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Oh shit now the "hey transpeople are evil cause one just shot some kids" morons are creeping in on my timeline... its almost like being a member of one of the most abused, ridiculed, attacked, and tortured groups in existance (trans people) might lead to a very very small portion of them snapping and becoming violent... the level of stupdity of these people to think it infers trans people are just bad people, instead of recognizing it might be a symptom of extreme abuse, is mind boggling.
@Amikke Yup... people will do anything in terms of mental gymnastics to justify their own trbe and likewise to blame any tribe they arent in
The 24 hour news cycle, with it's competitive rush-to-be-first incentives, will never connect harmlessly with masses who'll take anything and use it to reinforce whatever they already believe, declaring it as justification to double down on their beliefs.
That's not even going into social media's reward mechanisms: "We don't know" won't get 1000 RTs, "This is because of (outgroup)!" can get enough traction to go to war.
Combined, it's a golden age for fear-mongering and scapegoating.
@barcode this is true as well...
If there's a silver lining, I think parts of what made those two things are eroding leaving unconventional alternatives looking worth investing in.
If I'm a pessimist for today but an optimist for the future that's ultimately optimism.
@freemo it's not even that, it's the same people that are usually defending against the same accusations whenever a nut that aligns with their group is the shooter. It takes a special kind of stupid to go from "just because one right-wing r****d shot up a school doesn't mean all right-wing people are insane" directly to "some trans r****d shot up a school therefore all trans people are insane".
On the other hand, I'm sure a lot of those people don't actually think that unironically and are instead taking it out on the situation usually being the reverse, "journalists" crapping out articles that imply a shooter is a good representation of a group they belong to.