Summary
Two transgender women, Dahlia and Jess, were attacked at a Minneapolis rail station, with onlookers cheering their assailants instead of helping.
After confronting a man yelling transphobic slurs, the situation escalated into a violent assault involving four or five others, leaving both women unconscious.
Advocates attribute the rise in anti-trans violence to emboldened transphobia fueled by misinformation and political rhetoric, including Donald Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ policies.
The local trans community is responding with solidarity rallies, self-defense classes, and firearm training to prepare for a potential increase in attacks.
Police are investigating, but no arrests have been made.
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Yeah, that’s some real “spin”, right there.
It sounds like you’re just trying to be contrarian? Do you have any reason whatsoever to not believe the article? I understand doubting the article, but it seems you’ve just decided that it is exactly the opposite of the truth, which I don’t get.
The reason is that the ‘journalist’ uses intense emotional language to highlight only one side of the story, while completely glossing over the fact that their ‘victim’ literally knocked someone out with a weapon. Any rational person ought to at least raise an eyebrow while they consider what could have provoked bystanders to jump in, when presented with that fact.
It’s really obvious rage bait.
What emotional lanuage do you mean, “sucker punched” maybe? Thats a pretty damn neutral recounting, come tf on.
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Turns out that describing hate crimes objectively inherently uses “leading language” since it’s a societal problem that only bigots don’t mind.
And thinking that The Independent, a well-respected broadsheet, is a tabloid is quite indicative of exactly how much you know about anything you’re talking about 🙄
She was attacked and then defended herself.
You don’t believe trans women should be able to defend themselves? Or don’t believe in self defense more generally?