nudityandnerdery:

Very uncomfortable with people who want to take this tragedy and strip it of its context. This was not an attack on America. This is not a situation where flag-waving patriotism is the answer.

This was an American-born citizen who targeted a gay club on Latin Night. The overwhelming majority of the people there were Latinx or African-American.

These are groups who are told to “go back to your own country,” called “unamerican,” targeted by legislation, or cast as “others” by the same flag-waving patriotism some people are wanting to rally to in this situation. Do not trample over the people who have been killed or hurt in an attempt to claim victimhood for a nation that would otherwise shun them.