King of the Hill voice actor Jonathan Joss has died aged 59 after a shooting in Texas, police have confirmed.
Joss was the voice of John Redcorn for seasons two through 13 of the popular animated series. He had reportedly recorded bits for the show’s reboot, which recently began production for Hulu and is slated to premiere in August.
The actor was reportedly shot multiple times over the weekend after a disagreement with a neighbor, according to TMZ. San Antonio police responded to a home after reports of shots fired and found Joss near the road with gunshot wounds, according to Variety.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Probably perpetrated by some dumb straight Christians.
But the reporting on this will focus more on the fact that the victim was ingenious and/or gay, than what’s going on with the shooter.
But we get headlines like “trans person sentenced to (insert punishment) for (insert random crime)” or something similar whenever anyone from the LGBTQ+ community acts out.
You’ll never see “straight man shoots a person because the shooter was a dick” or anything similar.
Fucking double standards.
I really despise the usage of ‘Argument’ here in the title. It does not do the situation justice. As far as i’m aware this wasn’t an Argument. it was entirely one sided. The perpetrator just walked up and started being homophobic before shooting him. It was a murder and to call it anything less is just being dishonest.
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From what I can tell, this region is notorious for gangstalking, especially against gay men. Many of these reports could likely be falsified to justify the idea of killing him.
I don’t see any inconsistency about the fire if the article itself says that the cause is under investigation. Joss believed it’s possible he made a mistake, but it seems more likely to be caused by the same people that threatened arson, and possibly the same people that murdered him.
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Thank you for this write up. I had been trying to put this into words for the past couple of days myself.
Additionally, Jonathan had shown up at a king of the hill panel he wasn’t part of and tried to speak, then was setting up a shoe shine booth outside of the venue? While in Austin he also did a podcast in which he was clearly inebriated and then was asking for rides home on Facebook.
While none of this excuses someone murdering him in any way, all of these things together definitely give me pause and lead me to not necessarily taking the husbands post at face value. I have addicts in my family and it just seems too familiar.
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you should probably grow up
No thanks.
deftly avoiding the point
So why mention smollett, then?
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Oh damn, im so owned. You owned me so bad.
This was after someone set his house on fire, which killed his 3 dogs. And then someone took one of the skulls and a leash and set it up where they’d be seen. So when Joss and his husband came back and were mourning, THEN his neighbor came out and started shouting slurs at them while waiving a fun around.
But no this was an argument between two equally at fault rational people. Definitely not a homophobic hate crime on the first day of pride month.
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This is something mentally ill people do. Racism alone doesn’t account for mounting their dead dogs heads, burning down their home and then killing them.
How FUCKED UP in the head do you have to be to do something like this.
What the actual FUCK.
You can find stupid people in every part of the world. Allowing every idiot to have a firearm is only possible in a country that is run by gun dealers.
And then they say “GuNs DoN’t KilLPeOpLe”.
It’s true you can kill people without a gun, just as you can pound a nail into a wall without a hammer. But it’s a lot harder.
The wiki article on his death says that the San Antonio PD is saying that there was no evidence of hate crime up to that point, but if this was ongoing for literal years over 300+ incidents, i find that hard to believe. They need an outside-led investigation into that county PD.
Is it sad that my first suspicion is that it simply doesn’t meet the local legal definition of a hate crime because the laws are probably written to protect white people only?
Actually that was one of the few wins in the civil rights movement. But there are always forces who will use it against us.
You still need a PD willing to gather, keep secure and submit evidence that portrays it as a hate crime. The detectives and LEO’s involved may be hiding statements, motives, physical evidence, etc, by simply not recording it as such.
argument? the dude was being threated for MONTHS.
I got a three day ban on Reddit after saying something about ‘human blenderizing’ the dude who did this.
It’s not even a real word, nor even an actual real object. I fucking hate Reddit. I wish Lemmy had more traffic.
RIP 🪦 We will miss you.
This post has ~800 upvotes and ~150 comments. Lemme is doing great. It would be nice if the smaller communities were bigger, but there was a point on Reddit probably around 2015ish where it became too many people. I am enjoying this way more. Making a comment doesn’t feel like shouting into a crowd of shouting people the way that Reddit does. There is actual conversation.
It’s doing “great” but there is a massive gap in diversity and breadth of topics/subs here unfortunately. Obviously it gets better over time in theory but right now the majority of content exists over there… sadly.
Feeling this now in full force.
Finally received my permanent ban from Reddit. I have still been using Lemmy for a while now but, unfortunately, only once a week (main account is slrpnk but that instance is down right now so on the alt) cause the amount of content is easily gone through unless I just want to browse All, which majority is stuff there is topics I couldn’t care less about, and the engagement is incredibly slim compared to the political and current events posts.
It’s rough cause a lot of the communities I interacted with just do not exist on the fediverse.
Reddit indeed is pure shit.
Lemmy has plenty. It needs some polish but I’ve never looked back after the day I got rid of Reddit.
Guess how they make pet food? Industrial blenders you can toss a horse into.
Just for suggesting someone make a 3d model? Harsh
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Next time try frog in a blender.
His death was so brutal. I hope people in San Antonio schedule a pride march in the voice actors neighborhood.
Also, I really think there should be a neighborhood watch or civilian guard force where lgtbq populace can ask for help or support when they’re being harassed. Like a civilian neighborhood watch app.
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There was no argument, he was crying at the display of his dogs skull the murderer made before he pulled up and shot him in cold blood.
Not to mention instigated for years and gangstalked from the sound of it until he mentally broke down. Something beyond jail deserves to happen to the people responsible.
Title is a lie. He was shot for crying over his dead dogs skull being placed near the mailbox of the recently burned down home they moved out of and shot by one of the homophobes who threatned to burn down said house who was also screaming slurs at him, while pushing his husband out of the path of the gun, saving his life. This was ALL preventable but the police force there allowed it to happen despite multiple years of reports.
I bet you a million dollars the murderer believes himself a good Christian.
No one is going to bet against you. Those are negative odds.
He was shot for crying over his dead dogs skull being placed near the mailbox of the recently burned down home they moved out of and shot by one of the homophobes
Seriously… fuck the US, fuck that country, fuck it.
I hate that I’m going to be visiting the US for an MRI soon (I didn’t want to wait up to 9+ months, sadly). It’s only 20 minutes away from the border but it’s still too far into USA. Damn it all.
I feel bad for any progressives living in conservative neighborhoods (street city or state)
I feel bad for any progressives living in conservative neighborhoods (street city or state)
The entire country is either right wing or insane far right wing… where else are people supposed to go to live in peace from these insane fascist freaks?
If I lived in America and was LGBTQ I’d be buying a gun right now, and this comes from someone who has always been anti-gun
That’s what I’m telling all my LGBTQ friends in the US who are not at risk of suicide. You can’t afford to be neutral in an arms race, especially when the enforcers of possible gun bans are all buddies with the people that shouldn’t have guns.
This was ALL preventable but the police force there allowed it to happen despite multiple years of reports.
This makes me very sad.
If someone burned down that racists home. I would donate to their court case if they were caught.
Maybe go for the whole neighborhood, sounds like it was a group effort.
How do you know he was racist?
Because he was known to verbally assault the gay couple with slurs.
How does that make him racist?
So you think he’s merely homophobic and not racist?
Now that we know that the killer is Sigfredo Cejo Alvarez I suppose we can ask him. We all know how much Hispanics hate American Indians.
lol yeah? Should be obvious to anyone who’s glanced at a history book. There was this whole European conquest and genocide thing. You’ve never heard of Hernan Cortez or Geronimo?
Are you saying this Hispanic dude in the San Antonio suburbs is a 16th century Conquistador living in a community of people he hates?
It’s present premeditated actions. From threatening to burn someone’s home down to previous altercations. You don’t get a flood from a few rain drops. A storm comes first before the disaster.
E.g. you don’t know and are just spouting nonsense
The attacker could be American Indian as well for all you know
The information is in article moron.
moron
Okay where does it say the killer was racist? That should be easy for a smart guy like you.
Because someone on the internet is asking why/how a racist thing is racist. That’s a clear indication of racists.
So Sigfredo Cejo Alvarez is racist?
Yes. And homophobic, ignorant, terrorist, piece of shit, bigot, MAGA, murderer, likely arsonist and dog killer etc.
Against who and how do you know?
Against his victims
What races is he racist against? How do you know he was racist against his victims and not just a homophobe?
Statement from Tristan Kern de Gonzales
Husband of Jonathan JossMy husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done.
Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic.
When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw.
While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired.
Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life.Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future.
He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other.
I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved.To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family.
My focus now is on protecting Jonathan’s legacy and honoring the life we built together.
If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband.
Jonathan saved my life. I will carry that forward. I will protect what he built.
- Tristan Kern de Gonzales
From Jonathan Joss’s Facebook post
What a tragic story. Hope that fucking loser gets jailed for murder. There have to be consequences for behavior like this
The article title is really fucked up for making it seem like it was both sides arguing and it boiling over.
That’s what they do. Our media absolutely covers for hate crimes right now.
I sent an email to their complaint department about the headline. Not likely to do anything, but I’ll still be annoying.
Posted this. Thanks for the idea!
Shame on your organization.
You ran an article titled “King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss fatally shot in Texas after argument with neighbor” and just conveniently left out the fact that there was no argument, just an active hate crime. You failed to mention the years of police reports, the context of the situation, or the open letter penned by his husband who was there, witnessed the murder, and heard the man yelling homophobic slurs as he shot at two completely unarmed non threatening men on their own property.
Organizations like yours protect the shit police forces, the bigots, the lowlives of our society. Decisions like this show where you stand. You’re cowards; cowards protect other cowards.
Disgusting.
Pathetic.
Shameful.
I hope you actually ponder this one for a second. I know you won’t, but got dang, find a moral or two. Y’all suck. This man deserved better; we deserve better. Even you deserve better.
Link to the complaint line?
I’ll be sending this same message to them
I wish I had thought of doing that, thanks! I will join you.
Lemmy is “our” media. Mainstream media is owned by the 1%. It is heavily censored.
Omg… this is so horrible. 😢
WTF is wrong with people!
They’re Republican.
They’re uneducated and are unable to process empathy, while also being fed a torrent of hateful propaganda
Or like the other guy said, they’re Republican
It’s not that they can’t process empathy. It’s that they’re told that empathy makes them weak and unmanly and that if they start to “feel” they need to start smashing shit.
Or like the other guy said, they’re Republican
Rethuglikkklans
But you repeat yourself.
Conservative culture creates objectively worse human beings.
Religion plays a big part.
ACAB.
Fuck the police
His name is written like 10 times across the article, how could you still misspell it…
Thanks, homie. Fixed it for you. I think I let autocorrect get the best of me.
His name is written like 10 times across the article, how could you still misspell it…
His name is written like 10 times across the article, how could you still misspell it…
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Too bad there had to be an argument or disagreement…
…about whether the victim(s) crying over their dead dog in front of their burned down house deserved to live?
I wonder what the chances are that the fire, the dog skull, and the murder were all the same shithead.
I wonder what the chances are that the fire, the dog skull, and the murder were all the same shithead.
Very high. And he’s probably buddies with the homophobic cops who dismissed years of reports of the threats to do those three things. And the same cops who have already “determined” that there was no hate crime.
Although I don’t think those cops have realized yet that he was on other popular shows like Parks and Rec as well. And famous people are speaking out. Meaning there will be a lot more scrutiny and they can’t just shrug and sweep it under the rug this time.
Some of those who burn crosses, hold office.
I hate this stupid fucking bigoted ass country.
And some of those who burn crosses, are the same that work forces.
Joss was a gay native man. Hell I could stop at native and the cops would already be looking to do anything other than help.
I’m now seeing firsthand why folks across the pond keep making snarky comments about The Independent being a Tory tag…
