cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/31943458

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For the past few years any time there’s a public shooting, political or not, fascists immediately begin pushing a narrative that the shooter had some connection to the trans community, anarchist or communist politics, to migrant or Black communities. These are always tenuous claims but now with multiple racist lynchings following Kirk’s death, it’s time to recognize the danger of these kinds of mythmakings. They are calls to violence.

  • skyler@lemmy.worldEnglish
    29·
    14 days ago

    There’s this one in Mississippi but as stated in the article:

    a preliminary report released earlier this week by the Bolivar County Coroner’s Office “indicates no evidence of foul play.”

    Though I and others are skeptical of that initial report.

    I haven’t heard of any other lynchings.

    • chaogomu@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      14 days ago

      There was a white guy who found hanging a few days ago… Also in Mississippi but something like 100 miles away. I think it might have been before Kirk was shot…

      Anyway, the conspiracy minded already lumped the two together without learning the details of either. As is now the custom.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      61·
      14 days ago

      And the coroner confirmed no evidence of assault, so it’s not just the police or school leadership. That makes it more credible to me, but I guess we’ll see.