The latest American school shooting is — like all of the previous shootings — tragic..It took place at a Christian elementary school in a prosperous part of Nashville. Three victims were nine-year-old children, and three were adults. The outpouring of grief is understandable, as are the expressions of rage. There are all the usual cries for yet more gun control, and the usual maneuvering by Democrats and Republicans for control of the narrative. Thankfully, unlike the Uvalde case, the police acted splendidly in this case. The police didn’t hesitate to enter the school, despite being under fire. They shot the shooter dead..The shooter was a 28-year-old woman, who had apparently begun the process to transition to become a male transgender person. He or she had no criminal record. He, or she, used both his or her male name and female name on the suicide note — or transgender manifesto, as it has been called — that she left for a female partner. That partner was alarmed by the note, and called the police. Unfortunately, her call didn’t come in time to save the six victims..It appears the shooter attended the Christian school as a child. It's not known at this time exactly what kind of grudge she carried against the school, but it does appear that she selected her victims randomly. She knew she'd be killed by the police. She obviously had serious mental problems..This case raises serious questions about what is happening in our Western society. Children are being given the message from a very young age it's up to them to decide what gender they want to be. They're told being “trans” is a perfectly normal choice — in fact, choosing that option is quite fashionable. Further, they are given a very sympathetic view of trans people — they are victims, and are being oppressed. The worst of their oppressors, they are told, are white Christians — exactly the type of people this deranged shooter killed at this Christian school..Many of these young people are already confused enough about sexual identity. But the message they're given is if they “transitioned” they could move themselves from that oppressor class to become one of the oppressed. Instantly, they could become more popular. Perhaps the transitioning would solve their sexual confusion..The children who actually begin this process are then often put on a lifetime drug regimen that can further warp their thinking. Some will voluntarily undergo a series of radical and irreversible surgical procedures that will render them infertile, and incapable of experiencing normal sexual fulfillment. There is no turning back..Meanwhile, the prevailing attitude of the day vilifies anyone who questions any part of this new transgender philosophy. Critics are labelled “transphobes” and subjected to both verbal and physical attack. Even now, “transphobic views” are being blamed for the Nashville deaths. To these misguided people the shooter is himself, or herself the victim of “transphobia.”.At some point society must call this new transgender phenomenon what it is — mass mental illness. There's always been a tiny minority of people who feel the need to live the life of the opposite gender. Those people are entitled to do so, and should not be discriminated against in any way. But that’s not what's happening here. In some schools a third or half of the little children are “identifying” as members of the opposite sex. Little boys are saying they're girls. Little girls are saying that they are boys. And this madness is being encouraged by adults..And the fact our doctors are letting children decide whether they want to submit to aggressive drug regimens and surgery that will permanently change these children is proof that our medical associations are no longer fit to govern themselves..This is all deeply wrong. It is some form of civilizational suicide. It is certainly not normal, and it must be stopped. The people who drug and carve up children in the name of some warped ideology are criminals, and must be prosecuted..In this case, the story is “Trans person targets Christians." Just imagine if the reverse was the case, and the headline was “Christians target Trans." The nation would explode..There is nothing normal or good about many thousands of children deciding they want to live as members of the opposite sex. The fact it's happening is evidence that there is a deep sickness in our society..The Nashville shooter got her wish. She died, but not before taking six lives. She obviously needed help. But instead, she was indoctrinated with a trans ideology that killed seven people..Brian Giesbrecht is a retired Manitoba judge.
