In case you hadn’t heard, a man with a handgun went on a shooting spree in Toronto Sunday night, reportedly shooting pedestrians at random before opening fire on crowded restaurants, killing two and injuring 13.
Christine Estima, a Toronto-based novelist and writer who claims to have bylines at VICE, The New York Daily News, and the CBC, offered up this hot take Monday morning:
We need to put a ban on white men until we can figure out what’s going on. We’re going to build a wall around them, and get Gavin McInnes to pay for it.#TorontoStrong #TorontoShooting #ToxicMasculinity
— Christine Estima (@christineestima) July 23, 2018
The #ToxicMasculinity hashtag would have sufficed, but there was more:
Tax white men higher and use the extra funds to pay for social services and community initiatives.
— Christine Estima (@christineestima) July 23, 2018
That’s one hot take: because of a mass shooting, ban white men, then tax them higher to pay for social services.
The take only gets hotter, because police have now identified the gunman as Faisal Hussain, 29.
BREAKING NEWS: SIU identifies Danforth shooting suspect, now deceased, as Faisal Hussain of Toronto. Hussein’s family says he had “severe mental health challenges, struggling with psychosis and depression his entire life.“
— Rosa Hwang (@journorosa) July 23, 2018
#PressRelease: Canadian Muslim Community Condemns Toronto Shooting on #Danforth Avenue. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada prays for the victims and mourns the loss of innocent lives. #DanforthShooting #TorontoStrong #PrayersForToronto pic.twitter.com/lqYWYQYIwx
— AhmadiyyaCanada (@ahmadiyyacanada) July 24, 2018
Muslim Youth have gathered at the site of the horrific #DanforthShooting, condemning the attack, praying for the victims, and holding up signs reading Love for All and Hatred for None.. There is no room for this violence in our city #TorontoStrong #DanforthStrong #TorontoShooting pic.twitter.com/gg0yHBFnxC
— Blawal Aleem (@BlawalAleem) July 24, 2018
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So by white men she means Muslim men, and by toxic masculinity she means psychosis and depression. But otherwise, dead on.
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— The white wolF (@amirite_) July 24, 2018
Honestly, what is wrong with you?
— Matt S (@cdnpoliticojnky) July 24, 2018
Or we could ban the mentally ill. Or Muslims. Those would both be more effective in this particular case.
Better idea? You sit down, be quiet, and stop.
— Ken-nedy ❎ (@m_f_kennedy) July 23, 2018
When trying to capitalize on a tragedy for political points blows up in your face…
— Dan (@aplanetofapes) July 23, 2018
Can we put a wall around you? I’ll pay for it.
— YvonnePapillonLvr ?? (@PapillonLvr) July 23, 2018
The ratio isn't looking very good dear, might just as well delete your account. Just sayin'.
— Sam Ill (@AltBar4) July 24, 2018
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