Oh, Nex…
Bob was talking about Nex Benedict and what Uncle Joe posted about them and I feel I needed to post something about their passing. The thing is, if you don’t know who Nex Benedict is, or what happened to them, I cannot really blame you. The media has been subpar when reporting about their death …
So what did YOU know about Nex before Bob's post or this post right here? Were you up to date? Or have your radar barely registered their killing?
Just asking...
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Say their name. Remind people that this is happening, and even if you don't understand trans, non-binary, gender fluidity, if you say nothing and do nothing, it means you are condoning driving people to suicide.
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Always.
DeleteAnd silence still = death. That's true.
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This whole area is just a horrible political football these days.
ReplyDeleteIt's the last bastion of bigotry: Trans people.
DeleteAnd some Queer people are doing NOTHING. That's what irks me most.
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HuntleyBiGuy:
ReplyDeleteNex’s death was a tragedy made worse by the incomplete reporting by authorities and the lack of coverage by the media. And it’s not just their death, but as you said all of the horrific crime against the trans and non-binary community.
We must continue to work to bring this to the fore.
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Oh, the media done fucked up.
DeleteThe media only does clickbait. No reporting.
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It's horrific. Both the death and the coverage. Too many people have "tuned out" over the past year. It's really time to wake everyone. If we don't the consequences will be catestrophic. Over the weekend, in a hate-filled speech, Thing 45 told everyone exactly what he will do. And promised "a bloodbath" if he loses. We must make sure that loss happens. Yes, it's going to throw us into a very bloody civil war, but the alternative would be living in Russia - or worse.
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Absolutely.
DeleteIt makes me stabby that so many outlets (including reputable ones) just run away with tidbits of information and then don't even do a retraction.
Cheeto gave the bigots the permission to be as ugly as they can.
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Fox didn't cover it because they didn't think it was as commercially viable as crazy Trump talk, and there were no immigrants involved.
ReplyDeleteOh, Fox only works in the MAGAverse.
DeleteIt's all clickbait and grievance.
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Yes...I am aware of this and have been following it. I get very angered and heated over the whole thing. Outrageous!!!! And bullying is hitting a new high. Enough with the discrimination against everybody in general!!!! WE ARE ALL HUMAN. I have no qualms about the death gently....I go right for the throat. Those girls should be bullied and treated like they did to Nex...yill they can't take more.Crimes should be punishable by what the culruit did. You steal...your hand is cut off...you rape...your raped...you murder...your murdered. sorry my Cersai side from GOT escapes me at times.
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU!
DeleteIt's just unnerving that so many people does not seem to understand that if it happens to one oppressed minority, it'll happen to all minorities.
And those girls must be brought to justice, I agree. They were adult enough to cause somebody's death, so they should be judged accordingly.
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I would gladly castrate some dickhead like Christian pastor Mark Driscoll!
ReplyDeleteSame, Xersex.
DeleteSame.
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the problem is that there are not few like him.
DeleteIt is a problem.
DeleteI say, Tax the churches!!
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I am in Oz, but I knew via T Thorn Coyle, a pagan who is very much on the front lines of social justice. I am grieving for Nex and for all the trans and nonbinary people who should be safe and aren't. When are we going to start jailing people for standing at the pulpit and inciting others to violence? They are culpable. Tina in west oz
ReplyDeleteOMG I'm glad people all over are aware of this tragedy.
DeleteTrans and nonbinary people are the last recourse of the bigots. They need to be protected. And of course the bigots in the pulpit are guilty or murder...
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