Oof. 😔
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@cfjc_today/116053859361305538
Oof.
Please keep the folks of Tumbler Ridge in your thoughts. Not only are they dealing with unimaginable grief and shock, but now that the shooter has been identified as 18-year-old female Jesse Van Rootsleaar, a trans person, the small northeast BC community is going to become a lightning-rod for every right-wing ideologue and grifter all the way up to the Orange One himself.
Which is the last thing this town needs as they process their grief and try to heal.
@crispius
Oh no.
Now watch stupid conservative "news" jump on their soap box and abuse this as anti-trans messaging- perhaps not directly here in Canada, but I'll bet Smith, PP etc soon start up with some as****e rhetoric.
(I don't even want to think about what will be said on US "news"!)edited: And here's proof of what I mentioned--these anti-trans folk are deplorable!
The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada | Xtra Magazine
Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence
Xtra Magazine (xtramagazine.com)
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@crispius
Oh no. Now watch stupid conservative "news" jump on their soap box and abuse this as anti-trans messaging- perhaps not directly here in Canada, but I'll bet Smith, PP etc soon start up with some as****e rhetoric.
(I don't even want to think about what will be said on US "news"!)edited: And here's proof of what I mentioned--these anti-trans folk are deplorable!
The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada | Xtra Magazine
Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence
Xtra Magazine (xtramagazine.com)
@SnowyCA
Yup. 100% predictable.The last thing the community needs is to become ground zero in the culture war.
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@crispius
Oh no. Now watch stupid conservative "news" jump on their soap box and abuse this as anti-trans messaging- perhaps not directly here in Canada, but I'll bet Smith, PP etc soon start up with some as****e rhetoric.
(I don't even want to think about what will be said on US "news"!)edited: And here's proof of what I mentioned--these anti-trans folk are deplorable!
The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada | Xtra Magazine
Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence
Xtra Magazine (xtramagazine.com)
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R relay@relay.mycrowd.ca shared this topic
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@crispius Oh, shit.
My thoughts exactly. At a time when the RW is already attacking trans people for simply existing. My heart hurts today.
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@cfjc_today/116053859361305538
Oof.
Please keep the folks of Tumbler Ridge in your thoughts. Not only are they dealing with unimaginable grief and shock, but now that the shooter has been identified as 18-year-old female Jesse Van Rootsleaar, a trans person, the small northeast BC community is going to become a lightning-rod for every right-wing ideologue and grifter all the way up to the Orange One himself.
Which is the last thing this town needs as they process their grief and try to heal.
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R relay@relay.infosec.exchange shared this topic
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@SnowyCA
Yup. 100% predictable.The last thing the community needs is to become ground zero in the culture war.
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I sure hope we won't ignore this tragedy instead change the system so everyone across his country is supportive, not neglected.
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@SnowyCA
Yup. 100% predictable.The last thing the community needs is to become ground zero in the culture war.
@crispius
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@KimberlyN @crispius
Very dangerous indeed!Tell Tara!
❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️ (@SnowyCA@vivaldi.net)
🇨🇦 👋 Remember this politician's name, as the first hateful and ignorant official who made idiotic and hurtful public comments about the young woman, Jesse Van Rootsleaar. Perhaps send Tara an email or phone call (contact info below) informing her of our displeasure of her jumping in to use the tragedy to promote her ideology and for political gain . Tell her this is Not how we treat our Canadian family members. What she should be saying is our country needs to be supportive of trans people. Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream MLA Tara Armstrong "Just hours following the shooting, Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream MLA Tara Armstrong—who left the provincial Conservative Party in 2024 and now sits as an independent—claimed in a sweeping post on X that the then-unnamed shooter was trans, connected transness to mental illness and suggested that gender-affirming care is connected to this “epidemic of violence.” #Canada #Canpoli #Cdnpoli #Trans #TumbleRidge https://dir.gov.bc.ca/gtds.cgi?for=people&searchString=Tara+Armstrong&objectId=208756
Vivaldi Social (social.vivaldi.net)
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I sure hope we won't ignore this tragedy instead change the system so everyone across his country is supportive, not neglected.
@SnowyCA The mental health system is in a shambles, but kids seem to be getting hit particularly hard.
I wonder if it's because western society really doesn't value kids. Gaza, Congo, Sudan, Epstein. I dunno. It might have to be a grassroots effort. Again.
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@StaceyCornelius @crispius
We do not have a mental healthcare system, we have a "oh you are in crisis? Here's a prescription that will numb your mind so badly you will be disabled, have to quit work, and will be shunned by everyone", system.edit: We simply value lower taxes more than our communities.
