By Rod Dreher, European Conservative.
Not all trans people are potential mass killers. The connection, if there is one, has to do with two things: mental instability and a sense of violent grievance.
In Minneapolis on Wednesday, a heavily armed young man opened fire on a Catholic church full of children praying, then killed himself. The gunman, Robin Westman, 23, identified as a woman; sorry, U.S. media, the evil bastard left this world as he entered it: as a male. Two children died, and many more were left wounded.
Whenever there is a mass shooting, the American media and liberal politicians follow a well-practiced formula. The core reason is always the easy availability of guns in the United States. If the killer is somehow tied to the political Right, they emphasize his politics. If he is tied to the political Left, or to a faction favored by the Left, they de-emphasize that fact. The object, of course, is to control the narrative.
Jacob Frey, the Democratic mayor of the liberal city, told a crowd, “Don’t let anyone tell you it’s not about the guns, because it is.”
“I’ve heard a whole lot of hate directed at our trans community,” Frey continued. “Anybody that is using this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community—or any other community out there—has lost their sense of common humanity.”
We heard the same kind of talk in 2023, when a female-to-male transgender entered into the Covenant School, a Presbyterian elementary school she had once attended, and massacred children and teachers. Don’t say trans! was the media line. Whatever motivated that disturbed young woman to attack the school children, it could not have anything to do with her transgendered status. Same with Robin Westman.
I disagree. It is perfectly fair, and even important, to consider the role that Westman’s transgenderism played in this mass murder attempt. To be clear, not all trans people are potential mass killers. The connection, if there is one, has to do with two things: mental instability and a sense of violent grievance.