By the way, the shooter was stopped,

podrock — 11/21/2022 11:20:19 PM (archived)

Not by a good guy with a gun, but by two gay guys with courage.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/patrons-in-gay-nightclub-shooting-hit-gunman-with-his-own-weapon_n_637b7dbae4b0a97fec7ef031

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So, there's that. More courage than a couple of hundred cops in body armor in Texas.

CORRECTION: Not gay, but still badass:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/us/colorado-springs-shooting-club-q-hero.html

As the fight continued, he said, he yelled for other club patrons to help him. A man grabbed the rifle and moved it away to safety. A drag dancer stomped on the gunman with her high heels.

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Colo Sprgs - podrock - 11/21/2022 6:21:18 PM
- This timeline has 'jumped the shark'.... - RL - 11/24/2022 4:08:39 PM
  - And revisiting the thread a few months back about "Drag Queeen Story Hour" - RL - 11/24/2022 5:09:07 PM
    - Milton Berle, Flip Wilson, Rudy Giuliani, Dustin Hoffman...etc. - podrock - 11/24/2022 5:29:53 PM
- By the way, the shooter was stopped, - podrock - 11/21/2022 11:20:19 PM
  - I just watched the first media interview with the man who stopped it. - podrock - 11/22/2022 5:34:51 AM
    - Atrevida Beer Company - podrock - 11/22/2022 8:49:54 PM
      - Their slogan has been "Diversity, it's on tap" - RL - 11/24/2022 7:21:58 PM
      - On reddit there was a campaign to buy the brewery's merchandise - RL - 11/24/2022 4:18:05 PM
        
        I seen reports - podrock - 11/24/2022 5:26:52 PM
- We could wish that the hate would die along with the older generation. - RobVG - 11/21/2022 8:43:56 PM
  - Hate is a tool of persuasion - podrock - 11/21/2022 11:04:33 PM
  - It’s an excuse - Pebble - 11/21/2022 9:32:48 PM
    - Maybe, but I don't think so - podrock - 11/21/2022 10:57:03 PM
      - Re: Maybe, but I don't think so - Pebble - 11/23/2022 11:07:30 AM

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