74
Crowd cheered as two transgender women were attacked in Minneapolis, advocates say
(www.independent.co.uk)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2024
74 points (100.0% liked)
Minneapolis - St. Paul Metro
564 readers
136 users here now
About
A community for leftists and progressives within the Minneapolis - St. Paul Metro Area, including all suburbs and exurbs.
Community banner courtesy of @maven@lemmy.zip ❤️
Guidelines
-
Be nice
-
Comment substantively
-
Probably some other stuff
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
More victim blaming. You're disgusting.
Besides that, not everyone's gonna live just like you. Though you say we may not know for sure what happened, you assume that they straight-up started a fight with five guys because they did anything at all, which is wrong because it's not what you would do. For all you claim to know the "confrontation" was them just saying "Hey, don't call us that!" but you openly insist that they brought that brutality on themselves.
What a great way to make a better world, just sit down and shut up unless someone's calling out a problem, at which point they're the problem.
Aren’t you victim blaming as well, at least by your definition? They could have defended themselves if only they had a gun is putting the blame on them. I don’t really think either of you are victim blaming but at least be consistent.
The assailants are to blame, period. But that does not mean that the victims could not have avoided this. Acknowledging that is not the same as saying it was their fault and they are to blame. It is acknowledging their agency as people being assaulted (first verbally, then physically) and acknowledging that their options go beyond doing nothing, being assaulted, and buying and carrying a lethal weapon with them everywhere, much less shooting in a public building.
I didn't say anything about a gun. I don't think anyone here said what you're accusing me of saying.
I don't really have anything new to say to your gross-ass insistence that people focus on how the victims are ~~to blame~~ "able to avoid such situations." Their attackers could've avoided that situation. Are you sure the victims could have, just by wearing less revealing clothing- wait, wrong situation. By simply walking away? No one's ever been hurt trying to get away in your world?
This argument really doesn't feel worth my time. Either you respect someone's right to exist or you don't.
Nobody's really saying they couldn't have walked away in the beginning. We're saying that there's nothing wrong with addressing verbal abuse, and you should carry a weapon in case you find yourself outnumbered, on the ground, being beaten.
Ffs fill in the gun blank with a weapon you're comfortable with. Pepper spray, taser, trebuchet, whatever. The point is don't get caught off-guard by an assault because you asked someone to stop harassing you. They have their friends as backup, I have mine. It's just my friend's made of steel.
I’m just going by what the article says. If we find something different happened, I’d be willing to change my stance.