• HikingVet@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    In a country that has a high amount of politically motivated violence, an elected official (especially one that would be progressive) being killed isn’t really a surprise to me.

    Legal protections does not equal a friendly attitude. As I have experienced in my country (as we have had legal same sex marriage since 2005, and being allowed to serve in the CAF since 1992 as LGBTQIA+ individuals and being the second country legalise pot nationwide, second to Uruguay).

    We still get warnings about kidnapping and cartel violence when we book trips to resorts there (among all the other warnings like the water isn’t exactly safe).

    So yeah, a memeber of my community being murdered while in a position of power in Mexico isn’t that big of a surprise. My initial thoughts was this was cartel violence. And apparently one of the AGs in the region demonstrated a lack of empathy or corruption in thier initial statement. But it could be violence against them for being NB.

    So yeah, sad but not a shock.

    • voracitude@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Right, so, you do mean “violence against LGBTQ+ people is unsurprising from Mexico”; so the other poster wasn’t putting words in your mouth, they correctly interpreted your meaning.

      What they said was

      you say that like they haven’t [passed all these progressive laws]

      You gave a very valid and pithy response here:

      Legal protections does not equal a friendly attitude.

      Glad we could clear that up! 😊