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Canada warns LGBT travellers of US risks (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 70 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Red states are dangerous for any nonwhite male. Women? Traveling to a red state and get raped? Whelp better hope you don't find out that you are pregnant while still in the state. LGBTQ+? Whelp, better hope no one knows your sexual identity or you could be denied life saving medication or could be jailed for simply using the wrong bathroom. Black? Whelp, people are literally hunting you while you try to pick up snacks at the local dollar general.

[-] smollittlefrog@lemdro.id 17 points 1 year ago

Black? Whelp, people are literally hunting you while you try to pick up snacks

No need to overexaggerate to such an extreme that your comment loses any value it might've had.

[-] NarrativeNavigator@lemmy.basedcount.com 8 points 1 year ago

If you are looking for truth, there is no need to exaggerate.

I don't think the commenter is looking for truth though.

[-] InputZero@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Except, the truth is that this has happened twice in two years and those are only the mass shootings in which African Americans were explicitly targeted.

Florida Dollar General - 2023

https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-alleged-racially-motivated-killing-jacksonville-dollar-general/story?id=102599495

Buffalo, New York Tops Supermarket - 2022 https://buffalonews.com/news/local/complete-coverage-10-killed-3-wounded-in-mass-shooting-at-buffalo-supermarket/collection_e8c7df32-d402-11ec-9ebc-e39ca6890844.html

Dunno what world you live in, but if those events didn't happen it sounds a lot nicer than reality.