The Colorado Springs Shooting Was Always Going To Happen

[Nevilledog]

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/colorado-springs-shooting-gay-bar-politicizing

Another weekend passed in America with yet another mass shooting, this time at a gay bar in Colorado Springs.

In an attack that lasted barely more than a minute, five people were killed and at least 18 others injured when a gunman stormed Club Q, a bar that had functioned as a rainbow safe haven for the conservative town’s small LGBTQ community.

Were it not for the heroism of patrons who confronted the shooter and subdued him with one of his own weapons, many more might be among the dead. That inconceivable act of bravery is worth unending celebration.

But for LGBTQ people across the country, the most devastating part of this slaughter was its sense of inevitability. All year long, it has felt like we have been inching toward some form of fated tragedy, like a car crash in slow motion. Now the horror has manifested.

For some time now, a resurgent right-wing strategy of portraying queer people as an invasive species of predators — who “groom” children in classrooms, “mutilate” the bodies of transgender children, or otherwise corrupt young minds — has burrowed into mainstream political discourse with horrifying efficiency. “Don’t Say Gay,” the edict goes, or else it will spread like a virus.

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[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

Hate engenders violence.

And all the "Don't Say Gay" laws and rhetoric that goes along with it is nothing but hate.

[brer cat]

5. Hate of the "other" whatever form that "other" takes.

So much for our diversity. This is so sad.

[Solly Mack]

6. Yes.

[LastDemocratInSC]

2. Stochastic terrorism definition from Dictionary.com

The public demonization of a person or group resulting in the incitement of a violent act, which is statistically probable but whose specifics cannot be predicted.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/stochastic-terrorism

[Initech]

3. We can thank @libsoftiktok and Tucker Carlson for parroting the "groomer" lie.

And also thank the NRA for 2A absolutionist laws that allowed the terrorist to purchase any kind of firepower while avoiding red flag laws. Add that to the douchebag Proud Boys crashing drag shows and you have a perfect storm waiting to happen.

[RockRaven]

4. Time to start talking about how cons/Repukes/gunhumpers "groom" murderers

If they're so obsessed with grooming, then let's talk about the grooming which is actually happening and actually dangerous.

[tenderfoot]

7. West Hollywood cancelled their annual Halloween Festival citing fear of violence as ...

one of the reasons.