Ok so some of you know that I have 2 non-deplorable MAGA friends (I know, I know...is there such a thing as non-deplorable MAGA?!). Well I hardly post on here but always read what's on here every single day.
So we 3 have had a few political discussions in the past when we'd gone out for lunch or dinner and made a decision one day to never talk politics again
Well one of them invited us both over to her house for lunch today. She made a lovely lunch for us. At one point, though, she had to say "I don't want to talk politics but what happened yesterday was despicable for this country!" I said "You two can talk about this when you're alone together." That discussion then ended
Then later the other one brought up the Nashville shooting and they both said these meds made the trans person want to shoot people. I said "Then what about the other 100 mass shootings this country has had. Those weren't trans people!" I was so close to saying "They probably were MAGA people even though MAGA still was not a thing when some of these shootings happened." But I didn't say anything more
Then the hostess said "They're saying all the other previous shooters were trans too!'" I said "No, they weren't!!" We then ended that discussion
But why wasn't I quick thinking enough to say "If all those other shooters before were trans, why did that never come up before?? Why is it only with this trans shooting, that they are saying on Fox News and other RW media (or whatever these people read and watch) that all the previous shooters were also trans??! Don't you think FN would have brought that up before if they had all been trans??" Unfortunately I am never quick thinking enough!
But, anyway, this is where their thinking is. Just wanted to share!