God Nov 25, 2022

“Rightwingers Attack Veteran Who Tackled Club Q Shooter, Just Because He Was At A Gay Club”

https://god.dailydot.com/rightwingers-club-q/

Rightwingers Attack Veteran Who Tackled Club Q Shooter, Just Because He Was At A Gay Club

"They’re straight up villainizing a combat vet for stopping a mass shooting"

God
Show threadEmmaDingleNov 25, 2022

@godpod and the shooter's father expressed relief that whilst his son was at the gay club he isn't gay, just a murderer.

Nothing makes even the slightest sense

Show threadLe Joon
@EmmaDingle @godpod But it does make sense, they are not good people.
Nov 25, 2022 at 5:23pmWeb
Show threadEmmaDingleNov 25, 2022
@joon @godpod but the reason they are like this is because they truly believe with every inch of their being that they are the "good ones" fighting against "evil". "Evil" being the rest of us.
Show threadTsumami Nov 25, 2022
@EmmaDingle @joon @godpod I honestly sometimes wonder. I think they genuinely know they are rotten bastards but just don’t care.
Show threadEmmaDingleNov 25, 2022
@tsumami @joon @godpod there's definitely some folk who simply enjoy chaos, others think joy is finite so if you're happy they think they're losing and therefore must do something to stop it. Humans are fricking bizarre
Show thread🍄 Sandy MacGowan 🍄Nov 26, 2022
@tsumami @EmmaDingle @joon @godpod it also gives them an unbelievable superiority rush; I know this because my brother is a far-right Mormon and he honestly treats the rest of us like idiots and trash. (He couldn’t even be bothered to call our mom for two months, until she eventually called him for Thanksgiving the other day. He and I used to be close, but when I refused to convert, BOOM!
Show threadEmmaDingleNov 26, 2022
@macgowans @tsumami @joon @godpod
I know of one British evangelical someone I used to work with. We get on very well in the work environment, but when we get to talking about beliefs or queer people it quickly diverges as they are so confident and unshaking in their beliefs of what is right and wrong (cos their bible says so) it's quite unnerving.
Show threadLonesomeDoveNov 26, 2022

@EmmaDingle @joon @godpod that’s what they want you to believe & some are very good actors. Don’t believe it. It’s all..ALL,, about power.

Betsy@deVos, for example, was Secretary of Educatkonwith zero experience..but very wealthy. BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars associated with public education. They want it.

Many other examples.

Show threadEmmaDingleNov 26, 2022
@usanchor @joon @godpod
I absolutely understand that some are very intentional and know what they're doing. I also understand that many people will follow what they think is right with very little critical thought. Both are equally dangerous to the rest of us.
Show threadLonesomeDoveJul 25, 2023

@EmmaDingle @joon @godpod yes Emma.. This isn’t the first time that people in power .. people in TRUSTED POSITIONS- take advantage of that relationship & authority for personal gain.

The most trusted? Religious leaders… of all sects & faiths.