by Robert Kraychik
A Twitter profile by the name of Trans Resistance Network wrote on Monday that “anti-trans hate” has “consequences” in relation to the killing of six people at a Christian school in Nashville, TN, by a man described as a “transgender woman” by left-wing news media outlets.
The man who killed six people — including three children — in Nashville “felt he had no other effective way to be seen than to lash out by taking the life of others,” according to the Trans Resistance Network’s statement.
The statement alleged that right-wing figures promote “anti-trans hate” by “calling for nothing less than the genocidal eradication of trans people from society”:
The Trans Resistance Network has been notified the shooter involved in today’s church school shooting in Nashville, TN, was a person identifying as transgender, known from online profiles as Aiden or Aubrey Hale (He, Him).
While it is not our policy to engage publicly with news media, we believe this moment calls for a thoughtful response from our collective.
We point out that today’s incident in Nashville, TN is not one tragedy, but two.
The first tragedy today is the loss of life of three children and adults. We extend our deepest sympathies and heartfelt prayers to those families dealing with the loss of loved ones. There is nothing we can offer that will comfort the hurt, or ease the sorrow. We mourn with you.