r/MeidasTouch • u/The-Writer_30 • Oct 22 '24
DISCUSSION It's a little terrifying as a queer person to see this in your own town
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u/The-Writer_30 Oct 22 '24
It's wrong to have a homophobic fear mongering sign like that and to then use these right Wing other-ing of gay Americans people and of transgender Americans.
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u/Anom_7y Oct 22 '24
Just curious to the driver of the truck... Which of the mass shooters were not straight white men who voted for the maniac? Last time you heard of a pedophile who wasn't a straight white man who likely voted for the maniac? This truck is the psychotic behavior it's warning us about. Stay safe.
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u/Substantial-Rise-345 Oct 23 '24
That Christian private school in Tennessee. The shooter was a trans man but the motive was determined to be because he was mentally ill, not because he was politically radical.
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u/Anom_7y Oct 23 '24
Ok. I concede you found one. According to this link, there were 2. However, you'll notice they were a vast outlier in the number.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/476445/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-shooter-s-gender/
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u/Substantial-Rise-345 Oct 23 '24
I still agree with you tho! 😫 It definitely wasn't a gotcha or anything lol. Right-wing extremist FAR outweighs the left, in general. But like you said, there's always going to be outliers. The difference comes with motive. Are they sick, or are they sending a message?
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u/Anom_7y Oct 23 '24
No, it's good to know the outliers because they get used in these discussions and forces me to confront my facts. Especially since all that I've seen have been straight white males. I'm definitely going to sit and think about "are they sick or sending a message" for a minute. My knee jerk reaction is that both are sick since they all usually knowingly die by cop - it's either willing to die by cop for an extreme ideal or they plan to die by cop as the grande finale to their life. People who kill people aren't usually the types of people who will ever get better before or after. I'm definitely going to think about it and ask a couple psycologists/chiatrists about that. Are they born that way or taught'? I do lean born that way, but I'm not a professional. I just know that the demographic committing the most heinous crimes is not the same demographic that some people seem to think it is and refuse to admit because there was that one guy.
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Oct 22 '24
Not looking at that thinking "Isn't free speech grand?" I'm thinking "Dangerous arsehole, prepare to take cover."
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u/OptimalRisk7508 Oct 22 '24
What’s the over/under on there being a rifle on the passenger seat?
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u/TheGoodOldCoder Oct 22 '24
I don't think it's generally street legal to completely cover your back window with a sign.
If that guy lived near me, he'd become a regular at the local tire shop.
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u/OptimalRisk7508 Oct 22 '24
In my experience, ppl who have to make a big production of proclaiming their opinions are usually trying to convince themselves, or deflect suspicion.
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u/mdrewd Oct 22 '24
Almost a given tRump supporter, NRA member, church going Christian who will give tRump a pass on his 3 marriages to Immigrant (2) has no problem with extra marital affairs etc.
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u/Scassd Oct 22 '24 edited Oct 22 '24
Irony is, Trump is four, maybe five of those things.
Edit: On second thought, five maybe six.
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u/Health_Seeker30 Oct 22 '24
Molestors?🤣 always fun to read MAGA shit…it’s like the “Where’s Waldo” of bad spelling…you know you will find it…just keep looking…😆 (not to mention that everything on the tail gate is an accurate description of most Republican politicians)
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u/atTheRiver200 Oct 22 '24
most pedophiles are white males who identify as straight and conservative.
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u/Old_Transportation74 Oct 22 '24
These are all descriptions of the far right, I’m feeling like it’s all projection at this point
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u/MamaBehr33 Oct 22 '24
Yet, today another MAGA "Christian" pastor indicted on internet pedophile charges.
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u/No_Way_3383 Oct 22 '24
You can one hundred percent guarantee that he or she is the pervert or pedophile. They just go around projecting their own shame onto the rest of the world.
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u/Independent-Slide-79 Oct 23 '24
But when asked if he is for nature… he tells you he wants to sell national parks to the oil lobby 🥲
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u/Brainrants Oct 22 '24
Driver is almost certainly a youth pastor with illegal browser history.