Thank you for that response I appreciate that! I’m glad you are in a better place now and I completely understand where you are coming from. I agree that fantasizing about murder is harmful and that the first option should never be to result to violence.

I also understand where the OP and many of the comments are coming from too. I think many, myself included, are very frightened about what direction the US and many other countries today are going towards. I don’t own a gun nor do I ever intend to, but I have friends who are trans that wants to own one. Not at all due to anger but just because they are realistic about the situation and knows the importance of self defense for them and their family.

I am a strong proponent of forming strong communities based on self defense similar to what the black panthers did. I interpret the way people are responding as a call towards that type of organizing not as some form of vigilante justice. Maybe that’s wrong idk but I think when people post stuff like this it comes from a general sense that people don’t take the threat that marginalized groups face seriously and this is a way of increasing awareness towards that. And yeah I’m sure for some it comes from a place of anger but if you are trans you might fear for your life just going outside. When other people don’t recognize that fear as legitimate or aren’t finding ways to make you safe, anger is a understandable reaction I think even if it isn’t the best response. I just think that we shouldn’t focus so much of our attention on that reaction and more towards preventing what is triggering it.