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Trans people face rhetoric, disinformation after shooting
The Associated Press ^ | April 3, 2023 | By ANDREW DeMILLO (D-AP)

Posted on 04/03/2023 7:23:07 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Anti-transgender rhetoric and disinformation in the days following the shooting at a Nashville Christian school that killed six people have heightened the fears of a community already on edge amid a historic push for more restrictions on trans people’s rights this year.

Authorities haven’t shared any evidence linking Audrey Hale’s gender identity to the motive for the attack, which killed three children and three adults at The Covenant School last week.

Yet right-wing commentators, politicians and other figures have cited the shooting as they’ve shared false claims of a rise in transgender mass shooters and suggested that the fight for trans rights is radicalizing people.

Advocates worry the comments are further jeopardizing transgender people by turning them into scapegoats, at a time when they’re speaking out against a wave of bills focused on trans people in statehouses across the country.

“We’ve certainly seen the uptick in transphobic rhetoric in the past week, even directed towards our own public platforms, and there have absolutely been community members that are wearier of being in the public eye,” the Trans Empowerment Project, an advocacy and support group based in Tennessee, said in a statement.

The rhetoric has come even from members of Congress, with Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene questioning whether the shooter was on hormone replacement therapy or medications to treat mental illness.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: andrewdemillo; homosexualagenda; journalism; media; nashville; perverts; transagenda; transgender; trantifa; victimhood
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wasn’t good enough to “ raise awareness “ by waving rainbow flags, now protesting with “in your face” threats and tee shirts proclaiming an acceptance of gun violence.

Seems odd that a vegan, wind/solar anti-fossil fuel, enviro/climate whacko Alphabet gender confused person would discover that 2nd Amendment rights have purpose, that they would then abuse.


21 posted on 04/03/2023 7:30:54 AM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL . )
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To: dfwgator
Well all knew the “Trans People Fear Backlash” stories were coming.

Trans people fear backlash over next week's mass shooting.

22 posted on 04/03/2023 7:32:03 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man.)
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Mental patients should be locked up in hospitals until they act normal.


23 posted on 04/03/2023 7:32:17 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The whole “trans movement” is disinformation.


24 posted on 04/03/2023 7:32:39 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If i knew that retard was going to kill children in advance ,i would have blew her head off and never would have thought anything about it. These people are so metally ill but yet they are shaping the naritive. My word to them is stay the FK away from me and my family.


25 posted on 04/03/2023 7:33:42 AM PDT by spincaster
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
This article is a perfect example of False Framing.


26 posted on 04/03/2023 7:33:49 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Truth is “disinformation” now.


27 posted on 04/03/2023 7:33:55 AM PDT by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

When a disturbed serial killer becomes the poster child for “trans victimization”
…….


28 posted on 04/03/2023 7:35:04 AM PDT by silverleaf (It’s not propaganda just because you disagree with it. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
they’ve shared false claims of a rise in transgender mass shooters

Have there not been more transgender (or non-binary) mass shooters recently compared to the past? I would like to see APs data backing their “fact check” since the shooters have been personally named by those making the case.

29 posted on 04/03/2023 7:36:03 AM PDT by newzjunkey (We need a better Trump than Trump in 2024)
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To: Rummyfan

When being addressed by the wrong pronoun is the equivalent of ‘genocide”…


30 posted on 04/03/2023 7:37:20 AM PDT by silverleaf (It’s not propaganda just because you disagree with it. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

31 posted on 04/03/2023 7:39:01 AM PDT by Perseverando (Antifa, BLM, LGBTQs, RINOs, Islamonazis, Marxists, Commucrats: It's a Godlessness disorder!)
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To: teeman8r

Apparently some states allows trans athletes to compete with girls for athletic scholarships:

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/32117426/state-policies-transgender-athlete-participation

GA leaves it up to each school, while FL goes by birth certificate sex designation.


32 posted on 04/03/2023 7:43:31 AM PDT by GAgal
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“...Authorities haven’t shared any evidence linking Audrey Hale’s gender identity to the motive for the attack...”

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How is her mental illness not part of the motive? These MSM types really do fall all over themselves trying to obfuscate truth.


33 posted on 04/03/2023 7:46:28 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: teeman8r
..amid a historic push for more restrictions on trans people’s rights to convert the Nation's children.
34 posted on 04/03/2023 7:48:48 AM PDT by Thommas (The snout of the camel is already under the tent.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The fact that they left are slitting on the Graves of those kids, and are defending a mass serial murderer tells you all you need to,know about how vile the left really are-


35 posted on 04/03/2023 7:51:26 AM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Evelyn Dieckhaus could not be reached for comment.


36 posted on 04/03/2023 7:54:45 AM PDT by wny
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To: teeman8r

ANY goofy crap they can think up.


37 posted on 04/03/2023 8:00:27 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: teeman8r

rights “over” other people?


38 posted on 04/03/2023 8:01:29 AM PDT by trustverify0128
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well, there certainly HAS been “a rise” in the number of transgender mass shooters. I know of at least two...Nashville and Uvalde. How many of the others....???


39 posted on 04/03/2023 8:02:08 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (Not Responding to Seagull Snark)
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To: NorthMountain

“Trans People Face Rhetoric” Oh the horror of rhetoric! it makes people cry and cower in fear. Having one’s nuts cut off is scarier than rhetoric.


40 posted on 04/03/2023 8:06:05 AM PDT by brookwood (Clinging to our guns, religion, healthy children, traditional marriage, high standard of living...)
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