Posted on 11/23/2022 9:03:37 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The weekend mass shooting at the Colorado Springs gay bar has reignited the debate over whether anti-LGBTQ political rhetoric encourages such attacks or otherwise helps create a hostile environment given the widespread access to high-powered weapons used in similar assaults.
"This comes amidst a rise of violent rhetoric and threats against the LGBTQ+ people across the country. What we don't know yet -- while we don't know yet for certain the motive of this attack, hate has no place in this country, and neither do military style assault rifles, which is why we will continue to push for an assault weapons ban," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a press briefing Tuesday.
The attack, about midnight on Nov. 19, came on the eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance, which honors the memory of the lives of transgender people who have been victims of discriminatory violence. Authorities say the suspect, using a long gun and handgun, opened fire in Club Q, a self-described "safe haven" for LGBTQ residents of Colorado Springs.
Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., chair of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, released a statement on Sunday condemning the "twin epidemics of hate and gun violence."
"LGBTQ+ clubs are often a place of refuge and affirmation for our community, yet once again what should have been a safe space became the target of a violent and deadly attack," he said. "We know the toxic combination of hate and access to guns in this country leads to deadly results."
The tragedy occurred in the backyard of one of Congress' staunchest gun rights advocates -- Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert -- who tweeted prayers for the victims of the mass shooting, much to the ire of Democrats who said her past remarks about the LGBTQ+ community helped lead to the attack.
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no real man would even walk into a germ-infected shit hole like that, even to shoot it up.
guaranteed this was a queer shooting other queers.
yep, I expect so to.
someone took his nasty hairy butthole and he got upset about it.
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Funny, Trump was responsible for shootings and drive-bys while he was President.
The President is no longer responsible for crimes and shootings in the Country?
How odd.
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Colorado Springs shooting comes amid rise in pushing LGBTQ political rhetoric down everyone's throat until they choke
Ban ‘you, know, that thing’ That’ll do it.
Can’t have lover’s quarrels messing up the team players.
I say it comes amid a rise in anti heterosexual straight rhetoric
So, did Rep. David Cicilline, (D-R.I., chair of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus,) have any comments regarding the attacks against Christian pro life centers?
Bullshit so thick and creamy you can spread it with a paper knife.
“But that’s not what drove the psycho to shoot those people. I suspect it was a lover’s quarrel or a personal revenge act of some sort.”
I’m going with Pronoun Problem.
LGBTO brings this on themselves by promoting the sexual and mental modification of children for their own benefit.
Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., chair of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus
Anyway on the subject of LGBTQ+ clubs. Do all of the different letters frequent them? Do Ls hang out G clubs? How about the Ts? Where do the Qs and +s go?
I wouldn’t assume he was homosexual. For all we know, he might identify himself as a “serial-shooter-sexual.”
Gay shooting gays because of gay oppression!
I am given to understand that a lot of lesbians really hate “trans-women”.
Waiting for a tox screen....
Sarah Belding : Be careful. You're a man who makes people afraid, and that's dangerous.
The Stranger : It's what people know about themselves inside that makes 'em afraid.
Those who wish to destroy us "from within" are just getting started.
social destruction+financial destruction=global tyranny.
...those who answer to a LOWER power are pulling all the levers.
Harry Callahan: "Nothing wrong with shooting...as long as the right people get shot!" .
Does that mean vilifying white people causes violence against white people?
Fags and dykes are some of the most vicious and violent people on Earth.
You ask any lib who watches MSM why there are such problems in our nation and they’ll state the “facts” just as they’ve heard them over and over.
Far be it from the agenda driven media to let any of the facts that contradict their stories be included.
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