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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[–] 28 points 2 months ago (13 children)

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.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    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?

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  • [+] -20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

    So now we have the original problem (in which no one was killed) and two or more people pointing guns at each other as well. Does that decrease or increase the chances of someone getting killed?

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Spoken like someone with privilege.

    People behave when there's a gun.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    Or someone else their gun out and just starts shooting because a gun was pointed at them. You can literally find road rage videos of that happening.

    People aren't as uniform in behavior or as smart as you're giving them credit for.

    But suddenly the rightwing don't carrry guns and are full of self-control? All because a guy in the comments section knows he'd be a bad ass?

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  • [+] -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Billy bob doesn't like that you pointed a gun at his brother/cousin/sister/family/him. Slinks to the back of the crowd draws, bam bam bam.

    It takes seconds... But now people think it's the solution to the original situation where no one died?

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