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https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/trans-woman-dies-trying-protect-others-idaho-mall-shooting/
Update: The GoFundMe that was set up to help support Jo Acker's daughter (Everay) reached its goal of $50,000 on 11/6/21
nein999
May she find eternal peace in a life better than this one. Godspeed, and thanks for your courage and brevity.
FuturamaReferences
NayaTaylor
I’m not sure if it’s even possible to go down the transgender path without outstanding bravery and willpower
Winter23
Nah, you can do it fueled by fear and spite. I. Am. A. Wreck. Oh! Fear, spite, and a healthy dose of self-deprecating humor.
StarSauce
It's not reductive to emphasize that she was trans. It was part of her identity. As long as trans people are persecuted, it has its place.
StarSauce
Someone so intent on helping others would be glad for their story to shatter the ingnorance of those who decry trans people's existence.
SometimesISayHistoryStuff
I hope if I am ever so tested I will have her bravery. But I hope even more I will never have to learn if I do.
4vie
Rest in Peace Ms Acker.
ILikedTheirOldStuffBetter
Shiloh Ren?? Who's your grandfather, Bannakin Shywalker?
Vikingtransgirl
See you in Sessrumnir sister
gwenniechan
Hail and welcome
garbagetrash101
What is sessrumnir?
Vikingtransgirl
Freya's Hall in Folkvangr
garbagetrash101
Oh ok. I hope Jo is there now.
Crispy4Skin
whatamisupposedtodo
Because that’s what hero’s do.
jonhamsandwich11
Willem Arondeus would be proud
DangerousNoodle
Fly high to Valhalla, sister. They await you to dine in a well earned feast.
Someshithead241
Valhalla isn't ultra heaven. Stop using it as such.
5amNonsense
Eh, it's for those who died bravely (in battle). It fits well enough, and I'm usually a pedant about this
Someshithead241
Its also for those who love battle and will go onto battle every day for the rest of eternity. It doesn't fit well. It's not Ultra Heaven.
5amNonsense
The Einherjar battle to stay prepared for the final conflict. Whether it's for the love of glorious battle or simply a duty seems to vary /
5amNonsense
/ from one source to the next. Plus, half the honored dead who fall in battle go to Freyja in Sessrumnir instead, and we know fuckall about/
TheWorstKindofPerson
I hate that this is so typical in America that instead of being completely outraged that someone died, all we do is say thanks. 1/2
TheWorstKindofPerson
Not to say that what she did wasn't heroic. But it should be a bigger issue, and not the norm.
TheSimpleDude
MileHighLivin
A trans mother, army vet, dies in a mall shooting while protecting others from a white supremacist. This is america.
PennysWorthOfTea
Transphobes: "Trans people haven't done anything special! They're all just fragile snowflakes!"; Actual trans person: [lives & dies a hero].
Sconels
Her name was Jo Acker.
BiancaBanks
Her name was Jo Acker ❤
FentuckyCriedKhicken
Also this hero has the power to kill the nazgul king
Eldibs
Odin awaits in Valhalla.
5amNonsense
Y'all don't give Freyja enough love. She gets half the honored dead, too
Eldibs
This is true, but Valhalla is easier to spell than Fólkvangr.
5amNonsense
And Sessrumnir, the hall itself, is harder to remember (if you're me, at least), so fair cop
Vikingtransgirl
To be fair just knowing Sessrumnir exists puts you in a higher tier, being able to spell it without an aid is beyond even this pagan
SquidNarkz
I live very close to where the shooting happened, as a wife to a trans man I was broken when I found out. Heart broken for the whole 1/
SquidNarkz
2/ community. The fact that they reported her dead using her dead name and gender fucking infuriates me. Her worth is not less than anyone
SquidNarkz
3/ else’s. Good people lost their lives that day and my heart breaks for them, their families and the people injured from that disgusting
SquidNarkz
4/ piece of human garbage. Sorry for the rant but I’m still so sad and angry.
Lumpyguy
They should remove the name of the shooter. Let that motherfucker die in obscurity, known by none.
EinsteinsBrian
Because that’s what heroines do.
WeSurvived45
The GQP is afraid to have trans people in the military because...why?
drh1138
Trans people have nothing to offer the GOPzi agenda.
VitaminJay
She has earned her place in Valhalla!
Scallion420
For some reason this one really got me in the feels
RaptorParty
Damn right.
Someshithead241
Didn't have weapon in hand. Not to mention, might not like Valhalla since its a constant battle
VitaminJay
It's feasting at night, fighting by day. Also: Freya got first pick for Fólkvangr.
Deunderscoremoralize
weapon-in-hand is metaphorical for "in righteous combat" afaik
Someshithead241
Or, simply actually fighting your opponent and not simply defending someone else while unarmed. Freya would be better than Odin, but
Someshithead241
Even then that might not be right. Either way, I'm sick of people treating Valhalla as ultra heaven and constantly talking about it
Someshithead241
When someone dies in a heroic way. Especially when it's someone who wouldn't like the daily, bloody battles
420supercoolusername69
How long until the GQP buries/downplays/outright ignores this hero’s act of valor?
ace5762
They will glorify the shooter and claim they were the real victim.
AnonOmis1000
Bold of you to assume they will even acknowledge it.
rooik14
Well that's where the bury part comes in.
BSwann
Well at ~1.6 mass shootings a day about 16hrs until the next one.
TheHappyHermit
the shooter was one of their own: https://twitter.com/shannonrwatts/status/1454115807332487178?s=20
420supercoolusername69
Why do these people all look the same?
LaronX
Probably already happened knowing how low they stoop
AbsolutelyNotTheNSA
I would say they're probably already trying to find a bad part of her past. But she's trans so they will just lead with that anyway.
BSwann
At 1.6 mass shootings a day they'll just ignore it for 16 hrs and hope the next one's solved by a 'good guy with a gun'
AbsolutelyNotTheNSA
Nothing quite like someone different to rile up your base of cretins.
ilyasInternetSmuggler
Who says Trans people are any less than anyone else? Give them their dignity in life, not just in heroic death. Much respect sister...
FettsMiata
Heroic? More like doing her job. Don't get me wrong. It doesn't make it any less tragic. It's just weird to me how much "hero" is used.
TwiceK
Republicans will often say that.
VaultGirl69
The real perverts are the ones obsessed with others genitals. Isn't that literally the definition? Love and let live. ?
CoachMcgurl
Cunt people. Cunt people say that.
YoSamiteSam
Would you emphasize the gender someone if it were a bio cis het woman? Also mass killings are a symptom of disequitability.
YoSamiteSam
Every time there is a mass shooter someone will be the "hero" that stops them, or else they would just keep going. They are victims.
covideokilledtheradiostar
Republicans say that.
sjg1711350
Women tend to be the most anti trans in my experience
ABillionDucks
TERFs
covideokilledtheradiostar
Republicans love pitting one oppressed group against another.
sjg1711350
Eh, I'm from the UK, so can't really say it's down to Republicans
culinarydream7224
You'd be surprised. Republicans might be the most extreme, but there's plenty of anti-trans sentiment even in the gay/lesbian community
Unibu
I feel like that's mostly fabricated hate coming from TERFs and other right wingers pretending to speak for them, just look at LGB alliance.
covideokilledtheradiostar
Sadly, I would not be surprised.
AnonOmis1000
That does surprise me. I mean, now that I think about it, I /can/ understand where it /might/ come from, but it'd still bullshit.
BendadickCumabatch
Even singling out someone not as "security guard" but (amazingly?) "trans woman" in the headline... (though this from a LGBT magazine)
emjay9010
Idaho News, and vid interview of family members, https://www.kivitv.com/news/family-coroner-identify-security-guard-killed-in-mall-shooting
emjay9010
are all referring to the deceased as "he". Im not understanding why the mum/sister/family are giving every indication that victim's a guy?
RuricOrhlandis
That whole article with pictures and their statements it's almost as if it's deliberate misgendering. Unfortunately not the first or last
RuricOrhlandis
time we will see that happen bye media and family. We still have a long way to go before transgender people are accepted
5amNonsense
I don't think that's the intent behind it. Trans people lack much positive spotlight. That she had to die to get it is troubling, to me, /
5amNonsense
/ but pointing out that this person who did a heroic thing is trans really feels like it's for the benefit of trans peoples' image in the /
5amNonsense
/ eyes of the general public. That's just my take on it, I guess, but... yeah.
5amNonsense
Hijacking my own post because I keep linking back to it. I see a lot of people trying to ask why it matters. I'm gonna assume that most of /
swordofblaze
Trans people are disproportionately targeted for crime. Its like saying "Asian woman attacked" at the beginning of covid.
swordofblaze
At least, that's my take on it
culinarydream7224
You gotta look at the state of trans rights as context. She wasn't just a security guard, just like in 2008 Obama wasn't just a candidate
Vaenaemoenen
I totally undestand that, but you have to be total idiot to think being transg. is somehow any different in respect of humanity.
LunaticLegostone
*gestures vaguely at the general public*
Ikwilstroopwaffels
Just scroll down on any post concerning transpeople. We're the last group it's socially acceptable to be shitty to.
RuricOrhlandis
Physically, verbally, and mentally even by law enforcement.
FullTimeDisaster
That's... just not true. We are far from the only group society gives tacit approval to be shitty to.
jasminedtorres
A true heroine thank you ? Who downvotes this? Y’all need to look at yourselves and ask why you’re that afraid of bravery.
DamnTheAdmiralty
can we disagree with the editorialized "42nd trans person violently murdered' which makes it sounds like she was targeted for her gender.
doyouevenrobot
If you take a look at the asshole who decided to go murder folks, she kinda was.
Valharroth
If they only wrote that, maybe, but they very specifically write what happened before that so there'll be no confusion.
AngurProne
As I was scrolling on the mobile app, it only showed me the last panel. Didn't know about the rest till I read your comment.
walnutbreath
Remember when a trans officer saved the House Majority Whip, Steve Scalise and he continued to be an anti-LGBTQ transpose? Just your regular
Xenarion
As if he'd worry himself with the pleb, they are there for his needs. /s
walnutbreath
reminder that Steve Scalise is a piece of shit and always will be.
BootsDusty
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/She-took-a-bullet-for-a-Republican-Does-her-life-11233871.php
walnutbreath
Transphobe* damn autocorrect
alsoAzrael
These kids these days keep wanting to transpose their gender! /s
TheHappyHermit
FYI: Boise mall shooter was a far-right gun rights extremist: https://twitter.com/shannonrwatts/status/1454115807332487178?s=20
xtreampb
Man, if Acker had a firearm of her own, I bet there wouldn’t even be a news story. It’s a shame to loose someone brave like her
BootsDusty
https://dailysoundandfury.com/boise-mall-shooter-was-a-far-right-gun-rights-extremist-who-stalked-local-antifascists-at-rally/
CrimeSceneShoe
Shocking /s
carmien
this is not a death of a trans person - this is a heroic death of a fine human
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Zeanoth
she*
TheLesserOfTwoWeevils
Both? Both.
Usernameschecksout
I understand, and value her and her sacrifice and believe she is a hero. That being said, why are they calling this a violent attack on 1/2
Usernameschecksout
A transgender person and lumping it in with targeted attacks on that community when it was a shooting that didn't seem to discriminate?
shawberry
Yeah, kinda agree with this.
Tierannix
Thats what i kinda thought too. It discounts the act in favor of a false (albeit "true") narrative. Unless the shooter specifically killed h
Usernameschecksout
Exactly, it tries to frame it as a hate crime against her specifically which seems to discount her heroism
Tierannix
er for being trans-gender, I feel like induding things like this skew the numbers and give people ways to argue that, "well actually it isnt
Tierannix
42, its 41, and technically 3X and 2X as well as 1X and X weren't blah blah blah". Im not saying to drown out whole trans thing, but just ma