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[-] grue@lemmy.world 62 points 1 month 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 34 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 19 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month 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 27 points 1 month 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 9 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

Because it works and wastes our time.

[-] rayyy@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month 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.”"

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

It's always white chuds

[-] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 13 points 1 month ago

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

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Triton420@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago
[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 1 month 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 1 month 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@discuss.online 1 points 1 month ago

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

My point is that you shouldn't deamonize all revolutionaries

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[-] jsomae@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The right wing continues to show they are incapable of rational thoughts 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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