Copeland, a married father of three, “took his own life” around 5 p.m. Friday, said Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones. His suicide came after police were asked to do a welfare check and began following …

An Alabama preacher and politician killed himself Friday two days after being outed for having a secret life he shared online as a “transgender curvy girl.”

    • Heydo@lemmy.world
      333·
      1 年前

      This is what happens when people are forced to repress themselves in order to fit in with what society says is acceptable.

      What they want becomes bad but they still fantasize about it. So the fantasy’s become twisted and perverse. If this person was allowed to be who they wanted to be they may not have gone down such a dark path. It really just makes me sad to see things like this.

      • clemdemort@lemmy.world
        51·
        1 年前

        I completely agree, this is partially why I think “banning” trans people is just shooting everyone in the foot.

      • cricket98@lemmy.world
        614·
        1 年前

        Orrrr maybe he’s just a sick pervert. I don’t think having fantasies about murdering and replacing woman is normal.

        • Heydo@lemmy.world
          7·
          1 年前

          That isn’t normal. But being raised in the south where you are expected to be the gender you were born with, and then having to suppress your true feelings, leads to associating those feelings with “sick pervert” actions.

          • cricket98@lemmy.world
            15·
            1 年前

            I’m not so sure about that. No amount of repressed sexuality makes you write murder fantasies about real local women.

    • nandeEbisu@lemmy.world
      722·
      1 年前

      I mean, it’s in bad taste to involve real people, especially to post their pictures, in erotic fanfic, but if he never harmed or threatened anyone I don’t think that warrants more than taking things down and making and an apology to the people involved.

      I certainly wouldn’t lump that in with people who actively harm people and maliciously invade people’s privacy.

      • cricket98@lemmy.world
        203·
        1 年前

        You don’t think the woman who was featured in the murder-replacement fanfic wasn’t scared when she heard of this? I would say that’s pretty awful. She did not consent to play a part in this guys fetish that he shared over the internet publicly.