Baroquemantic
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Assuming you guys area already talking about the mass shooting at the anti-trump rally?
Goddammit. I hope they all pull through.
Assuming you guys area already talking about the mass shooting at the anti-trump rally?
Goddammit. I hope they all pull through.
The police chief is saying that the shootings seem unrelated to the protests, and are of a personal nature, guys. Read the article being linked.
The police chief is saying that the shootings seem unrelated to the protests, and are of a personal nature, guys. Read the article being linked.
Still horrible, though. Every damn day more heart-breaking stories.
Because trust the police, right?
What the fuck, America?
Erm... no, not really at all. But I don't see a reason to lie about this here. That said, it may very well come to light that it was connected, I'll grant you.
At least you are not Gay Mexican 😩As a Mexican, I feel genuinely fortunate that I've never been to the US and that won't change in the foreseeable future. What an insanely hateful country, holy crap.
There is absolutely motive for claiming that it's unrelated to the protest. Letting on otherwise would be a catalyst for civil unrest.
And the fucked up thing is how Republicans will frame it as race-baiting and protests as rioting.I see you Trump fans. I hear you loud and clear.
Some people thought the fighting and divisiveness was bad before???? These next 4 years are about to make the last 4 look like paradise.
Goddamnit. This is what emergent fascism looks like in modern America, isn't it?
That's a good point I had not considered in my less-than-optimal frame of mind (since yesterday.)
Shit.
I need to calm down. But this is not the kind of shit anyone should take lightly. Fuck me, I just... I just don't even know anymore, man. Where are we supposed to go from here? How do we fix this? I just can't see a path...
I'm a quiet person. I try to avoid ordinary social contact wherever possible, much less anything resembling an altercation.
But this shit? This shit makes me FURIOUS. This shit makes me want to lash the fuck out. I can't stand the thought of people getting away with this kind of abhorrent behavior. I am very seriously in danger of breaking my pacifist streak if something happens in front of me one day.
I need to calm down. But this is not the kind of shit anyone should take lightly. Fuck me, I just... I just don't even know anymore, man. Where are we supposed to go from here? How do we fix this? I just can't see a path...
At least there's this.
2nd Amendment
You feel your life is at risk, point and shoot.
Why couldn't I at least been born Half-American & Half-Canadian?
These kind of look like the pics I saw go around on Facebook when Obama won though
Because trust the police, right?
these forums are often nigh intolerable as it is. Thanks for making it worse.
These kind of look like the pics I saw go around on Facebook when Obama won though
Police have obvious motive to lie here.
Not to rub salt in the wound but I'm so fucking happy I was.
I texted my mom last night thanking her for being Canadian. I texted my dad thanking him for having married a Canadian woman. And I thanked them both for managing to have me before their marriage failed, which happened really quickly. Phew!
Not trying to make light of the matter. I'm still in shock, and I'm not even down there, nor will I be for the next 4 years+ at all likely. Lots of my family members and friends are, and many of them are minorities and/or LGQBT. I feel so so bad for them. I can only hope NYC is at least slightly more stable than the rest of the country, but who knows. There's already been shit at NYU of all places. Fuck. And a lot of my gay friends are in PA, Bucks County. It's close to Philly but it's got a large segment of trump supporters and anti-LGQBT sentiment. I'm just worried for them really. I want to bring everyone here.
4 years. We need to survive 4 years.
In 2 years are the midterms, which put us at a severe disadvantage. But if Dems can carve out a foothold in state legislatures in 2018 we can lay the groundwork for better things in 2020.
To give some context, Trump won with a few hundred thousand voters in PA and WI each. That's how tight this was. I hope that disaffected abstaining Dems and third party voters are happy with themselves.