Quote (Goomshill @ Dec 17 2024 09:54am)
Like the other thread about the definition of terrorism, its a good time to remind yall that words are just tools to convey mutually intelligible meaning and don't serve a purpose beyond that
If I want to specify that this is the first non-transgender/queer/alphabet/whatever female school shooter, I could say "cis" or "cisgender" and you'd get it. "straight" wasn't really be accurate since that's muddled with trannies and I'd still count the first female school shooter if she was a lesbian anyway. "Non-transgender" would mostly cover it, but there's too much queer rainbow spectrum shit. This is the first regular plain jane
That is fair, however the usage of the language of the enemy must be tempered, lest we cede more ground to them. Linguistics do matter alot
Quote (thesnipa @ Dec 17 2024 09:54am)
Id agree this is likely the first female school shooter, i certainly dont recall any before her. equality!
still curious to read the post mortem with full details, how she entered the school and yet "only" killed 1 other student and a teacher. if it werent for the fact that several others were injured it reads more like a revenge for something where she targeted those 2. thats of course very unlikely given the internet track record and manifesto she left though.
Audrey Hale (a girl, woman) murdered kids & teachers at a Christian school just a year and a half ago. Memory holed already?
This post was edited by El1te on Dec 17 2024 12:15pm