The full weight of the federal government is being used to lay the groundwork for a significant expansion of the Trump-led Republican police state/military dictatorship. That it’s centered around Charlie Kirk is just happenstance - they’d have taken whatever opportunity they got, and this happened to be one.
Most worrying is the way the federal government and right-wing media immediately started saying, entirely falsely, that the shooter was a transgender left-winger, and it’s not the first time they have spread these lies. The Republicans are using every opportunity to convince their supporters that trans people are dangerous and must be removed from society. It’s the groundwork for some very bad Nazi shit.
It’s become a go to frothing at every tragedy. It can only lead to bloodshed. Fortunately we’re expendable if you pretend we aren’t full human beings with rich inner lives.
The full weight of the federal government is being used to lay the groundwork for a significant expansion of the Trump-led Republican police state/military dictatorship. That it’s centered around Charlie Kirk is just happenstance - they’d have taken whatever opportunity they got, and this happened to be one.
Most worrying is the way the federal government and right-wing media immediately started saying, entirely falsely, that the shooter was a transgender left-winger, and it’s not the first time they have spread these lies. The Republicans are using every opportunity to convince their supporters that trans people are dangerous and must be removed from society. It’s the groundwork for some very bad Nazi shit.
The term you’re looking for is “blood libel.”
It’s become a go to frothing at every tragedy. It can only lead to bloodshed. Fortunately we’re expendable if you pretend we aren’t full human beings with rich inner lives.
Ironically justifying the actions if it turns out to be a trans person
The suspect seems to be a MAGA guy, and there’s no evidence he’s trans:
Charlie Kirk suspect is a gun-loving Trump supporter
Charlie Kirk Suspect’s Grandma Says Family Is All MAGA
I had assumed as much, since the right love terrorism.