Today's mass shooting in the US

[potatolord]

Smith stand up!
*14 kids stand up as one*

"Not you, Jones 12- the question was directed at Jones 7. And stop yawning, Davies 4."

I think there were at least six boys called David in my class, too.

*this was my primary school

 

[bingham67]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1647559113545580544

Another day 5 dead 20 plus injured

 

[Meaker]

You may want to have a word with the majority of trans people as they disagree with you.

People are free to do whatever they wish (within the legal framework), what you can't do is demand, coerce, or intimidate others to follow suit.

Sex vs gender, we can argue about gender identity in children but the physical characteristics we are born with are often (but not always) clear.

Would you say Michael using Mike, getting email etc to match would be rightfully annoyed at a person who deliberately only uses Michael in all comms? It would be a bit of a dick move to do so especially if for other names like Nicholas to Nick, they use them.

 

[Chris Wilson]

Smith stand up!
*14 kids stand up as one*

There's a Katie Hopkins twist to that, but I won't go there....

 

[C Kent]

but the physical characteristics we are born with are often (but not always) clear.

Ahh yes, those babies born where the sex isn't clear at birth that amount to approx 0.07% of births per year, those ones? As an example, more babies are born with an extra digit each year.

Would you say Michael using Mike, getting email etc to match would be rightfully annoyed at a person who deliberately only uses Michael in all comms? It would be a bit of a dick move to do so especially if for other names like Nicholas to Nick, they use them.

There's a world of difference between Michael wanting to be known as Mike compared to Bob wanting to be called Barbara.

 

[Meaker]

Ahh yes, those babies born where the sex isn't clear at birth that amount to approx 0.07% of births per year, those ones? As an example, more babies are born with an extra digit each year.

There's a world of difference between Michael wanting to be known as Mike compared to Bob wanting to be called Barbara.

In the way it impacts your life? Not really.

 

[Twinz]

In the way it impacts your life? Not really.

Do you think males and females should have spaces / scenarios that exclude members of the opposite sex?

 

[C Kent]

In the way it impacts your life? Not really.

Yes it would actually.

 

[adidan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1647559113545580544

Another day 5 dead 20 plus injured

The US is, objectively, complete crazy town.

 

[Meaker]

Do you think males and females should have spaces / scenarios that exclude members of the opposite sex?

Well gender, let's take the proposed Scottish system as an example. You can legally change your gender but if found in contravention of that you can be imprisoned. We don't really see men pretending to be women, they do tend to just assault the people regardless.

I'd like to have a safe space after I was sexually assaulted within 6 months of coming out (by someone working for the police no less). Trans people are at ultra high risk of being assaulted after all.

 

[Twinz]

Well gender, let's take the proposed Scottish system as an example. You can legally change your gender but if found in contravention of that you can be imprisoned. We don't really see men pretending to be women, they do tend to just assault the people regardless.

I'd like to have a safe space after I was sexually assaulted within 6 months of coming out (by someone working for the police no less). Trans people are at ultra high risk of being assaulted after all.

You did not answer my question:

Do you think males and females should have spaces / scenarios that exclude members of the opposite sex?

 

[C Kent]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1647559113545580544

Another day 5 dead 20 plus injured

Still nothing about the shooter, I think you can chalk this up to the usuals given the media silence

 

[Dis86]

Still nothing about the shooter, I think you can chalk this up to the usuals given the media silence

I'm wondering if its because the police don't have a scooby.

 

[VincentHanna]

Still nothing about the shooter, I think you can chalk this up to the usuals given the media silence

Sorry, who are "the usuals"?

"Investigators believed an altercation led to the shooting at the Mahogany Masterpiece studio, WRBL reported"

 

[C Kent]

Sorry, who are "the usuals"?

Don't play dumb you know exactly who "the usuals" are.

 

[VincentHanna]

No I really don't. Since you said it I'm sure you can clarify.

 

[Chris Wilson]

Sorry, who are "the usuals"?

"Investigators believed an altercation led to the shooting at the Mahogany Masterpiece studio, WRBL reported"

The clue might be in the venue's name, but if that's too cryptic here's the dance club's website with some photos. I think C Kent is implying it is another black on black shooting.

Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio

Welcome to the official website for Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio!Please check back frequently for important dates and information about our organization. You can also use our Subscribe to Updates section to sign-up for emails from us.If you have any questions, you can contact us using the in...

www.mmdancestudio.com

 

[VincentHanna]

Well it's was a black kids 16th birthday party in a 'black neighborhood' so it's entirely likely.

According to this website though, mass shooters tend to fall in line with racial demographics:

Mass shootings by shooter’s race in the U.S. 2024 | Statista

Between 1982 and September 2024, 82 out of the 151 mass shootings in the United States were carried out by White shooters.

www.statista.com

Between 1982 and April 2023, 74 out of the 142 mass shootings in the United States were carried out by white shooters. By comparison, the perpetrator was African American in 25 mass shootings, and Latino in 11. When calculated as percentages, this amounts to 52 percent, 17 percent, and seven percent respectively.

Race of mass shooters reflects the U.S. population​

Broadly speaking, the racial distribution of mass shootings mirrors the racial distribution of the U.S. population as a whole. While a superficial comparison of the statistics seems to suggest African American shooters are over-represented and Latino shooters underrepresented, the fact that the shooter’s race is unclear in around nine percent of cases, along with the different time frames over which these statistics are calculated, means no such conclusions should be drawn. Conversely, looking at the mass shootings in the United States by gender clearly demonstrates that the majority of mass shootings are carried out by men.

 

[Efour]

Is trans a race yet?

 

[Chris Wilson]

Is trans a race yet?

Trans-Am is.