2d ago

Do the implications here worry anyone else?

Before I begin, I should clarify 1) I firmly stand against the transphobia that has seen a rise since yesterday 2) I don't condone violence like what happened either, and 3) I don't fully know how the papacy structure currently works

When the Bolsheviks killed the Romanovs, the pope at the time instantly canonized the Romanovs and that was the biggest PR blow to the Bolsheviks. Today there's a pope who people show pride in as being from America, specifically Chicago. And he even speaks English. Anything he or even a top cardinal says on the Minneapolis matter is going to have weight when it comes to trans individuals. I guess my question is, if I am to say I fear that the shooter awakened a sleeping giant, how do we, you know, put the giant back to sleep without it misstepping anywhere? This isn't just a worrywort talking, I've seen shit happen and know how things can go downhill fast. There must be some emergency "halt papal discussion of the topic" button somewhere.

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context please?
- Had you heard of the American mass shooting yesterday?
  
  i have heared abt it, but do need more context. what does the pope have to do with it? (other than that it happend in a cathoöic school?) has there been a transphobic reaction from the holy see? and why?
  ... you see i didn't follow the news closely. i dont live in the usa, so maybe i am not the intended reader. but you seem to write for people who have read the same articles and stuff as you did.
  i'd love to have more context. :)
  
  Aren't there many hundreds per year? As in more than one per day? I'm probably conflating mass shootings with school shootings. Even still, it's probably best practice to share an article in case this forum is where an individual gets this kind of news.
  
  no
  
  nope, but from this post, i have to assume that a trans person shot a bunch of popes in chicago, and fox news and cheeto hitler are trying to whip folks into a frenzy over it. how'd i do?
The shooting was almost definitely a false flag operation. I saw the video of the journal being shown. The entire thing is in the cerrylic alphabet (so people watching russian TV can read it) . But it's 100% set up to justify sending you to a "wellness camp" so either run to a different country or hide out Anne Frank style. I don't think I'm being needlessly alarmist either.
- Based on the track record of the people currently in power, I wouldn't put it past them to use that as a justification in hindsight, but how do we know it was what the shooter meant to bring about at the time of her actions?
  
  You don't, but I promise you that a random American kid with no ties to Russia didn't write an entire journal in cerrylic (including a lot of russian phrases) and then slowly thumb through it on camera while not showing their face or saying anything. It was a video made for russian TV to enforce anti LGBTQ laws in Russia and demonise the west as a bunch of mentally ill psychopaths. As for the girl in question it wouldn't surprise me if she were executed off site and placed at the scene.

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