- cross-posted to:
- FuckTheUSA@lemmy.ca
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- FuckTheUSA@lemmy.ca
An angry mob allegedly beat them. The police charged them. The municipality voted for one of the most severe anti-trans bathroom ordinances in the country.
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Didn’t see it mentioned, (and apologies if this isn’t allowed) there’s a GoFundMe link spreading around for assisting towards medical and legal fees.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-trans-couple-recover-from-hate-crime
Thanks for sharing this
It’s infuriating that the mob just went on with their day.
I do wonder what the right wing fanatics are going to say about gun control when someone shoots a would be lynch mob dead.
Guarantee in this case it would be some BS about trans people being unhinged or the most likely mass shooters.
Yep, nothing would make the Heritage foundation happier than a trans person defending themselves from mob violence with a firearm. Gives them an excuse to start provoking pogroms
There’s so much it’s hard to keep track but wasn’t there already a recent story about a trans person who was iirc knocked down, pulled their gun, and was then charged with brandishing or something similar?
I remember hearing about this too, so I had to look it up, and yup. Happened in Wyoming:
Something something antifa radical left
And that’s why I started carrying a gun.
I’m not trans, but I’m also not going to watch a crowd fucking beat a lady to death for peeing when I could do something about it. What are they gonna do, lock me up for defending a life? Try.
Yes they absolutely will. I’m not saying it wouldn’t be the right thing to do and worthwhile, but they are hoping for that as an excuse to more radically escalate state violence.
If the government can take away anyone’s rights, they can take away everyone’s rights.
This is the line in the sand and people on our side don’t get to decide if things will get violent. The fascists are going to get violent. The question is, are you getting on that first Trump Train to a concentration camp?
You’re goddamn right. It’s not “how would it happen” it’s “when is it going to happen”
Also have a gun and kill you.
Louisiana is a shithole state.
This is so horrible. We should be evacuating LGBT people out of red states into blue states.
Religious demographics of Louisiana, 74% Christian, 4% other religions, 21% unaffiliated, according to Pew Research. Wanna take bets that mob had a high percentage of Christians? Would beating a couple of transgenders in the park be new testament treatment, or old testament? I’m thinking the latter…
Being anything other than married cousins in Louisiana gets you a daily beating.
Come to Seattle. I will personally help anyone interested to find a place.
This seems like the textbook definition of a hate crime and one of the perpetrators is the government.
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