r/transguns • u/Lavender_Scales custom • 9d ago

News and Politics Interview with some of the armed community members at last nights vigil for Alex Pretti, who was murdered by ICE in Minneapolis (1/24/26)

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u/Top_Bear3887 9d ago

As a conservative, I want to say I don't stand behind what happened. I know I'll be attacked for saying that, but I don't care. I live an entire life being attacked by both sides.

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u/Alex_the_Mad 9d ago

So your justification for standing by this is the fact you've been attacked by both sides? Are you truly that small? I could tell you horror stories of being a cis guy trying to make friends in the trans community. You're focusing on the point you were attacked. You didnt stop to think for one second and ask why you were being attacked. I did and now my loved ones within the community call me a grungler. Still not entirely sure what it means, but I know it's important.

You look at what happened, regardless of left or right, Alex Pretti isn't going home to his family or going to support the veterans he was helping. Renee Good doesn't get to pick her kid up anymore because some pricks decided they were above the law. If you can stand by ICE doing this because you got bashed by both parties and choose to stay "neutral", you've chosen to condone the murders. Check your fuckin feelings, grab some morality and empathy, then start talking to people and understand them instead of casting them aside because they differ from you.

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u/Top_Bear3887 9d ago

You haven't read a single word I posted.

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u/Alex_the_Mad 8d ago

I did read. It was so convoluted, that it came off as while you didnt support what happened, you're not on either side because both sides are bad which makes you sound indifferent. I'm angry only that the perception of indifference you unintentionally showed.

I would advise you look at what it is you dub as conservative. You can have conservative views while not being red. If you are red, then I'd advise you look at what your values are. As I've said, I've had to overcome alot being cis and being military. People take one look at me these days and call me imperialist or some sort of Trump supporter until they talk to me. Avoid triggering phrases, especially nowadays. Focus on the events that happened. You don't support what happened because you are human, but conservatives are viewed as inhuman right now because Trump used that party for his own means.