As Twitchy reported earlier, the Washington Post did its part Thursday to make sure that readers demonized the right-wing pundits and their anti-trans rhetoric and not the transgender shooter who massacred six people at a private Christian school on Monday. We’ve said it several times today, but we still can’t believe the mainstream media is running cover for a school shooter.
The attempts on the right to connect violence to transgender people come even though transgender people are rarely the perpetrators of mass shootings, which are overwhelmingly carried out by cisgender men, according to criminal justice experts. https://t.co/yzhhyzjc1h
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 30, 2023
Yes, but this shooting wasn’t carried out by a cisgender male. Can we talk about that?
The Post got hammered for that hot take, but now it’s removed the paywall so that non-subscribers can read this “important” piece, and the reporter says he “will not be intimidated from reporting this reality.”
We've dropped the paywall on this important story about intensifying rhetoric against a marginalized community. I will not be intimidated for reporting this reality. https://t.co/QrSp8DOjJ3
— Fenit Nirappil (@FenitN) March 30, 2023
Intimidated? What, you got some mean tweets calling out your callous disregard for the victims?
Thank you for standing up for the group that has the backing of every Federal, Corporate, and Media power center. Very brave.
— Magills (@magills_) March 30, 2023
Jesus, man. For such a small segment of our society, trans people get more positive press than any group ever. Marginalized, my ass.
— That Goddamned Finkelstein Shit Kid (@Supreme____Beef) March 30, 2023
The marginalized community are women.
— S.Kinny (@SkinnyFilter) March 30, 2023
Specifically, how are they marginalized? pic.twitter.com/jbvfTwp500
— JayJay McMaster, CD (@tantrumblue1) March 30, 2023
Hilarious how you still claim they’re “marginalized” when every minor inconvenience is a national news story. 🙄🙄🙄
— BKactual (@BravoKiloActual) March 30, 2023
Christians right? That's the marginalized community? I mean, they're the ones who just got shot up…
— 🇺🇲 PSL Catholic Hockey Enjoyer 🇺🇲 (@LOBVMRespecter) March 30, 2023
Marginalized? Trans are featured in TV commercials, movies, and are the faces of women's products. They are in fact far overrepresented.
— A Smith (@ASmith03615702) March 30, 2023
So stunning and brave, I'm like literally shaking.
— Brandon (@Snivles44) March 30, 2023
You are not the victims in this story
— br0therj0e (@br0therj0e) March 30, 2023
I really hope you get to reap what you're sowing.
— FDIC Insured Honkitude (@Mr_Honkitude) March 30, 2023
Intimidated? You should be embarrassed.
— Nathan Woundy (@nathandwoundy) March 30, 2023
You can put the paywall back up chief
— Kory Jaiden (@JaidenKory) March 30, 2023
We need more “journalism” layoffs pronto.
— Super Journalist (Ret) – JOURN-L of Skrypton (@Magnum_CK) March 30, 2023
“I will not be intimidated”
Finally, we’ve found the real victim in this story. The poor journalists!
— Raoul_Duke_Nukem (@NukemRaoul) March 30, 2023
Six people killed, transgenders most affected
— sam (@AntiNewDems) March 30, 2023
its almost funny how you recognize the importance of not exploiting a tragedy, targeting a group of people, for political gain, without seeing the irony in how often you exploit tragedy, targeting a group of people, for political gain
— Curtis Woodard (@curtinsea) March 30, 2023
"Reality"
Sure groomer.
— Slender Mandalorian (@SlenderMando) March 30, 2023
"Stop marginalizing this group comprised of .6% of the population that has escalated their behavior from simple child mutilation to outright murder."
— Ducky ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (@thatjerkme) March 30, 2023
Get bent.
— Dan Flarida 🇺🇸 (@DanFlarida) March 30, 2023
You’re insane.
— Sunbasket (@SamovarBliss) March 30, 2023
A member of your "marginalized community" just shot six innocent people dead, including three young children. Yet, "they" are the victim? You're a soulless ghoul, and I will not be intimidated for telling the truth. You want war? You got war.
— Tom in FL (@thomasa56) March 30, 2023
Fenit Nirappil not only made the transgender community the victim of this mass shooting — he went the extra step and made it about him and how he won’t be intimidated. That’s sociopathic narcissism.
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Related:
WaPo engages in perverse ‘wagon circling’ to villainize & demonize the Right over Covenant shooting https://t.co/c0HshjXW9G
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 30, 2023
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