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Church of Jeff<p><a href="https://youtu.be/lppvtJzLADU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/lppvtJzLADU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>The Horrifying 2012 Aurora Cinema Massacre<br>The Casual Criminalist</p><p>I live in the area and this was so traumatic to the community that the theatre was demolished.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/massshootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massshootings</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Linda McMahon became ed secretary w/o discussing schools’ scariest issue: guns<br><a href="https://19thnews.org/2025/03/linda-mcmahon-ed-secretary-school-shootings" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">19thnews.org/2025/03/linda-mcm</span><span class="invisible">ahon-ed-secretary-school-shootings</span></a></p><p>Yeah - NOT trans kids/trans persons. 🤔</p><p>* unclear how WWE co-founder will approach gun violence<br>* no senator on either side of aisle asked her about mass shootings</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LindaMcMahon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LindaMcMahon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MassShootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassShootings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>About 1 in 15 adults in the United States has been on scene during a mass shooting, according to a new study. Read more from @Axios@flipboard.com<br /><a href="https://flip.it/5KVsMr" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/5KVsMr</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br /><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Guns</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MassShootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MassShootings</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Shootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Shootings</span></a></p>
wdhughes.bsky.social<p>I'm not cheering the actions of <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Luigi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Luigi</a>. Just like <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NRA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NRA</a> members aren't cheering for <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23massshootings" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#massshootings</a>. I just believe we should all have a <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Mangione" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mangione</a> option just in case powerful forces start oppressing us. Just like <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MAGA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> folks keep those <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23AR15" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AR15</a> close "just in case." <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ThoughtsAndPrayers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThoughtsAndPrayers</a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Sweden has been rocked by the worst mass shooting in the country's history. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/07/world/sweden-mourn-shooting/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/</span><span class="invisible">07/world/sweden-mourn-shooting/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sweden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/massshootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massshootings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>A shooting at an adult education center in a Swedish city on Tuesday has resulted in around 10 deaths, marking Sweden's deadliest gun attack. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/05/world/crime-legal/sweden-deadliest-attack-adult-school/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/</span><span class="invisible">05/world/crime-legal/sweden-deadliest-attack-adult-school/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sweden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/massmurder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massmurder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/massshootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massshootings</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The limited impact of gun control measures in the Western Balkans highlights just how hard it is to eradicate violence across a region littered with millions of firearms left over from regional conflicts. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/03/world/society/balkans-mass-shootings/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/</span><span class="invisible">03/world/society/balkans-mass-shootings/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/montenegro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>montenegro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bosnia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bosnia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/massshootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massshootings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a></p>
CoeusPrime<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@licked" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>licked</span></a></span> finally dug up a copy of the video that got me in trouble with YouTube. Criminal Organization my ass...<br><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/clarencethomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clarencethomas</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/massshootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massshootings</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/criminalorganizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminalorganizations</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ProPublica</span></a></span> In the case of the two recent <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MassShootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassShootings</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a> the “Internet subculture that glorifies mass shooters and encourages young people to commit attacks” was <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> :birdsite: 👉 <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Xitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xitter</span></a> 🚽, so twits still tweeting are 💩s.</p><p>Families of the victims should sue the owner of X. I hear he has a lot of money.</p>
Bytes Europe<p>Seven-year-old dies in stabbing attack at Croatia school | National <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/580958/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/580958/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/attacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>attacks</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimes</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Croatia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Croatia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Death</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Homicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homicide</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HumanRightsAbuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRightsAbuses</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/killings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>killings</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ManMadeDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ManMadeDisasters</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MassShootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassShootings</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/massacres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massacres</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Murder</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/murders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>murders</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/partners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>partners</span></a>/afp <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/rampages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rampages</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>'<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Chilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chilling</span></a>': <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Feds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feds</span></a> say <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/man" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>man</span></a> armed with '<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/arsenal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arsenal</span></a>' of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> plotted <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slaughter</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>people</span></a></p><p>“He <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/planned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planned</span></a> multiple <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Massshootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Massshootings</span></a> — destroying <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lives</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/devastating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>devastating</span></a> our <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> — all because of his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fanatical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fanatical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hatred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hatred</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> people,”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DomesticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Violence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePartyOfHate</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/michigan-shooting-2670493474/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rawstory.com/michigan-shooting</span><span class="invisible">-2670493474/</span></a></p>
DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic<p>This is not <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/RocketScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketScience</span></a>: More Guns = More Dead People 🤔</p><p>“Guns are the problem. Guns. Not mental health. Not gangs on campus. Not students arguing over social media posts. Guns. Without guns, the sickening news alerts that plague our smartphones would disappear.</p><p>As the media examined Monday’s school shooting in Wisconsin, we were told that “It’s complicated” and that there are “no simple answers.” That may be true up to a point, but the unifying factor in school shootings is guns”</p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/schoolshooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schoolshooting</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/massshootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massshootings</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a><br><a href="https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/standing-on-principle-even-when-it" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">roberthubbell.substack.com/p/s</span><span class="invisible">tanding-on-principle-even-when-it</span></a></p>
StanceOfMind<p>For those of a certain age, the December 2024 issue of AARP Magazine has a Special Report about the impact of mass shootings on the survivors.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MassShootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassShootings</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Survivors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Survivors</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Impact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Impact</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AARP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AARP</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a></p>
Global Museum<p>Sometimes a cartoon can sum up a tragedy more powerfully than words<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Massshootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Massshootings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cartoons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartoons</span></a></p>
🏳️‍🌈James Reinert🏳️‍🌈<p>Looking at you, <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/CEO" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CEO</a> 's of firearms manufacturers. <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/capitalism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/guns" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#guns</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/massshootings" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#massshootings</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/school" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#school</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/children" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/corporations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corporations</a></p>
Jcmacomber<p>This is just insanity and negligence that our politicians have done nothing about it. I would even say criminal.<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/massshootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massshootings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Old White Dude<p>The Federal Judiciary is declaring open season on school children. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/gunviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gunviolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/assaultweaponban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assaultweaponban</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/rightwing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rightwing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/massshootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massshootings</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/08/federal-judge-illinois-assault-weapons-ban" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2024/n</span><span class="invisible">ov/08/federal-judge-illinois-assault-weapons-ban</span></a></p>
Raccoon🏳️‍🌈<p>I know for a lot of people this sounds like we are just simping for some candidate as if we were paid, but they're really is a stark difference.</p><p>Kamala Harris has talked of unity and the importance of respecting all <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a>, regardless of <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>race</span></a>, religion, <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/queerness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queerness</span></a>, or political opinion. Trump has brought wild divisive statements to new heights, claiming that Haitian immigrants are eating pets, Jews would be to blame for his loss, and members of the press and his own party should be shot.</p><p>It is no surprise that <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/MassShootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassShootings</span></a> and other <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/HateCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HateCrimes</span></a> shot up during his first campaign and peaked during his presidency, along with <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CrimeRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrimeRates</span></a> in general.</p><p>Generally speaking, one can't even exist without seeing the ripple effects of this: people on the news, on the streets, at the kitchen table, repeating wildly divisive <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> that Trump and his movement have normalized.</p><p>We need to move away from the politics of <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a>, <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/scapegoating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scapegoating</span></a>, division. </p><p>We need to vote for Kamala Harris.</p>
Nuki Raccoon: The DEI Program of Furry Erotica<p>(8/?)</p><p>...and let's talk about the outcome of all this rhetorical difference. It is no coincidence that we saw an increasing wave of open bigotry and attacks on Civil rights over the past decade, that we saw an increase in violent <a href="https://yiff.life/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> - <em>especially <a href="https://yiff.life/tags/MassShootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassShootings</span></a></em> - after the mere existence of the first <a href="https://yiff.life/tags/black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>black</span></a> president drove these people haywire, or that <a href="https://yiff.life/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> and other destructive political strategies became so thoroughly normalized, all of which <em>SKYROCKETED</em> in 2015 and 2016, when a certain someone first ran for president on a platform of division and violent rhetoric.</p><p>Harris's opponents literally convinced a 13 year old boy in <a href="https://yiff.life/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> to spend a year planning to shoot up his school last month, simply because "<a href="https://yiff.life/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> people have too many rights".</p><p>There's a reason these mass-shooters aren't Democrats.</p><p>Harris's reach-across-the-aisle talk, as much as I see it frustrating the Left, is what we need to cool the political violence in this country.</p><p>(8/?)</p>
Inkican<p>Thank you <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@mafeesh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mafeesh</span></a></span> for giving us something to be grateful for.</p><p>#2024 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/massshootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massshootings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dystopia</span></a></p>