#colarado

there's been another attack on the queer community, shocker. 5 people are dead, and a bunch more injured. there was a mass shooting yesterday at a Colorado gay bar/nightclub.

and what do we see online?

I dunno about y'all, but everything I see is about party politics. "the liberals are gonna say trump caused it" "the Republicans need to own up for this" etc.

people. are. dead.

I don't care what side you're on. I don't care who you voted for.

people. are. dead.

why are we making it about politics? yes, I know, politicians have a tendency to rile crazy people up and these things do happen as a result sometimes.

but, may I remind you: PEOPLE. ARE. DEAD.

can we take one moment to just think about that? without comparing it to other shootings or whining about how it makes our political party look or how the "woke media" is showing it or how Republicans are reacting etc?

these are 5 people, with their own lives, with families, maybe with kids, who have been murdered on their day off just trying to enjoy some time at a nightclub. 18 more have been injured. plenty have been traumatized, and their local community torn apart.

this is not about politics.

yes, it's great if it's a turning point. but if we make it about politics from the get-go, when they haven't even said what the shooter's motive is, we completely ignore the lives that have been lost and the very real impact it has. we encourage the conspiracies that these shootings are staged and erase the victims because by making it political it puts it up for debate. it blinds us to the fact that PEOPLE. ARE. DEAD. because we're too busy worrying about who we voted for.

please, stop making everything about party lines. no, I don't expect this post to do anything. I just need to get it off my chest. people have been massacred and almost all I see of discussion is an argument about political affiliation and that's just not right. politicizing everything dehumanizes all of us. I'm not saying politics had no part in this, I have no way of knowing until the police release more information on the shooter, but for fucks sake can we care about the victims themselves just for a moment?

I'm gonna reblog this when I have time with the victims obituaries once they're out/once I find them.