

Huge props for putting this together. There is no consensus on eradicating trans people from society, and to assume that position is to out yourself as one of the 87% of Republicans who do agree with criminalized gender expression. Fucking insane we have to have this conversation “as leftists” when the overwhelming majority of the democratic BASE is opposed to passing laws openly discrinating against LGBTQ+ people.
It’s agitation, from outsiders. We need to stop letting this shit slide.
Sorry for getting heated, I initially read it as nitpicking but scaled back my reply when I read it a few more times to fully understand what you were saying.
When I wrote the original comment I was just rattling off the most well known events and I honestly didn’t remember the Vegas shooter having not disclosed a motive or left clues.
At first it seemed like an attempt to derail the conversation but I went and doubled checked all the reporting to make sure I didn’t have it confused. You were right, and I got defensive. I didn’t want the heart of the message to get lost in the combing through of each individual culprits motive.
Either way, the dude was a piece of shit, and there’s 400 more open neonazis committing violence to pull from the database if we really want to make sure all our t’s are crossed and I’s dotted.
Thanks for the reply, and for understanding where I was coming from. I did not mean to come off condescending.