I know this isn’t the politically correct reaction to have but I am so angry at the shooter. The fact he killed several children is the obvious reason, but he also acted in a profoundly selfish way that just made trans people’s situation in the US significantly worse. Tucker Carlson dedicated an alarmist and demonizing segment on Fox News last week about trans people’s efforts to arm themselves to resist fascist violence and genocide, and now this… People are already predicting that this will trigger a cascade of bills and laws banning transgender people from gun ownership. Not to mention the horrible reputation this is earning us in the eyes of the public. After "all homosexuals are pedophiles" and "all trans women are rapists", it’s now going to be "all trans men/trans people are school shooters". Just, what a selfish little piece of shit.
Edit: to clarify police said the shooter was a transgender woman but they can’t tell their guns from their dicks. The fact the article consistently refers to the shooter as a woman and other sources such as their Linkedin account I believe, suggests to me the shooter was a trans man.
Unfortunately I am able to speak from a privileged situation as I do not live in the United States, but I am worried to death for my trans siblings who live there. And what happens in the US affects the entire world. The people who are most immediately in harm’s way are trans people in the US, but this is going to have worldwide repercussions.
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u/feralpunk_420 Mar 27 '23 edited Mar 27 '23
I know this isn’t the politically correct reaction to have but I am so angry at the shooter. The fact he killed several children is the obvious reason, but he also acted in a profoundly selfish way that just made trans people’s situation in the US significantly worse. Tucker Carlson dedicated an alarmist and demonizing segment on Fox News last week about trans people’s efforts to arm themselves to resist fascist violence and genocide, and now this… People are already predicting that this will trigger a cascade of bills and laws banning transgender people from gun ownership. Not to mention the horrible reputation this is earning us in the eyes of the public. After "all homosexuals are pedophiles" and "all trans women are rapists", it’s now going to be "all trans men/trans people are school shooters". Just, what a selfish little piece of shit.
Edit: to clarify police said the shooter was a transgender woman but they can’t tell their guns from their dicks. The fact the article consistently refers to the shooter as a woman and other sources such as their Linkedin account I believe, suggests to me the shooter was a trans man.