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The media need to stop gaslighting us about the reality of trans mass shooters

Silencing doctors who raise concerns does not improve outcomes. Constantly telling those who ID as trans that they’re under attack, let alone that they have to take up arms to defend themselves from abuse and violence, is all but programming them to lash out. All of this ensures a reckoning. Every time the media refuse to report plainly, every time officials tiptoe around obvious facts, every time ideology is allowed to override common sense, we invite another tragedy. And then we’ll hear the same hollow refrain: There were no warning signs. Yet there were signs; we just weren’t allowed to take note of them.

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