#Hate

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NewZealand #Entertainment #Sports #Rugby #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews

41 minutes ago

#WorldXV #coach says #IsraelFolau ‘can’t be #punished forever’ for #homophobic #comments

He can if he remains openly #homophobic. When he stops, we all can move on from his #hate and #religious #bigotry

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/29/israel-folau-steve-hansen-rugby-lgbtq/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Malaysia #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia https://www.thesundaily.my/local/lgbt-words-were-inscribed-on-seized-swatch-watches-claims-source-ID11036178

50 minutes ago

#LGBT #words were #inscribed on #seized #Swatch #watches, #claims #source

“We seized hundreds of watches and all of them had the '#LGBTQ’ written on the face of the watch.

#TransMen #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #CentralAmerica #ElSalvador #Transitioning #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia
https://www.yaktrinews.com/news/world-news/in-el-salvador-transgender-community-struggles-for-rights-and-survival/article_ae7b1943-1eca-5295-84e1-ae0b9a1645e7.html

1 hour ago

In #ElSalvador, #transgender #community fights for #rights

When he hands over his ID, #FabricioChicas knows the outcome the #employee looks at it with suspicion then questions why it #identifies #him as #female.

At a #bank, #hospital or #HR #office, the 49-year-old Salvadoran says: I'm a #trans #man unable to update my #id.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Hate #Bigotry #Homophobia #Transphobia

#Conservatives Reveal Why They’re So #Triggered By #Pride #merchandise.

After #threatening #boycotts of #companies and #violence against #retail #workers, #conservatives explain why they’re so #triggered by #products celebrating #PrideMonth.

https://www.theonion.com/conservatives-reveal-why-they-re-so-triggered-by-pride-1850476864

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #AntiSemitism #Racism

#White #Conservative #Parents Sit #Children Down For Tough #Conversation About Seeing A #Black #Characters In A #Movie.

https://www.theonion.com/conservatives-reveal-why-they-re-so-triggered-by-pride-1850476864

Miriam Dunn

@Susan_Larson_TN Do not be silent this pride month!
#pridemonth #Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Orlando #Pride #PrideMonth #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Utah #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2023/05/28/burning-bridges-building-them/

This #LGTBQ+ #activist in #Utah aims to #protect his #community by #BreakingBread with #GOP #lawmakers

Since joining #EqualityUtah as its #executivedirector nearly a decade ago, the #LGBTQ+ #rights #activist has made unlikely #allies as he has worked to #protect his #community.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Texas passes #sexualconduct #bill sparking fears by #Drag #Performers that the #AntiLGBTQ #law will be used to #crackdown on #DragShows

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article275878336.html

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

A #Texas #bill could #ban #trans #athletes from playing #college #sports

"#SB15 is yet another #invasive, #impractical #measure #mandated by the #Texas #legislature to '#fix' a #problem that — unlike trans people — does not exist"

https://www.businessinsider.com/texas-bill-could-ban-trans-athletes-from-playing-college-sports-2023-5

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Louisiana group #marches at #Capitol to support #LGBTQ #youth, #protest #antiLGBTQ #bills.

The #RealNameCampaign, a #NewOrleans-based #advocacy #group arranged the Saturday afternoon march.

https://www.brproud.com/news/louisiana-news/louisiana-group-marches-at-capitol-to-support-lgbtq-youth-protest-certain-bills/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #AntiSemitism #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#CreepoftheWeek: #Florida #Republicans who are making things worse for #trans and #Nonbinary people, especially #kids.

With a #gerrymandered #supermajority and #control of the #governorship, they're busy passing #antitrans #bills that #Fascist #RonDeSantis going to sign.

https://epgn.com/2023/05/28/creep-of-the-week-florida-republicans-2/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #AntiSemitism #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-steele-republicans-2024_n_6474741ce4b0a7554f3fe198

Ex-#RNC #Chair Hits #Republicans With A #Harsh #Truth About #2024. "Y’all too late. Y’all too late," said #michaelsteele

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Colorado #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #AntiSemitism #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

[Video] #LaurenBoebert Admits That #Attacking '#Hate' Is An #Attack On #republicans

In an interview last week, #President #JoeBiden said that this #country has to #crackdown and #fight #hate and #antisemitism, Boebert says that' really means going after #conservatives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YbSoAhGyZA

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ThePartyOfHate

The #SistersofPerpetualIndulgence do #great #work. #Homophobic #religious #bigots say they still cross a line.

#religiousbigots wrote that the satirizing sacred figures in their church crossed a line — although notably, one actual nun wrote a letter praising the Sisters.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2023-05-27/do-the-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-cross-a-line

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #TransKids #Education #Sports #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

After receiving #Hate and #bigotry from #Conservatives, #trans student athletes skip #state #track meet out of concern for their well-being.

In a #statement to The #LosAngelesTimes, The #CaliforniaInterscholasticFederation (CIF) #lamented the #students’ #concerns

https://www.newsnationnow.com/lgbtq/following-backlash-trans-athletes-are-no-shows-for-championship/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Alabama #Education #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Schools can’t solve #transgender #bigotry — but they don’t have to make it #worse.

This wave of #brazen #Rightwing #bigotry is new, but the #tools to #judge it are the same ones we’ve had for the better part of a century.

https://www.alreporter.com/2023/05/29/opinion-schools-cant-solve-transgender-bigotry-but-they-dont-have-to-make-it-worse/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Fascism #Disinformation #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Hategroup #MomsforLiberty #leader claims #Biden & #teachers are making #kids #queer.

She says supporting #LGBTQ+ #issues "#erode #ParentalRights

— You can't turn #Cisgender #Heterosexual #kids into #Gay or #Trans ones, or make #Gay or #Trans #kids become #Cisgender or #Heterosexual.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/moms-for-liberty-leader-says-biden-teachers-are-turning-kids-queer/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Fascism #DomesticTerrorism #DomesticTerrorists #Pride #PrideMonth #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Watchdogs #warn #Domestic Terrorist Group the #ProudBoys #planning big #PrideMonths protest, including the potential for #violence nationwide.

"What happened last year, was probably just a whiff of what we might see this year, after 12 months of organizing."

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/watchdogs-warn-proud-boys-planning-big-pride-months-protest-nationwide/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #GenderNonconforming #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ThePartyOfHate https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/transphobes-targeting-cis-people-251610

"Transphobes are targeting cisgender people now. That should be a #wakeupcall.

You cannot "eliminate transgenderism" from society—as the #Christofascist #right said they want to do—without restricting the #gender #presentation of all people in #society. Wake up to what's happening around us."

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #MemorialDay #MilitaryService #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

15 #history-making #LGBTQ+ #veterans who fought for #equality.

For many years, #LGBTQ+ #servicemembers couldn't #serve #openly. These #courageous individuals #served their #country anyway.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/15-history-making-lgbtq-veterans-who-fought-for-equality/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #MemorialDay #MilitaryService #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#MemorialDay #Lesson: #Hate Diminishes the #Memory of Our #fallen.

#BobCasey #fought so that we could have the #freedom to be ourselves — including the right to #marry who we #love, embrace our #genderidentity, and #teach our #children acceptance.

https://www.advocate.com/voices/hate-diminishes-memory-of-fallen

https://www.sanluisobispo.com/opinion/readers-opinion/article275747081.html #USPOL #nazism #hate #Law #WhiteSupremacy

greeen

1 day ago

Screenshot from news article. Headline: We don't have to tolerate terrorism to protect free speech I Opinion BY IAN WOOD MAY 28, 2023 6:00 AM
Photo of man holding up a banner on the freeway overpass. The banner reads, EMBRACE WHITE PRIDE

Steve Dustcircle ⍻

1 day ago

Sponsor of #Ohio #trans youth #healthcare #ban claims no #religious motive. Sermon suggests otherwise.
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/05/24/sponsor-of-ohio-trans-youth-health-care-ban-claims-no-religious-motive-sermon-suggests-otherwise/
#sundayschool #LGBTQ #bigotry #prejudice #religious #hate

Lorry

3 days ago

The comments on this thread show everything anyone needs to know about how anti #democracy #Twitter really is today.

https://twitter.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1661868747257176065?t=DiclT5x4hyffAvJLL5G31w&s=19

#Fascism #DeSantis #Law #Jan6 #Crime #RightWing #Hate

(Apologies in advance for the direct twitter link, I'll change it if someone posts the other one, I am on my phone and can't remember what it's called!)

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Misgendering #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

6 days ago

#MarjorieTaylorGreene's #villageidiot #boyfriend calls #BrittneyGriner, a #man. It is important to note that she is a #cisgender #woman."

"Cruelty is *always* the point with these people."

— But they can always tell right?

https://www.queerty.com/marjorie-taylor-greenes-new-boyfriend-calls-brittney-griner-a-man-20230523

6 days ago

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #UK #Tories #EHRC #NotFitForPurpose #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia #MoralPanic #HateSpeech #StochasticTerrorism #Hatecrimes

#UN #Expert #VictorMadrigalBorloz “#deeplyconcerned” over #issues facing #LGBT #people in the #UK

He made his comments after a ten day official visit.

https://bylines.scot/rights-and-freedoms/un-representative-deeply-concerned-over-issues-facing-lgbt-people-in-the-uk/

HeatherFenix

https://tube.xy-space.de/w/krahitW6hFYtNftVWchdsc

A short video about how we so casually tolerate abusive rhetoric

#RespectYoungAdults #hate #bigots #bigotry #respect #YoungAdults #teens #teenagers #AntiTeenBigotry #StopTheHate

HeatherFenix

https://youtu.be/HIZ7xdMrGlI

This video is long (I think 12 minutes) but it explains how things got so messed up.

#RespectYoungAdults #hate #bigots #bigotry #respect #YoungAdults #teens #teenagers #dehumanize #dehumanization #Agency #rights

🍄🌈🎮💻🚲🥓🎃💀🏴🛻🇺🇸

https://reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/13mcdmg/hood_river_oregon_man_freaks_out_because_of_pride/

This guy needs to get the fuck out of Hood River and take his #bigot ass to Idaho or wherever.

It's fun to see #homophobes running away though.

#oregon #hoodRiver #pride #lgbt #lgbtqia #homophobia #hate #facist #proudBoys #fascism

🍄🌈🎮💻🚲🥓🎃💀🏴🛻🇺🇸

This guy needs to get the fuck out of Hood River and take his #bigot ass to Idaho or wherever.

It's fun to see #homophobes running away.

https://reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/13mcdmg/hood_river_oregon_man_freaks_out_because_of_pride/

#oregon #hoodRiver #pride #lgbt #lgbtqia #homophobia #hate #facist #proudBoys #fascism

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #Wisconsin #Fascism #Nazis #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Transphobia #HateSpeech

#TERFs are spreading #antitrans #Hatespeech in #Madison. This #woman is stopping them.

Neo-#Nazi and #TERF #messages are being put up while #progressive #messages are being #vandalized

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/terfs-are-spreading-anti-trans-messages-in-madison-this-woman-is-stopping-them/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ThePartyOfHate

#CatholicLeague and Sen. #MarcoRubio launch #holywar against #Dodgers #PrideNight and The #SistersofPerpetualIndulgence

The #Sisters have #ministered to #AIDS #patients in the 1980s and #underserved #groups since then, and #Catholics are apparently angry about this.

https://www.outsports.com/2023/5/16/23726246/dodgers-pride-night-catholic-league-marco-rubio-sisters-perpetual-indulgence

John Scott-Railton ☕

#twitter #hate #antisemitism #extremism #racism #neonazi #fascism

UPDATE: when I tweeted this around 30% of the replies celebrated, defended, or deflected from Henry #Ford 's promotion of antisemitism.

Digging into the reply accounts & the likes I found.

- Explicit pro-nazi content
- White supremacist accounts
- Plenty of antisemitism

A little galaxy of hate & nazi amplification.

Kashif Shah

#ameriKKKa #KKKanada #racism

The Neo-KKK wants you to die.

#bothsides #edgehumans #hate #dignity

#humanrights

Photo of a New-KKK flag for the Patriot Front in front of upside-down American flags

Photo of a New-KKK, Patriot Front member wearing a patch telling you to die.

Closeup of neo-KKK, Patriot Front patch that tells you to “DIE”

#Women #Lesbians #LGBTQ #Texas #Entertainment #NightLife #Drag #DragQueens #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Lesbian #bar in #Texas denied #insurance for hosting #dragshows, #owner says

"I cried about this for about a week,” said #JulieMabry, the owner of #Houston's #PearlBar, one of only two #lesbian #bars in #Texas.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/texas-lesbian-bar-denied-insurance-hosting-drag-shows-owner-says-rcna83954

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #Kentucky #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

#Trans #Kentucky #teen #reacts to the state's new #antiLBGTQ #law: ‘I wish we could just be #kids

“I woke up that morning, and I could not make myself go to school," #RayLoux, 16, says.

https://www.today.com/health/news/trans-kentucky-teen-anti-lgbtq-law-mental-health-rcna77700

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #Kansas #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia

With the #antitrans #bill override, 112 #RepublicanParty #legislators in #Kansas have stoked #hatred.

The time for quiet #discourse and #snarky articles has passed. #Farright #extremists have made clear their #indifference to being labeled as #transphobic or #bigoted, disregarding the #HumanRights of those they deem #unworthy.

https://kansasreflector.com/2023/05/11/with-anti-trans-bill-override-112-kansas-legislators-unleashed-hatred/

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Kansas #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate.
https://womensagenda.com.au/politics/world/women-banned-from-public-toilets-under-extreme-anti-trans-law-in-kansas/

#Kansas has just made it #illegal to #wee at #women’s and #girls’ #public #toilets if you’re #perimenopausal or #menopausal, taking the #contraceptive #Pill, or you don’t #ovulate for any another #medical reason.

"This is where #antitrans #madness leads."

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Montana #Politics #Media #Police #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

4 weeks ago

#Trans #lawmaker #ZooeyZephyr and #girlfriend #ErinReed #targeted in ‘#swatting’ #attack: ‘We will not be #deterred!'

“I will never stop #advocating for my #community and will never be #silenced.”

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/04/zooey-zephyr-erin-reed-swat-attack/

Lorry

4 weeks ago

@dzwiedziu @orowith2os @thomasfuchs @jesseplusplus @jonty I dread to think what they are going to do with the #moderation.

Despite all the undeserved hero-worship of the ex #Twitter #TrustAndSafety folks, it can't be forgotten that they took the money and helped destroy democracies; spread #hate, and killed people during #Covid19 - They didn't turn #whistleblower until after they were fired.

I assume those same T&S / #Policy people will be going to #BlueSky to continue the same old shit.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Police #Allies #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Transphobia

4 weeks ago

#ErinReed the #partner of #Montana #trans #lawmaker #ZoeyZephyr Narrowly Avoids Danger in #Rightwing #Swatting #Attack at their Montgomery County home. The swatting attempt was confirmed by local #Police.

https://www.rawstory.com/zooey-zephyr-montana-2659943847/

Lorry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaUteR-_xJw

I can't remember who mentioned #Nazi #uniforms a few days ago but it seems they are dressing like a dollar store #Kraftwerk tribute lineup in their little red sweatshirts with badly scribbled runes on the front, black pants and knitted balaclavas.

#HugoBoss is weeping in his grave and many German electronic music bands are going to have to rethink their image.

#Politics #Nazis #Swastikas #Ohio #Trans #Hate #Drag #Envy #RachelMaddow #MSNBC #WashingtonState #Closet

Balaclavad Nazis in Ohio, looking like a dollar-store Kraftwerk tribute act. Their bald leader has a handgun on his right hip and is waving a large black swastika flag.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Africa #Uganda #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ExportingHate https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/02/uganda-parliament-passes-anti-lgbtq-bill

#Uganda’s #parliament #passes mostly unchanged #antiLGBTQ #bill.

The Bill retains #harshest #measures of #legislation adopted in #March, including #deathpenalty for certain #samesex #acts, and prison for "promoting" Homosexuality.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #MentalHealth #Suicide #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

In an annual #survey, #TheTrevorProject found that more than 40% of #LGBTQ #youth said they considered #suicide in the past #year, and that the #RepublicanParty's #antiLGBTQ #legislation was making it #worse

https://www.businessinsider.com/lgbtq-youth-suicide-survey-anti-trans-laws-policies-2023-5

William Lindsey :toad:

#LGBTQ #hate #Republicans

As he says, many of us are exhausted by this. I'd add to the list of what exhausts us the constant pounding of lies, many of them disseminated on social media — the incessant drip of toxic disinformation, the baleful stupidity of the disinformers.

It becomes well-nigh impossible to combat. Coupled with the self-chosen ignorance is such astonishing belligerence and unmerited entitlement — often quite specifically unmerited male entitlement.

All leading nowhere good./2

William Lindsey :toad:

https://hartmannreport.com/p/america-is-being-exhausted-by-the

Thom Hartmann shares today a phone conversation he's just had with a mother of a gay daughter who tells him that her daughter and friends are terrified at how the Republican Party is scapegoating queer youth.

He asks how we can deal with the ratcheted-up fear and hate-mongering. He points to what we all have to learn from the Native American and African American communities, who have loing weathered such storms.

#LGBTQ #hate #Republicans
/1

#Shooting #MassShooting #Guns #GunViolence #GregAbbott #Hate #Bigotry #Texas #USA

"The usual reaction by Abbott and other GOP officials to mass shootings is “thoughts and prayers,” but this time the governor did not even offer that gesture.

Instead, he disgustingly sought to dehumanize the victims with the label “illegal” — to devalue their lives and thus their deaths."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/01/texas-shooting-family-greg-abbott-illegal-immigrants/

Text from article:
The usual reaction by Abbott and other GOP officials to mass shootings is “thoughts and prayers,” but this time the governor did not even offer that gesture. Instead, he disgustingly sought to dehumanize the victims with the label “illegal” — to devalue their lives and thus their deaths.

Hondurans who come to the United States are fleeing murderous street gangs in a country with one of the highest homicide rates in the world. It is tragic that Friday’s victims might have been safer if they had stayed there.

"This kind of conflict happens every day in every community in every nation in the world. Such differences are usually resolved amicably. But sometimes, neighbors exchange words. In extreme cases, they might exchange blows. What they do not do, in countries that have reasonable laws about firearms, is fire guns.

Yet the United States has more guns than people"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/01/texas-shooting-family-greg-abbott-illegal-immigrants/

#Guns #GunViolence #GregAbbott #Hate #Bigotry #Texas #USA

Text from article:
Think about that. How many times have you been annoyed by noise coming from a neighbor’s house or apartment? Reverse the scenario: How many times might a neighbor have had reason to wish that you, for the love of God, would turn down the music or shut off the leaf blower?

This kind of conflict happens every day in every community in every nation in the world. Such differences are usually resolved amicably. But sometimes, neighbors exchange words. In extreme cases, they might exchange blows. What they do not do, in countries that have reasonable laws about firearms, is fire guns. Yet the United States has more guns than people, and demagogic politicians such as Abbott want us to have even more weapons — which can lead only to more needless killing.

"For the record, it is apparently not true that all of those senselessly slain in Cleveland, an exurb of Houston, had no legal right to be in this country. It is true, however, that one of the victims was a 9-year-old boy. It is also true, according to authorities, that two of the women who were killed sacrificed themselves by throwing their bodies over children to protect them."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/01/texas-shooting-family-greg-abbott-illegal-immigrants/

#Guns #GunViolence #GregAbbott #Hate #Bigotry #Texas #USA

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For the record, it is apparently not true that all of those senselessly slain in Cleveland, an exurb of Houston, had no legal right to be in this country. It is true, however, that one of the victims was a 9-year-old boy. It is also true, according to authorities, that two of the women who were killed sacrificed themselves by throwing their bodies over children to protect them.

And it is true that the gunman used an AR-style rifle — a weapon of war that once was banned in the United States and must be outlawed again.

According to survivors, the carnage began as a garden-variety neighborhood dispute. The suspect — Francisco Oropesa, 38, originally from Mexico — was firing a rifle in his backyard. This apparently was not unusual behavior. But on Friday night, the people in the house next door had members of their extended family staying over. Someone went to Oropesa’s house to ask him to knock off the gunfire because they were trying to get a fussy baby to fall asleep.

#Shooting #MassShooting #Guns #GunViolence #GregAbbott #Hate #Bigotry #Texas #USA

"Coldly dismissing the Latino victims of Friday’s horrific mass shooting in Texas as five “illegal immigrants” was a new low for Gov. Greg Abbott, a gun-loving Republican.

The previous low was when he said he was “embarrassed” that his state ranked only second in new firearms purchases and implored Texans to “pick up the pace.”"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/01/texas-shooting-family-greg-abbott-illegal-immigrants/

News headline and photo with caption.

Headline: Opinion A gun transforms another commonplace interaction into carnage

By Eugene Robinson
Columnist
May 1, 2023 at 5:27 p.m. EDT

Photo: A close up shot of Greg Abbott's face as he talks into a microphone. His eyes are shifted to the side and his lips are weirdly pink. It honestly looks like he's wearing lipstick.

Caption: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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