Readings for March 27, 2023

• 💀👨🏻‍⚖️ Idaho governor signs firing squad execution bill into law 🔗 - I am fully anti-death penalty, for a number of reasons. But, if we’re going to have it, quit pussyfooting around about it. Make it brutal, and force - yes, force - us to all watch. Preempt whatever silliness is must-see-TV these days, and broadcast it far and wide. If the state is unaliving people in our name, we should own it. All of it, including seeing the outcome of that support.
• 🔫✏️ Nashville Covenant School shooting: Six dead in Tennessee 🔗 - Good thing the Tennessee government has spent all their time fighting a disingenuous culture war against trans kids and their supportive parents instead of doing anything that might actual protect their constituency. Also, fuck your meaningless thoughts and prayers.
• 🔫✏️ “We need to remember, the side door, I don’t know the exact facts of this moment but from what I understand a side door was unlocked. That seems to be a common pattern in many of the these shootings. A side door” 🔗 - Hmmm, what other thing always goes with all of these shootings? (A hint for the really slow: it’s that thing making big holes in other humans and the ease of acquiring them)

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