Source // Two heroes from the Colorado Springs nightclub shooting were a military veteran and a trans woman (misidentified as a drag queen in the article) who stepped on the gumman with her heels.
No cops. A vet and a trans woman.
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the texas shooting boils my blood because there were cops outside the school who were supposed to be protecting the students inside, and the shooter was inside the school for FORTY MINUTES while parents were at the school begging to be let in to try to save their children and. they. did. nothing.
The cops just let this person murder 18 (???) schoolchildren like ????
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For those that don’t know, tonight (October 25th) there has been a series of mass shootings with multiple suspects involved in Lewiston, Maine, USA.
There are 18 confirmed deaths so far and 60+ injured with 2 locations involved. The shooter(s) have not been caught, multiple counties are on active lockdown with shelter-in-place orders.
The primary suspect is a white man from a military background in firearms, Lewiston has one of the largest concentration of refugees in the state, and anytime the Lewiston/Auburn area gets any news coverage, there is an increase in hate violence against all of the people of color in the area.
People and news outlets are absolutely going to try to spin this to place blame on the immigrant and refugee communities in the area. It is so vital that people combat this racist misinformation.
Maine is a small, rural state without the resources or infrastructure for anything like this. Hospitals are overwhelmed, even with backups being called in from New Hampshire and Massachusetts. I'll post updates and fundraisers for the community as they come up. I'm so worried for my community.
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if you hear a phrase like “gun violence is now the leading cause of death for american children” and can just go about your day and not feel an ounce of rage or shame, something is incredibly wrong with you
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I know it's been kind of a shitty couple of weeks, especially given the heartache of what's been going on with Palestine but...
My hometown got hit by a mass shooter tonight;
I don't know if this will get much in the way of traction but I do intend on starting a donation pool and offering commissions in exchange for money for the families affected once more details have been brought forth. Updates on this will be added into a reblog of this post.
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ICYMI today while the media concentrated on Trump’s arrest, in Tennessee:
Protesters gathered at the TN State Capitol to protest gun violence and legislators’ inaction, a week after a mass shooting occurred in Nashville. The government is overwhelming run by Republicans.
3 Democratic legislators - Reps Justin Jones, Gloria Johnson, and Justin Pearson - joined protestors in the State House demanding gun reform.
For “dishonoring the House” by speaking out of turn, Republicans put forth a vote tomorrow to expel them from the House.
The media and protestors were escorted out as Rep. Lafferty (R) assaulted Rep. Jones (D).
Meanwhile, Rep. Lamberth (R) confronted protestors with tone deaf rhetoric asking "If there is a firearm out there that you’re comfortable being shot with, please show me which one it is.”
A reminder that our government is run by evil conservatives who try each day to steal more power as they do nothing to address injustices.
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There was a shooting in Kansas City at the Super Bowl parade. I live very close to the city and know people who went to the parade. The messed up thing is that I'm not even surprised, I just thought "well, it was bound to be our turn eventually." Words can't express how disgusted I am at the state of this country.
It doesn't help seeing people who don't live here make jokes about it or brush past it. I understand we're all traumatized by living in this shithole country with nonstop gun violence but that doesn't mean it's okay to not take these matters seriously.
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Adam Lanza: Animal Rights and Veganism
Created only as a resource for those interested in Adam's morality, not as glorification or positive reinforcement of his mind's workings.
Statements as spoken by Adam on his YouTube channel 'CulturalPhilistine' (2011-2012), regarding his views on Animal Rights and Veganism.
"The McDonalds corporation exploits animals. I’ve been a vegan since I was thirteen but it’s kind of … completely r*tarded to think that you’re actually accomplishing anything by not . . . being a vegan doesn’t mean that you do not harm animals, by living, by choosing life you are … it’s, life is innately harmful, life is innately coercive to everyone else..."
------(Pointless) CulturalPhilistine: The Movie {28 September 2011}
"I used to think it was a contradiction for people to say, um, that it was a contradiction for people to say that b*stiality somehow violated an animal’s rights and yet those same people, the same meateaters, would advocate factory-farming. And they didn’t think that violated animals” rights, when how could you possibly say that having sex with an animal violates its rights but killing the animals not? It didn’t make any sense to me."
------Rambling vlogrant of a ruminative vagrant {8 September 2011}
"'Two: It seems you’re always on some sort of diet?' By definition, yes."
------(Pointless) CulturalPhilistine: The Movie {28 September 2011}
Statements as written by Adam on the online forum 'Shocked Beyond Belief' under pseudonym 'Smiggles' (2009-2012), regarding his views on Animal Rights and Veganism.
------ {30 December 2009} (Vegan Cookie Recipe)
------ {26 February 2012}
------ {20 May 2011}
------ {16 August 2011} Context: A post was made accusing China of reportedly selling pills made from humans.
Statements taken from personal document "Me" on his private computer.
"I think I want her to be at least vegetarian."
------ Adam describing his ideal partner
"I need new:
Non-leather chair
Non-leather shoes
Non-leather Swatch-band
Non-lanolin supplement
Non-lanolin sanitary wipes"
------ 'To-Do' list
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Mass Shootings
I wonder why nobody has suggested that gun sales be restricted from White Males between the ages of _ and _, as a means to prevent further mass shootings.
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