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Man shoots and kills store owner over her rainbow gay pride flag

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by WarDamnGator, Aug 20, 2023.

  1. Gatoragman

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    Whatever!
    Come down out of the ivory tower you live in and reread what you wrote and you might see how condescending it was. Or don’t and keep living in the chamber as usual.
     
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  2. BLING

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    I’ve noticed you haven’t actually refuted any point I made. For whatever reason are only interested in personal attacks, and I guess we’ve established you have issues with pride events, just like the shooter here.

    What are you even defending? Scumbag politicians using “pride” as a wedge issue? Like… what is your point?
     
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  3. BLING

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    Turns out the murderer of the 66 year old mother of 9, was a 27 year man with history posting hateful and violent anti LGBTQ rhetoric on Twitter and the extremist site Gab. I.e. a total stone cold loser.


    Suspect in Cedar Glen shooting over Pride flag made anti-LGBTQ+ posts on social media, officials say | abc7.com

    Not surprising. Another disaffected male corrupted by social media radicalization. The odd thing I saw was that “his family” supposedly reported him missing the day before. But I’m guessing that wasn’t his wife or kids, it’s sounding a bit like the frustrated incel profile.
     
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  4. l_boy

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    I agree with this, but people like DeSantis fuel the fire.
     
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  5. Orange_and_Bluke

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    This board is off the rails.
     
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  6. l_boy

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    People like DeSantis fuel the anti gay and anti trans rhetoric. Obviously he isn’t advocating killing anybody, but when you go after groups, there will always be a few that take the message overboard.

    When language like “groomer” is used, that’s pretty provocative.

    I don’t think any of the other Republican candidates, including Trump, are stoking the flames like DeSantis.
     
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  7. danmanne65

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    I think Trump encourages his followers to violence more than Desantis does.
     
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  8. PITBOSS

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    “On bureaucracy, you know, we’re going to have all these deep state people, you know, we’re going to start slitting throats on day one and be ready to go,” DeSantis stated



    DeSantis says he'd slash federal bureaucratic jobs on his first day as president: 'We are going to start slitting throats'
     
  9. l_boy

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    Don’t disagree. I’m speaking specifically and gay and trans who generally have not been on Trumps radar.
     
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  10. tilly

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    Stretch
     
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  11. citygator

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    Too many unbalanced people in this country have access to guns. Then they shoot people for virtually no reason. The vitriol of the right and their vocabulary they use to communicate that they are "fighting for the soul of America" and stopping "liberals from trying to destroy it" just pushes these bozos over the edge.
     
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  12. danmanne65

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    I am thinking about policing and gun usage. Most cops are good there are just a few bad apples. Most gun owners are good there are just a few bad apples.
     
  13. tripsright

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    C’mon Tilly, to write that their take is a “stretch”? That’s intellectually dishonest imo. There are plenty of examples of desantis using extremely intolerant rhetoric.
     
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  14. Trickster

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    That's damning. Where did you find it?. I'd like to verify its accuracy.
     
  15. staticgator

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    Who radicalized him?

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  16. Trickster

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    Fair point. Nonetheless, it's been my observation here and elsewhere that those on the far right present as aggrieved and angry. Unfortunately, their grievances and anger are stoked by people such as Trump, rather than by leaders stepping up to address the reasons for the grievances and anger in the first place.
     
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  18. Trickster

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    While I agree with your sentiments, I don't think its accurate to say the "right". I personally have no problem with principled conservatives, though they seem to be a dying breed. The problem in my mind is the " far right ", the MAGA crowd which is perpetually aggrieved and angry, and who see a conspiracy at every turn.
     
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  19. tilly

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    Yet people do evil. His rhetoric contributing to this crime is a stretch.

    The same people who claim video games don't create violence will claim a politician does?

    Evil people are evil. Evil people shot people long before DeSantis.

    Chances are much higher this guy is a Trump supporter that hates DeSantis if we are being honest.

    But anytime we blame words for someones violence with zero proof, it 8s a stretch.

    Mental illness is a terrible thing.
     
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