Glorification Of Hate: Calling Out Anti-LGBTQ Venom After Colorado Shooting
Tucker Carlson ‘glorifies violence’ against gay community, former congresswoman says
The deadly shooting over the last weekend at an LGBTQ night spot in Colorado has led to commentators and other public figures turning over more rocks under which active hate against the LGBTQ community has been allowed to grow and take shape.
Particularly because it's that fomenting of hate from prominent figures on the political right that's being blamed for the rampage Saturday night at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., in which five people were killed and 17 others injured.
The alleged attacker is in custody and has been changed with multiple counts, including hate-crimes related charges.
A former top official at the FBI has already suggested that victims of the shooting should seek civil damages in court from such right-wing mouthpieces as Republican Rep Lauren Boebert of Colorado, and Fox News host Tucker Carlson, if a direct connection can be drawn from their venomous rhetoric and the deadly outcome in Colorado Springs.
And the broader discussion of the hate — and the role that such platforms as social media have in amplifying that vitriol — is continuing, as well.
“And I have to say, I have real questions about these platforms like Twitter that continue to amplify and allow this kind of hateful language that then plays into violence happening,” said Donna Edwards, a former Democratic congresswoman from Maryland. “I think, you know, it has to stop, and these platforms have to bear some responsibility for their role in contributing to it.”
Edwards' comments come as new questions and concerns are being raised about the proliferation of hate on Twitter since Elon Musk took over several weeks ago.
“And I don’t even have much to say about a Tucker Carlson or anybody else who lifts up violence and glorifies violence against a community and then says hands off when it comes to violence that actually does happen in that community,” Edwards added.
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