Days after deadly shooting at LGBTQ club, Twitter bans group that protects LGBTQ events – By Will Carless (USA Today) / Nov 25, 2022
Saturday’s mass shooting at Club Q, an LBGTQ-friendly bar in Colorado Springs, came as a shock, but not a surprise, to people who monitor extremism. Meanwhile, Twitter – days after restoring extremists to its pages – banned the account of an anti-fascist pro-gun collective that has been protecting similar LGBTQ events from those who mean them harm. And in Hawaii, two Native Hawaiian men are convicted of hate crimes for a racially motivated attack on a white man.
It’s the week in extremism
Experts foresaw Club Q attack
Saturday’s mass shooting at Club Q, a longtime haven for the LGBTQ community in Colorado Springs, came after more of a year and a half of escalating rhetoric against the LGBTQ community from the far-right. The attack, in which 5 people were killed and 17 injured, follows a longstanding pattern, where the country’s extremist far-right fringe latches on to hysterical coverage from conservative media and politicians against a minority group, often with fatal consequences.
