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0 indication at all that the roommate is even trans. 0 indication that they're in a relationship.
https://theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997/
NY post is pure fucking cancer.
Currently bewitching the local white guys to slaughter fascists 
Though he grew up in a largely conservative Mormon family, Robinson was not registered with either major political party and appeared to have become infatuated by the far left in recent years, according to the authorities. “It’s very clear to us and to the investigators that this was a person who was deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox told The Wall Street Journal in a brief interview published Friday.
Jfc, this is so goddamn irresponsible. I know, the source and all, just goddamn this is infuriating that they can just post / announce this shit without it being "clear"
All you need is a source. It’s National enquirer shit, except instead of two random ass people telling you Elvis is still alive living underneath Las Vegas you have the governor of a Utah with a clear agenda running his mouth about trans people and since he’s a notable “reputable” source you report it. Journalism truly in shambles. I mean you are just reporting what comes out of the guys mouth but you can also choose to report some things and not other things and the fact that they decided to report his “this is leftists” thing with no real evidence they are just showing their whole asses
This is literally their job except usually it's just playing stenographer for cops.
I'm surprised they didn't do more to manufacture something on Tyler when he was arrested. It's kind of like they were all so sure the shooter would be brown, an immigrant, or trans that they got lazy. Now it's getting late and they need something before files are charged this week. Chuds have been putting in OT either being voluntarily mods for the whole internet or manufacturing photos/text.
If I'm giving them a little bit more grace, I think they just weren't aware of how big the far right (farther than Kirk) is, so they hadn't even thought of the possibility that the shooter's politics would be to the right of Kirk's. It's Utah, I doubt they thought it would be anything but a cis white dude.
Just goes to show something even more horrifying. This hatred is actually based on nothing, they just want people dead literally because “no reason, I just don’t like them.”
They blame them for all their problems, so if their problems are caused by literally anything else (especially themselves) their entire worldview falls apart.
********AXIOS IS REPORTING THIRD HAND
They are reporting that people they have talked to WERE TOLD BY INVESTIGATORS THAT THEY THINK THEY HAD A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP AND THEY THINK THE ROOM MATE MIGHT BE TRANS.
Anyone but one of 'their own'. Pinning it on a trans person is just icing the cake.
All links to the NY Post belong in the dunk tank or bad posting or whatever the containment com is
I saw this first on r/conservative. I got a little worried, hoping it pans out to be completely false.
Good news: there's no reason to believe it's true at all, and the fact that they're not presenting any evidence points to it being false
Bad news: we don't live in a world where evidence matters
He saw a trans woman once and went so mad by her eldritch beauty he just couldn't stop himself from killing the nearest fascist.
Sources says his first car was a trans am
Stage 3: Bargaining.
I hate these fucking evil cretins.