One of my cousin's friends was beat up in a bar in California because he's gay. I know Huffington Post has shared the story (with pictures) so far.
How sad :( I haven't seen that yet, but I did just get back from cheer, sat down and this popped up on my Facebook page first...
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Not expressly, no. And not caused. But, in my opinion, his speech and actions on the campaign trail this past year is what condoned it.
Not sure of the specific ones in question but you're right, there is a lot of false information circulating out there.
Head nod. He doesn't have to say anything, hell he doesn't even have to do anything; he can sit back and watch his supporters do it all for him.
It actually reminds me of a time where I was apart of the Twilight Fan Fiction World. Weird obsession, but I was in it when that 50 Shades of Grey trilogy was just a poorly written Masters of the Universe fan fiction. Erika had a large following that grew, not because she was a great writer, but because it didn't take much to keep them entertained. She wrote a soap opera and those are addicting. After her success, she realized she could capitalize on it (fan fiction was her test). Before it published a young fan from Russia loved the story so much she began to translate it so her friends could also read it. This angered Erika and she lashed out at the poor girl and ordered her to remove it. Her 'fans' got a hold of this information and rail roaded this poor girl. I'm talking hundreds of people over a course of days threatening this girl, her friends, her family... At one point, some of them were even threatening to Nuke the entire country because of this one girl, this fan's, actions. Erika sat back and did nothing---the girl eventually deleted all of her social media accounts and disappeared. I still wonder if she was okay after it was all said and done, but her fans were happy because they got what they wanted. But, at what cost?
When you basically have, what could be described as a cult, buy into your message humanity takes a back seat. Most of these people probably wouldn't even be considered bad people by societies standards, but make them a group and it's over. It's Mob Mentality 101.
That is what Trump is. And, honestly, even if he did come out and rage against them---even if he did call for the racism, sexism, bigotry to stop; I don't think they would. They were given the green light, courtesy of Trump's success, and they're not going to go back on that willingly or quietly.
So yes, some stories may be false and made up for attention, but not all are and the amount of stories over time is going to grow exponentially. There were always bad loud people in our country, now we've added to the group that already existed.
