The manifesto of the elementary school shooter was recently released to the public, two years after the tragic event. The article fixates on the shooter’s gender identity, emphasizing that she was trans, hated her body, America, and her race, and labeling her a violent leftist. It strongly suggests that the delay in releasing the manifesto was part of a larger cover-up to hide her supposed leftist allegiance. However, it fails to mention that the families of the victims had been in court urging against the release—not because of any “leftist agenda,” but out of concern for public safety and respect for the grieving community. This is not an unusual request; many families in similar tragedies seek to avoid sensationalism that could inspire copycat attacks or shift the narrative from collective mourning to the disturbed motives of the perpetrator. Instead of honoring this, the article uses the moment to equate all trans people with mental illness, weaponizing one person’s horrific actions to justify discrimination against an entire group.