#anna rants

here’s what i’m observing surrounding the topic of gun violence and charlie kirk. for reference, i live in a red state, in a red city. i am a christian but i am very far left. i support gun control, i support trans rights, i support a woman’s right to choose. the church i go to doesn’t position itself in politics, it separates politics from the bible, so about 98% of the time, sermons and bible studies are free of any political rhetoric. the group i go to is kind of a catch all, so people not attending a study, go to this group. this is all vital information as we broach this subject.

two weeks ago after the shooting at the catholic school in minneapolis, i went to my wednesday night bible study. i had known that there was a school shooting but i didn’t know all the details, i had no idea that there were casualties, i did not know that the shooter was a transgender woman who had previously attended that school. the conversation that was had surrounding that tragic event was disgusting. an older man was referring to the assailant as a “transgender whacko” who was addled in the brain from hormone therapy and took it out on the “fine men and women” that educated them as a student.

today, there was a shooting in colorado, injuring three more children. also, charlie kirk is unfortunately shot and killed. which one do people (republicans) care more about? charlie kirk. they are actively turning him into a martyr, someone who died for his just republican beliefs, and will likely use him as a pawn to further the far right agenda charlie kirk campaigned for. the conversations at church tonight surrounded what a shame it was that he was shot, and how saddened they were, and they hope the person who shot them is arrested and sentenced. not one word was said about the colorado shooting.

this is a real time example of republicans and the right cherry picking instances of gun violence to be upset about. this is them twisting the rhetoric of these instances to serve their own political interests. the minneapolis shooting is a republicans excuse for taking away trans rights and healthcare, the charlie kirk shooting to villainize the left. meanwhile, the only rhetoric that we should get from this situation is that today, senseless acts of violence injured people, took someone’s life, and was entirely preventable.

the reason that people aren’t displaying empathy toward this situation is because charlie kirk was a man who said that it was worth it to have gun deaths in order to protect the second amendment. while i don’t agree with him politically and i don’t think that he should’ve died in such a violent manner, im not going to sit here and cry over his death. children were shot in their school today because of republican gun policies. children died 2 weeks ago in their school because of republican gun policies.

i don’t believe that a man who said that deaths are necessary deserve empathy. i do feel for his children who will grow up to see videos of their father being killed. i feel for the crowd that was there and the trauma they’ve endured. but i feel most strongly for the victims in colorado and minneapolis whose stories are now being ignored in the name of political martyrdom.

He's just so cool and sexy and I envy this man's gender!

Not to mention he has a hot wife, is a cat father, and he serves cunt?!

Take me now!

I remember a time where you watch a movie, say "Wow! That was a really good movie!", and that was that. Now, the more common sentiment seems to be "Wow! What a good movie! Can't wait to see the sequel, and the TV spin-offs, and the movies that take place at the same time as this one!". Movies aren't allowed to be standalone anymore. Not everything has to be intimately connected.

This goes double for sequels/prequels. Not every good/popular movie needs a dozen movies to flesh out every single minute detail from the original movie. Movies are allowed to have open endings without leading into eighteen more movies to drag the story out for a decade or more.