When the #TorontoAttacks happened three days ago the tag was riffled with people making xeno- and islamophobic jokes and calling the man a terrorist (which he is, let's get that clear). Three days later, and no more jokes - turns out this man was of Canadian descent and in (1/5)
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(3/5) (which is problematic in an of itself) Next time you tell a feminist to just ignore things said online think of this attack + the École Polytechnique Massacre - two of deadliest massacres in Canada; think of the Norweigian attack that killed 40+ kids (a nazi); think of all
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(4/5) the mass shooters in America, 92% of which are men, who had a known history of abuse towards their spouses; think of Orlando which was homophobic and racist; of Sagamihara (ableist); the ever-rising number of violence & murder against transwomen I could go on and on for a
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(5/5) depressingly long time. This is not activists crying wolf; This is that "this is fine" comic. We r ignoring the problem&letting it propagate. Like fire, it'll continue to cause many more damages and take many more lives unless we all stand up and act up, to borrow a slogan
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