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Related: About this forumDad 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.
Gobeils comments come after numerous Republicans have made statements decrying drag queens being allowed near kids.
The schools changing, Gobeil said. Before you know it, theres going to be a drag queen show and, you know what, Im 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 daughters in that school, be ready for Gods wrath.
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Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)AllaN01Bear
(23,042 posts)seconds . colourless . oderless . tasteles,
Srkdqltr
(7,659 posts)viva la
(3,775 posts)But there is a prohibition against MURDER.
Imagine being this guy's kid.
IngridsLittleAngel
(1,962 posts)Not that these Christofascists know their own 10 commandments, of course.
jimfields33
(18,850 posts)He was making a general statement about an imaginary incident that never occurred.
ShazzieB
(18,651 posts)From the article linked in the OP:
IngridsLittleAngel
(1,962 posts)One year is nowhere near long enough.
jimfields33
(18,850 posts)ShazzieB
(18,651 posts)I don't follow you; care to elaborate?
jimfields33
(18,850 posts)I understand the confusion
ShazzieB
(18,651 posts)KS Toronado
(19,565 posts)in their brainless followers. Has lead to a lot of domestic terrorism.
Rebl2
(14,681 posts)patphil
(6,941 posts)badhair77
(4,610 posts)Sounds like an angry, punitive Christian.
IngridsLittleAngel
(1,962 posts)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)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.
keithbvadu2
(40,100 posts)ShazzieB
(18,651 posts)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.
lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)Link to tweet
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