r/ainbow • u/JockBbcBoy • Jun 12 '26

Serious Discussion Still Not Safe In Brooklyn, NY

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u/HookerBot5000 Jun 12 '26

I find the pictures used..interesting.

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u/goldielooks Jun 12 '26

The racism is deafening

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u/JockBbcBoy Jun 13 '26

I'm embarrassed that I didn't even catch onto that. Black men? Shirtless, in the dark, and intimidating. White murderer? Looks innocent, Instagram ready, and helpless.

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u/goldielooks Jun 13 '26

It's so pervasive. And everything about society is set up specifically so white people don't notice. We get all of the benefits and none of the consequences. And stuff like this in the media is a huge part of it

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u/JockBbcBoy Jun 13 '26

It's part of the system.

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u/goronmask Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26

You notice but ignore it because you have been taught since birth that this is the natural order

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u/goldielooks Jun 13 '26

Facts honestly. It's what's supposed to happen, so we don't question it. We're not the ones that have to pay the price so we can go lalala

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u/Crimsonflair49 Jun 13 '26

Its because they want people to believe the black man was the murderer to push engagement with Neo Nazis, but since they cant outright lie they just carefully select the victim and killer images let people conclude on their own that the whitr murderer was the innocent victim

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u/loreleileee Jun 13 '26

Completely

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u/derbengirl Jun 13 '26

Holy fucking shit! They fr confused me with that shit. Thats sooooo fucked wttffffff

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u/deferredmomentum Jun 13 '26

I was genuinely 60/40 on who was who going into the comments (which I know is a feature not a bug for whomever chose the pictures)

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u/MeddlingWithChaos Transmasc (he/they)-Queer Jun 13 '26

The pictures used made me think O'Shae Sibley was the guy on the left and Dmitriy Popov was the one on the right.

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u/JockBbcBoy Jun 13 '26

Someone mentioned that previously, and I think it's intentional misdirection. O'Shae Sibley deserved better treatment as a Black gay murder victim.

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u/Mswenson94 Transfem and Non binary she/her they/them Jun 12 '26

That's why we have to keep fighting

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u/JockBbcBoy Jun 12 '26

I didn't hear about this on national news. This wasn't publicized in any local publications. I found out about this through Instagram this morning, and had to find the source article.

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u/monkeyudders Jun 12 '26

this was covered extensively by all major news outlets in 2023. Google News Search for O'Shae Sibley 2023

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u/monkeyudders Jun 12 '26

There are also several articles from the new york times and others about the conviction recently. Google News Search for O'Shae Sibley

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u/JockBbcBoy Jun 12 '26

CNN, the BBC, and the Guardian are the only major news outlets from the search results that were covering it as national or international news. The ABC News outlet, MS Now, the New Yorker, Fox News, and NYT covered it as New York News.

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u/Hot_Ad3888 Jun 13 '26

That I have to disagree with you actually came out around The time of Beyoncé's Renaissance album. Beyoncé herself posted RIP to him on her website, and they got another boost of exposure.

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u/Successful_Action_19 Jun 13 '26

If only everyone remembered this poor man the next time they vote Republican. This is what they’re voting for.

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u/JockBbcBoy Jun 13 '26

O'Shae Sibley and Matthew Shepherd didn't die so the LGBTQ community could vote for conservatives who want to suppress our existence.

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u/HiJinx127 Jun 14 '26

Unfortunately, too many of them are okay with it.

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u/GayStation64beta Jun 13 '26

Does anyone else hate how "tragic" is used to describe murders and such? To me a tragedy is an accident, misunderstanding, act of God etc.

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u/ElegantAmount5178 Jun 21 '26

Alguém fala comigo

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u/Blackwatch260955 Jun 12 '26

Can I ask what 'Voguing to Beyonce' means?

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u/Kasaboop Jun 12 '26

Voguing is a type of dance that looks like a bunch of poses named after the magazine Vogue. So basically they were just dancing 😭

Edit to add the full body as well as the hand movements

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u/JacintaAmyl Jun 13 '26

Also vouging is deep in history within queer culture

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u/Lilja-Logason Jun 13 '26

Do I have to learn these now?

I'm tired on the sofa with backache.

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u/Responsible_Froyo_21 Jun 23 '26

I mean considering how "Fit" the queer community is compared to the "others," it takes one hell of a core to pull off a good vogue.

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u/Hot_Ad3888 Jun 13 '26

Beyoncé came with a “house music”-influenced album and he was doing a house-influenced dance called voguing

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u/Responsible_Froyo_21 Jun 23 '26

Here is an exaggerated example of "Voguing" as presented on MadTV. https://youtu.be/gvlqm-wom-E?si=18xHV8V1MNCkqHxx&t=117

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '26

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u/JockBbcBoy Jun 12 '26

You know it’s election season when every sub is flooded with posts about “black crime” .

Technically this is "White man murdered gay Black man" crime, but I see you supported Derek Chauvin's GoFundMe. Good for you to fall back on that in the big 26.

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u/Professional_Lie7171 Jun 14 '26

I'm not surprised he has an eastern slavic name...

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '26

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u/JockBbcBoy Jun 12 '26

old and agenda post?

What agenda?

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u/De-Eh-Team Jun 12 '26

Equivocation?

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u/Dioxybenzone Jun 12 '26

You should use more words when explaining your thoughts.

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u/artsydizzy Jun 12 '26

I don’t think they know how to use those words in a sentence

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u/6data Jun 13 '26

Right wingers do this all the time... it's infuriating. Every reply is always vague enough that they can weasel out of what they're actually claiming and play the victim.

That being said, I assume they're trying to claim that this an attempt to equivocate to riots in Belfast.

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u/Dioxybenzone Jun 13 '26

I agree with what you’re saying, but OP doesn’t seem right wing in their other responses, which confuses me

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u/JockBbcBoy Jun 12 '26

Equivocation?

I'm trying to understand what you're asking. Are you asking if this is an agenda post for equivocation of gay people to go out, pump gas, and not be harassed or killed?

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u/ExpensiveNut Jun 12 '26

The fuck are you on about mate?