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Behind the Aegis

(54,854 posts)
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 03:29 PM Jun 2022

Dad threatened to "show up & kill somebody" if drag queens performed in his kid's school

A Vermont resident could be facing jail time after threatening a local school if his daughter becomes near a transgender person or drag queen at her school. The man is Shane Gobeil and he threatened to “show up and kill somebody” when conversing with two students of the school in a New Hampshire store.

Gobeil’s comments come after numerous Republicans have made statements decrying drag queens being allowed near kids.

“The school’s changing,” Gobeil said. “Before you know it, there’s going to be a drag queen show and, you know what, I’m probably going to show up and kill somebody. A lot of bodies.”

“You understand?” he said. “If you guys ever do that to Canaan and my daughter’s in that school, be ready for God’s wrath.”

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Dad threatened to "show up & kill somebody" if drag queens performed in his kid's school (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Jun 2022 OP
The Reich-Wing are friggin insane. Full stop (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2022 #1
gee, i can put my goof gas gun back in its holster . goof gas, makes persons in a room stoopid in 20 AllaN01Bear Jun 2022 #2
Can they embarrass their children any more? Srkdqltr Jun 2022 #3
You know, there's nothing in the 10 commandments about drag queens. viva la Jun 2022 #4
This IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #12
I doubt he'll be charged. jimfields33 Jun 2022 #5
It looks like he's been charged. ShazzieB Jun 2022 #8
I vote for "longer" IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #13
Wow. I mean it was dumb to say. But the situation was hypocritical jimfields33 Jun 2022 #14
How so? ShazzieB Jun 2022 #17
I meant hypothetical jimfields33 Jun 2022 #18
Ah, now I see what you meant. ShazzieB Jun 2022 #20
Repugs have it down to an art-form how to stir up emotions KS Toronado Jun 2022 #6
Yes it has Rebl2 Jun 2022 #9
I like the way he justifies it as, "God's wrath". As if God was concerned about homosexuality. patphil Jun 2022 #7
Who put him in charge of God's wrath? badhair77 Jun 2022 #10
These people are nucking futs IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #11
Fuck you and your god vercetti2021 Jun 2022 #15
Afraid that one of the drag queens might recognize him and wave? keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #16
There's a pic of him (looks like a mugshot) on the site with the article. ShazzieB Jun 2022 #19
Came to me in a dream lambchopp59 Jun 2022 #21

AllaN01Bear

(23,042 posts)
2. gee, i can put my goof gas gun back in its holster . goof gas, makes persons in a room stoopid in 20
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 03:49 PM
Jun 2022

seconds . colourless . oderless . tasteles,

viva la

(3,775 posts)
4. You know, there's nothing in the 10 commandments about drag queens.
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 04:08 PM
Jun 2022

But there is a prohibition against MURDER.

Imagine being this guy's kid.

ShazzieB

(18,651 posts)
8. It looks like he's been charged.
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 04:36 PM
Jun 2022

From the article linked in the OP:

Gobeil has been released pending his trial, which is set for this August. He could spend up to one year in jail as well as a fine.

KS Toronado

(19,565 posts)
6. Repugs have it down to an art-form how to stir up emotions
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 04:15 PM
Jun 2022

in their brainless followers. Has lead to a lot of domestic terrorism.

 

IngridsLittleAngel

(1,962 posts)
11. These people are nucking futs
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 05:14 PM
Jun 2022

Dressing in drag: Evil. Wrong. Harmful to kids.
Killing someone: Perfectly A-OK. Healthy way to handle things. Not harmful to anyone - including kids.

These people have lost their fucking minds. And once again, we can thank Repuliqan "leaders" and reich-wing hate media for vilifying the hell out of LGBTQ's and drag queens.... for no good reason at all.

So this is... At least 4 threats or acts of harassment in the last seven days? More? I'm losing count thanks to how bad this is getting.

At some point, there are going to be bodies if this shit isn't stopped.

LOCK HIM UP!

vercetti2021

(10,401 posts)
15. Fuck you and your god
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 06:19 PM
Jun 2022

Jesus their God sounds like an asshole. Oh wait they don't have a God like they wish they did. It's all in their head. Funny that this dipshit can't tell the difference between a drag queen and transgender person. Dumb fuck.

ShazzieB

(18,651 posts)
19. There's a pic of him (looks like a mugshot) on the site with the article.
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 07:54 PM
Jun 2022

He looks SO scary, AND creepy. Like he's a creepy creeper who creeps AND a homicidal maniac rolled into one.

Mark my words: this dickbag is a ticking time bomb. He is fucking DANGEROUS, and there's very little the law can do about it until he does something a lot worse than spewing hateful threats. Right now, he's up for a year in jail, max, and I hope he does get that. But the reality is he'll be back out on the streets way too soon, just as dangerous if not more so.

I don't know what the answer is. Our laws are written on the basis of punishing people for actions they've actually done, not locking them up based on things they've said they want to do. There can be consequences for making threats, like the year in jail he could *possibly* get, but that doesn't address the very real danger to society that he and others like him pose (especially to those in the groups he's decided to direct his hate towards).

I don't like living in a society where people like him are allowed to walk around loose, but I'll be damned if I know what can be done about it, within the parameters of the U.S. Constitution.

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