Jonathan Joss was MURDERED.
Words matter here.
He was MURDERED.
it was a HATE CRIME because he is a gay Indigenous man.
Say those words. Do not dance around it. He wasn't "killed in a shooting." He was murdered in a hate crime.
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I see variety finally wrote about his husband. But yeah the majority of media is playing too straightly. And for tumblr not many are discussing that fact he was indigenous either and how racism may have also factored in
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I guarantee he will never get justice. Texas is a Republican state.
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"Killed in a shooting" makes it sound like two or more people shooting at each other.
He was murdered in cold blood.
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Read this
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How do we lynch the hate-crime fuckers so they know what it feels like?
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Just a thought:
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He also took that bullet to save his husband.
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This was murder, pure and simple. A f*cking hate crime. The abject cruelty is monsterous.
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😭😭😭 This world is terrible.
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Heartbreaking and stirs rage
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The police are saying the investigation revealed no evidence that it was a hate crime. His husband was present and said the shooter was yelling homophobic slurs. That is witness testimony. That is fucking evidence. WTF is wrong with the police?
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I'm so sorry this horrible thing happened.
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Johnathan does not deserve to die ☹
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And only on the second day of Pride Month, which is even more heartbreaking and terrifying, and this is why we need to remember those who lost their lives for simply existing throughout the LGBTQA history because it hasn't ended.
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On Pride Month too!
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💯 So many bad headlines from mainstream media 🤬
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He was murdered at the end of a months long hate crime.
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The "We're not sure yet but also nothing points to hate crime" is so awful but also unprofessional. Just stop talking after "We're still investigating." You are either deeply naive or trying to influence a jury pool with your "No evidence" words.
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Every headline that doesn't mention this fact is contributing to a cover up of a hate crime.
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His neighbors harassed him for two years with homophobic threats. Burned down his house. Killed his dogs. And murdered him. But the police guns no evidence of a crime. Wtf.
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I mean, the fact he was a gay indigenous man doesn't make it a hate crime; the fact the killer was shouting homophobic slurs at him before he killed him makes it a hate crime. Let's hammer on THAT point.
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Its surprising how few pictures of the gunman there are in articles. Guess they realize the optics arent great there either given their respective skin pigmentations.
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They burned down his house and killed his dogs, then mounted the skull of one of the dogs for them to see when they came back to the wreckage.
But the cops will never label it a hate crime.
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On the other side of the globe, terribly 💔to find out via anothers repost from your acc. For All.
Two years of vileness being horrific enough. What is it with those who have time & energy to whip themselves into a frenzy, over what others do or don't do with their genitals, or wombs! Fk guns too.
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The gall anyone has to not call this a Murder is both deeply pathetic, and willfully evil
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This
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#justiceforjonjoss
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i mean yeah the only snakes willing to describe it as "a violent altercation" or etc are like demonic news outlets with no spines
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Love, hope and courage to the family, friends and community of Johnathan Joss. Enough of this venom and violence already. Enough!!!🇭🇲🦘🇺🇸🦅☮️
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Yet you know it would be worded much more aggressively if the positions were reversed.
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It just STUNS me that the police are saying there's no evidence of a hate crime. Like, really?!
According to Joss's Husband, the man not only put the skull of at least one of their dogs on display, but then came out hurling homophobic slurs before firing at him, whom Joss protected.
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“Killed in a shooting” isn’t even dancing around it.
It implies at best some kind of presence in an “unsavory” location, and at worst, mutual participation.
Journalists know exactly what they’re doing. They build their entire careers around this kind of wordcraft
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Not just that, they were harassed by the community around them, leading up to this murder. One person pulled the trigger, but it was a group effort to harm this couple.
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Enough is enough. The government nor the police are going to protect us, I for one have had enough
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it is a shame that the communities most aware of pernicious motives like racism, misogyny, and homophobia, are consequently lit up by statistics, while the most severe ignorance stays invisible.
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Thank you for saying this. I keep seeing so many headlines just saying he died, or was fatally shot without mention of the motivation for his murder.
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💯 Words matter. Stop sanitizing murder and torture. 💔😞
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Any time I see the phrase “police say” in an article, I feel confident ignoring everything after it…
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And it wasn't a DISPUTE, goddammit. I actually saw a headline that called it that. 😡
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Yes words do matter.
There needs to be a trial before a killing is classified as a murder.
Due process applies to everyone however unpleasant
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Heartbreaking!!!!
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He was murdered!
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Why would people not say murder? Is there a legal reason? Was the CEO of United Health murdered?
Also, what is the difference between a hate crime and a crime?
This story sounds so heart-breaking —- to be gunned down while grieving over your pet. Such evil.
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THIS. Murders don't "happen". They get committed.
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and the people in Colorado were murdered because they were Zionists, not because they were Jews, so that one wasn't "antisemitism"
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They dug his dog’s skull out of the ashes of his home to display it like a sick trophy.
And people are saying he “shouldn’t have been shouting.”
When the fuck else is shouting and crying more appropriate than seeing your murdered pet’s skull defiled for the express purpose of tormenting you?
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WHOA that's what really happened?? The couple of stories I've read all sound like there was a fight and the other guy pulled a gun
Jesus Christ if this is the case then it's unconscionable. Strength and love to all his loved ones.
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The difference between what happened and the reporting is journalistic malpractice
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It's TERRORISM
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looks up news article HOLY FUCKIN SHIT DUDE! his dogs SKULL!? WTF!?
apparently he die protecting his partner shoving him out of the way. either way this is a tragedy. no one should have to go through this, much less be the one to die in it.
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Bingo. By a fucking so called "Christian" who as I understand it, also beheaded Jonathan's dog.
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Exactly. MURDERED. HATE CRIME. Don't gloss over it.
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This was an ongoing case of harassment that ended in premeditated murder
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gofund.me/58c2e16d theres a GFM to help the surviving husband.
Donate to Help ‘King of the Hill’ Actor Jonathan Joss After Fire, organized by Logan Kostroun
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Magas: "He was demonitized in an oopsie"
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His house was burnt down, his dog's skull was presented as a trophy, and his husband is going to take a LONG time to recover from this. This was NOT a "Oh he had an argument with a neighbor and it got heated", this was pure evil going on.
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My heartfelt prayers for his husband and family. 🙏❤️ This racist INSANITY must STOP!! Which means voting out ALL Republicans/Magas & getting rid of all the BS they’ve pushed through.
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Calling this murder a hate crime plays down what it is: an act of terrorism. The intention is to frighten all LGBTQ Americans into hiding.
This isn't just an atrocity of social intolerance. It's playing out a political agenda endorsed and encouraged by the political Right and "Christian" extremists
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It makes me sick seeing the news saying he was killed in a shooting. No, he was murdered!
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This was truly heartbreaking 💔 🕊️ 🙏🏻
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Premeditated, foreseeable, AVOIDABLE, & yet IGNORED by law enforcement?
Horrific
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I’m heartbroken. I really enjoyed his work and he deserved so much better
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He will be pardoned, would be a good bet.
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It gets worse.
I'm so angry for him.
Fuck this new season of King of the Hill too.
#greenscreen #greenscreenvideo #jonathanjoss gave a heartfelt speech at a viewing of #kingofthehill but was ultimately dismissed by the creators of the show. #johnredcorn #voiceactor #hulu #reboot #te...
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After Tristan’s statement came out, newspapers started giving more detail.
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Also, his home had been burned down. Have to wonder if that wasn’t the first strike by the bigot down the street and if so, why the firearms weren’t removed immediately.
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Yep. This was a cold-blooded murder. Everyone should be saying murder.
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Such a tragedy. Heartbreaking.
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It was wildly premeditated...
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I just put it into my work chat “as murdered in a hate crime” because that’s what it is.
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EXATLY!
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The passive voice bullshit coming from media around this is infuriating.
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Y es,it matters! So does the fact that the bullying was allowed to go on in the 1st place by authorities!
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I saw one article call it a GUNFIGHT as if all of them were shooting at each other 🫠
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I noticed the headlines too. 😠
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Jonathan Joss was murdered. Murder one. Total intent. And then we get to the butchery of the dogs. Is Kristi Noem the murderer's sister? Too many people feel anointed to kill.
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The lesson I want you to learn is, It doesn't matter what you look like. You can be tall or short, or fat or thin, or ugly or handsome, like your father. Or you can be black or yellow or white. It doesn't matter. What does matters the size of your heart, and the strength of your character".
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murdered this loving couple’s pup
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You'd never know it watching the news!
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I've not been so sickened by the use of passive voice in a while
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It is just so heartbreaking...
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www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...
SAPD: Joss' shooting death was not 'related to his sexual orientation'
Jonathan Joss's neighbors recall his 'erratic' behavior ahead of the deadly shooting in San Antonio. Sigfredo Alvarez Ceja was arrested and charged with murder.
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Does Hate Crime
Translate to “murdered”
Oooh an apothecary woman
After sexual intercourse with a dude who had multiple felony arrests for attested verbally
He said himself
Several anti Black hate crimes
In New Orleans & New York that both have some of the most Black folk in the USA
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jonathan joss was murdered. out of spite.
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As tRump readies another pardon...
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May he rest in peace. What a horrible way to leave this world. I hope there is justice for him and the hateful cowards who murdered him are locked away forever
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Yeah I saw that headline - the passive voice in all these cases are so cowardly of them
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People hate each other, and kill one another, for all sorts of stupid reasons...
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Murdered by a bigot. That’s the phrase to repeat.
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More crude sex jokes about Pride month should solve this!
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In my original profile, I stated that I love living next to my US neighbors. I deleted that line.
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Considering the setup with his dog's skull I feel safe saying it was premeditated as well
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Say it plainly. Actor Jonathan Joss, best known for his voice work in the animated sitcom "King of the Hill," was murdered. Not “lost,” not “taken too soon.” Executed by hate in a country that still edits truth for the comfort of cowards.
— BRUNO
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People have to call it for what it is. A hate crime ..he was murdered because of who he was.. His dog murdered too. And their house burnt down. 🤬 Wtf???
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Most of the headlines just say “passed away”, like he was 95 years old and died old age.
Insane.
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Fuggin' A.
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Justice will come over this one. The question is, how.? Somebody knows the full story.
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The details just kept getting worse. How are people like this?
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Texas Republican Values in action.
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Exactly the truth is important
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Jonathan Joss: King of the Hill's John Redcorn actor shot dead
Jonathan Joss's husband says it was a homophobic hate crime, but police say there's no evidence of that.
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#MakeBigotsScaredAgain
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It's so sad how much hate there is for any minority community in this country. Gays, Trans, Jewish, Latino, Black - no matter who you are, you should be safe in America. Two weeks ago the murders in DC, hate crime in Boulder & now this hate crime & murder. When will it be enough?
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Horrible…so fucked up. He was such a good guy, I was fortunate to have worked background in a scene with him in Tulsa King. What a frickin tragedy…
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Republicans loosening gun laws are responsible, too.
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A shooting suggests both sides had weapons.
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Thank you. I had to sift through so many articles saying he "died in front of his home," he didn't fit in front of his home, he was shot outside the house that was burned down with his dogs still inside. Fucking disgusting.
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It sucks but legally his identity doesn't affect a hate crime ruling. Now the neighbor approaching while shouting homophobic shit at him and his husband is absolutely grounds to charge the murderer as a hate crime.
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Holy shit. Thought this story was about the fucking wildfires.
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Killed in a shooting makes his murderer sound like a gunslinger instead of a coward.
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The dog should have been enough of a clue this was hate.
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"During an argument."
Really. "An argument"? Pathetic.
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I hope you take this anger to the people who published any claims to the contrary. It would be a shame if nothing were actually done about it.
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I just saw "neighbor opened fire during dispute" from the NYT. Absolutely disgusted.
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After a sustained campaign of years of abuse and violence that the police did nothing about
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I truly HOPE that his husband sees justice done. And that Old Yamtit the shitter is GONE and can't pardon the asshat that murdered a brave man.
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Correct. Framing matters here. I assumed it was another interaction with a neighbor that escalated rapidly, since the headline said "died after an argument with a neighbor!" Argument? Neighbor?
WTAF?? He was murdered in a hate crime! THAT'S THE HEADLINE! 🤬
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News outlets: "allegedly"
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And it being Texas is the cherry ontop. Everything is ass in Texas
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By the way the articles were saying he “passed away” it made me think he died of natural causes like cancer or some other sickness. :(
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That's exactly what I was saying last night. Saying he was "killed in a shooting" seriously downplays what happened. He was MURDERED.
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yeah that headline really confused me
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if we want his murderer charged with a hate crime, we need to flood Ken Paxton’s office with demands for it, because sadly Texas’s attorney general is a literal criminal and a super hardcore Trump bootlicker even for Texas.
his office # is +1-512-463-2100 and his email is ken.paxton@oag.texas.gov
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This hit me really hard. It was bad enough that he was gunned down but later I learned why. It might be the last straw for me and America. I spent the evening researching how to emigrate. I am done with this awful place.
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I have been emailing every news article that doesn’t mention it at all or have had ample time to update their articles. I’m screaming into the wind I know
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Simply saying MURDERED is gun violence erasure.
Words matter here.
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They depersonalized it so much, it makes me wonder if the murderer is a police officer.
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WTF!?!? Hey @abcnewsbot.bsky.social @nbcnews.com @cnn.com @apnews.com @wsj.com @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com.
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Don't forget that the cops were complicit in the murder, too. Joss was the target of threats for months from people spewing homophobic rhetoric and the cops did nothing. And then the people who threatened to burn their home did that. And then they killed him.
ACAB
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Media needs to start telling the truth
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Correct…and despicable.
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Like a "shooting" is something like "weather".
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A clear case of murder by death
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Saw a headline stating he “passed away” and nearly threw up
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I did see how sanitized the MSM was reporting this horrific murder. Not a single whisper of a hate crime, him being gay, his husband or even any of the details. Infuriating.
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Why are Texas Police and the media covering it up? It's a horrific case of violence and harassment that led to murder. May he RIP.
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😭💔🙏
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And when they're talking about his house being burned down, news needs to say "house in Texas" and "arsonists burned it down in hate crime" because skimming you (by you, I mean me) could assume an actor might've lost a house to fire in the recent LA fires.
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Amen
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I just read the story. Fucking horrible! 😢😡
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Funny how they trip over themselves to call a hate crime if a Zionist is attacked but anyone else?
Oh we gotta wait and see… let’s not rush to judgement. 😡
Sorry, I know it’s awful that he was murdered and it’s 💯 a hate crime and it’s shit they don’t define it that way.
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What's the most roundabout way to say it?
"A shooting took place and he passed away."
This is starting to sound like when the US media reports on the police murdering someone.
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That is awful to hear. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️😥
