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A postal worker in Harlem attacked a trans woman. She fought back and fatally stabbed him in self-defense. This is how the NY Post framed it. (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by destructdisc@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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Note that I'm not necessarily opposed to her facing consequences for killing him -- my issue is with how gleefully NYPost is framing it as if she just attacked him out of the blue and shoehorning her into the "evil transgenders" stereotype

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[–] Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The fact that people are jumping to defend a guy hitting a woman for spitting in his face, because it's "escalating" and disrespectful, but ignoring that it was a response to escalating and disrespectful behavior, is ridiculous. You don't blame the guy who got knifed for yelling slurs first? You don't blame the guy for striking her after getting spit in the face? Why is she supposed to quietly and meekly accept this behavior when he can make her feel unsafe?

Lemmy just hates women tbh

[–] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago

I keep thinking... nobody (that I know of) was mad when that one guy called the other the n word, and threatened to beat his ass, so he bashed his face in with a twisted tea. A woman gets slurred at and spits in a guy's face, and it's okay to hit her? Three times? She's not allowed to defend herself?

It's hypocritical. Either hate speech is violence or it's not.

(In case it's not clear, I may not have violence in me, but I fully believe twisted tea guy did the right thing.)