Re: 5 people are killed, at least 18 injured in a shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2022 4:10 pm
So do you arrest the politicians? Fine them? Make their stances illegal?Aletheia wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 4:08 pmI'd like to distinguish between individuals and major political parties.BobCobbMagob wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 4:00 pmThen again the question, what do you do with that information?
Do you arrest people who say things that could in future be indicative of violence?
It's one thing for John Doe to post to his 15 twitter followed "I believe men who f**k other men are an abomination. Faggots should be burned... alive."
It is another thing when a Republican state-level politician makes an hour long speech to a crowded audience on how Transgender people are the #1 threat of molesting children and that, if they're elected, they'll pass laws banning any individual or organisation receiving state funding from so much as mentioning to under 18 year olds that discrimination against gay people is an issue - thereby almost entirely handicapping schools from addressing any systematic problems leading to violence against openly gay pupils under their protection (look up the statistics on bullying and suicide faced by non-supported queer teenagers).