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« on: March 28, 2023, 05:28:33 PM » |
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Well, this thread is going as placidly as I had expected...
But really, this is such a depressing nightmarish clusterf*** worst case scenario of a situation that I'm not surprised. I feel terrible for everyone even tenuously involved from the victims to their families to how this will probably help take trans rights back even further from an already bad position. Audrey Hale certainly wasn't considering the ramifications of their malicious depravity since they seemed to know this would end in their death, but the consequences left in their wake makes their actions as selfish and short-sided as their were barbaric, especially when it comes to the all too likely potential for Republican Governors and legislatures to act upon further anti-trans legislation in a retributive fashion over this. All while leaving the gun issue (you know, the common denominator no matter a perpetrator's ideology or motives) by the wayside.
This is probably the worst I've felt about American society since the Dobbs decision...I hope I am pleasantly surprised and Hale is taken as an individual acting on their own accord though. It's hard to expect that these days though, sadly.
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