Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey defended the trans community, saying those who direct hate toward trans people have “lost their sense of common humanity.” The shooter has been identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman. FBI Director Kash Patel identified them as a male. Documents from Westman requesting a name change say they identify as female.
Human dignity does not apply to someone who targets and kills innocent people. Who cares what this person is called. They are a deranged murderer and don’t deserve to be called anything else.
Its not about the shooter.
Intentionally misgendering and using hate speech to refer to them is about creating a permission structure to increase the level of threats and violence that other trans people face.
Using more dehumanizing language to refer to this killer will increase the level of violence this community is subject to and trans people are already one of the most murdered groups in society.
Try rereading the statement. It was about trans people as a whole, not the shooter.
this entire chain of comments is you excusing the fact that you want any excuse to misgender a trans person and that’s fucking disgusting. fucking fix yourself.
