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   Rhino to Adam H. Kerman   
   Re: Celebratng transgender achievement   
   12 Feb 26 08:50:40   
   
   From: no_offline_contact@example.com   
      
   On 2026-02-11 7:53 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > BTR1701  wrote:   
   >> On Feb 11, 2026 at 3:06:33 PM PST, Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Police identified Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18 years old, as the prime   
   >>> suspect in the Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, mass murder. "Assigned   
   >>> male at birth," she began transitioning to female six years ago. She   
   >>> killed herself at the main crime scene.   
   >   
   >> The media is describing the killer as "the gunperson" now, since they don't   
   >> want to misgender the killer and be rude to him or anything.   
   >   
   > We're not allowed to say perpetrator if we are so terribly concerned   
   > about misuse of gendered words? How about killer?   
      
   I thought the standard term these days was "shooter" which doesn't seem   
   to offend anybody.   
      
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