Texas concert shooter too

[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

This has been a common tactic for the right going back as far as there have been mass shootings. They will always claim the shooter is part of some out-group, while simultaneously cheering for mass murder. Then they will bring out """"crime statistics"""" about how black and Latino people are the real mass shooters, so a white shooter doesn't count because reasons.

[-] RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago

Reich wingers can't read. Its disgusting how they just make shit up and every reich winger just believes them and joins the hate parade.

You just can't talk to these people. They live in a different reality and nothing you say or do will make them change their mind.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 7 points 3 weeks ago

It's not even a question of reading comprehension, they push out misinformation anytime a big news story happens.

[-] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Because it works and wastes our time.

[-] rayyy@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago

So, nothing new on the right wing scene - up is down, right is wrong - "Gray had threatened a mass shooting, posting an image of a family holding signs showing support for their trans daughter, and writing, “I need to put an end to that. … im on the edge of a lgbtq massacre.”"

[-] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 15 points 3 weeks ago

They didn't "misinterpret" any fucking thing. They are shit people who want to tear down the US for money.

[-] delirious_owl 1 points 3 weeks ago

What's wrong with wanting to tear down the US?

[-] Triton420@mander.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago
[-] delirious_owl 1 points 3 weeks ago

Right, and replacing the US government with one that serves the people would help all of us, you included

[-] Cube6392@beehaw.org 8 points 3 weeks ago

Do you... Actually think that's what the right wing wants to tear down the US to do? Because it isn't. Not even a little. They want to plunge the world into fire

[-] delirious_owl 1 points 3 weeks ago

No, it's what I want to tear down the US to do.

My point is that you shouldn't deamonize all revolutionaries

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

It's always white chuds

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's the guns, don't get distracted by this noise.

[-] jsomae@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

How many transgender mass-shooters have there even been? Zero? One?

I assume they just spew this fake news in order to make people hear "trans shooter" over and over again until they think it's a pattern.

[-] Xenny@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The right wing continues to show they are incapable of rational thought and just eat up everything handed to them and react on base instinct and impulsivity alone.

This is how you define an animal. And as a peaceful society we usually deem animals that become dangerous to society as a threat that must be removed by one means or another.

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