• The Transgender Minnesota Killer

    From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.tv on Thu Aug 28 16:56:07 2025
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    I woke up this morning to find that a troon shot up a Minnesota Catholic
    School yesterday and killed two kids

    What's interesting beyond the story itself is how the Left seems to be collectively desperate to avoid any mention of the they/them's motive for
    doing sorCo anti-Trump, pro-Palestine, transgender, etc. Anyone who even brings up motive on the talking head shows is immediately shut down with some variation of, "Motive isn't the issue here. Guns are the issue and how we're going to get them away from people to prevent things like this in the
    future."

    Weird how motive is super important when it's a white guy shooting up a black church. When that happened they couldn't stop talking about motive. But when a crazed leftist on all sorts of tranny hormones loses it and kills a bunch of people, we don't need to talk about motive.


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  • From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to rec.arts.tv on Thu Aug 28 17:16:55 2025
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    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    I woke up this morning to find that a troon shot up a Minnesota Catholic >School yesterday and killed two kids

    What's interesting beyond the story itself is how the Left seems to be >collectively desperate to avoid any mention of the they/them's motive for >doing so- anti-Trump, pro-Palestine, transgender, etc. Anyone who even brings >up motive on the talking head shows is immediately shut down with some >variation of, "Motive isn't the issue here. Guns are the issue and how we're >going to get them away from people to prevent things like this in the >future."

    Weird how motive is super important when it's a white guy shooting up a black >church. When that happened they couldn't stop talking about motive. But when a >crazed leftist on all sorts of tranny hormones loses it and kills a bunch of >people, we don't need to talk about motive.

    I heard a quote of Cardinal Blase Cupich blame guns. Since the Church
    wouldn't promote transgender, he said nothing about that.

    What did you read that this was a transsexual going through hormone
    therapy? I've seen nothng.
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  • From Rhino@no_offline_contact@example.com to rec.arts.tv on Thu Aug 28 13:53:25 2025
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    On 2025-08-28 1:16 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    I woke up this morning to find that a troon shot up a Minnesota Catholic
    School yesterday and killed two kids

    What's interesting beyond the story itself is how the Left seems to be
    collectively desperate to avoid any mention of the they/them's motive for
    doing so- anti-Trump, pro-Palestine, transgender, etc. Anyone who even brings
    up motive on the talking head shows is immediately shut down with some
    variation of, "Motive isn't the issue here. Guns are the issue and how we're >> going to get them away from people to prevent things like this in the
    future."

    Weird how motive is super important when it's a white guy shooting up a black
    church. When that happened they couldn't stop talking about motive. But when a
    crazed leftist on all sorts of tranny hormones loses it and kills a bunch of >> people, we don't need to talk about motive.

    I heard a quote of Cardinal Blase Cupich blame guns. Since the Church wouldn't promote transgender, he said nothing about that.

    What is the Catholic Church's position on transgenders then? I had
    assumed it was like their position on gays: pity them, love them, pray
    for them, help them back on a righteous path.

    What did you read that this was a transsexual going through hormone
    therapy? I've seen nothng.
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  • From danny burstein@dannyb@panix.com to rec.arts.tv on Thu Aug 28 17:58:18 2025
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    In <108q2u7$1f9tr$3@dont-email.me> "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> writes:

    [snip]

    What did you read that this was a transsexual going through hormone
    therapy? I've seen nothng.

    keeping in mind this is NYC's beloved Trashloid of Record:

    https://nypost.com/2025/08/28/us-news/minneapolis-school-shooter-robin-westman-confessed-he-was-tired-of-being-trans/
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  • From Rhino@no_offline_contact@example.com to rec.arts.tv on Thu Aug 28 13:58:53 2025
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    On 2025-08-28 12:56 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    I woke up this morning to find that a troon shot up a Minnesota Catholic School yesterday and killed two kids

    What's interesting beyond the story itself is how the Left seems to be collectively desperate to avoid any mention of the they/them's motive for doing sorCo anti-Trump, pro-Palestine, transgender, etc. Anyone who even brings
    up motive on the talking head shows is immediately shut down with some variation of, "Motive isn't the issue here. Guns are the issue and how we're going to get them away from people to prevent things like this in the future."

    Weird how motive is super important when it's a white guy shooting up a black church. When that happened they couldn't stop talking about motive. But when a
    crazed leftist on all sorts of tranny hormones loses it and kills a bunch of people, we don't need to talk about motive.


    It's what the Left does with EVERYTHING. Every event is an opportunity
    to push one or more of their talking points. Gun control is always
    important to them so this event let them spout off about guns. The
    shooter and victims were apparently all white so they couldn't work in a diatribe about race but if it turns out there were some black victims,
    then they'll be able to attribute white supremacy to the shooter. They
    love transgenders and affirming their delusions so they can't talk about
    that.
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  • From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to rec.arts.tv on Thu Aug 28 18:42:59 2025
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    danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
    Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> writes:

    [snip]

    What did you read that this was a transsexual going through hormone >>therapy? I've seen nothng.

    keeping in mind this is NYC's beloved Trashloid of Record:

    https://nypost.com/2025/08/28/us-news/minneapolis-school-shooter-robin-westman-confessed-he-was-tired-of-being-trans/

    Thank you.

    The article says man who wished to be a woman who sort of tried to live
    as a woman, and was successfully able to change his name on his birth certificate to a feminine name. (It didn't say if the birth certificate
    reads a different sex.)

    Not a transsexual, then, no hormones, no surgery. Complained
    specifically about not being able to be a woman due to current
    limitations of medicine and surgery.

    Then he committed the murders and suicide. Do the suicide first.
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  • From Rhino@no_offline_contact@example.com to rec.arts.tv on Thu Aug 28 15:43:37 2025
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    On 2025-08-28 2:42 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
    Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> writes:

    [snip]

    What did you read that this was a transsexual going through hormone
    therapy? I've seen nothng.

    keeping in mind this is NYC's beloved Trashloid of Record:

    https://nypost.com/2025/08/28/us-news/minneapolis-school-shooter-robin-westman-confessed-he-was-tired-of-being-trans/

    Thank you.

    The article says man who wished to be a woman who sort of tried to live
    as a woman, and was successfully able to change his name on his birth certificate to a feminine name. (It didn't say if the birth certificate
    reads a different sex.)

    Not a transsexual, then, no hormones, no surgery. Complained
    specifically about not being able to be a woman due to current
    limitations of medicine and surgery.

    Then he committed the murders and suicide. Do the suicide first.

    Exactly!! I don't know how many times I've read about murder-suicides
    where the killer had serious issues and wanted to die. That's fair
    enough and I champion a person's innate right to commit suicide if they
    can't see any other way forward. But killing someone else, except in self-defence, is WRONG WRONG WRONG. If someone feels the need to end
    their lives, they need to do it BUT LEAVE EVERYONE ELSE ALONE.
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  • From moviePig@nobody@nowhere.com to rec.arts.tv on Thu Aug 28 16:55:44 2025
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    On 8/28/2025 3:43 PM, Rhino wrote:
    On 2025-08-28 2:42 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
    Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> writes:

    [snip]

    What did you read that this was a transsexual going through hormone
    therapy? I've seen nothng.

    keeping in mind this is NYC's beloved Trashloid of Record:

    https://nypost.com/2025/08/28/us-news/minneapolis-school-shooter-
    robin-westman-confessed-he-was-tired-of-being-trans/

    Thank you.

    The article says man who wished to be a woman who sort of tried to live
    as a woman, and was successfully able to change his name on his birth
    certificate to a feminine name. (It didn't say if the birth certificate
    reads a different sex.)

    Not a transsexual, then, no hormones, no surgery. Complained
    specifically about not being able to be a woman due to current
    limitations of medicine and surgery.

    Then he committed the murders and suicide. Do the suicide first.

    Exactly!! I don't know how many times I've read about murder-suicides
    where the killer had serious issues and wanted to die. That's fair
    enough and I champion a person's innate right to commit suicide if they can't see any other way forward. But killing someone else, except in self-defence, is WRONG WRONG WRONG. If someone feels the need to end
    their lives, they need to do it BUT LEAVE EVERYONE ELSE ALONE.

    Suicide is often called the ultimate selfish act. And few things are guaranteed to grab everyone's attention like innocent bystanders.


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  • From The Horny Goat@lcraver@home.ca to rec.arts.tv on Thu Aug 28 19:34:37 2025
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    On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:43:37 -0400, Rhino
    <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    Exactly!! I don't know how many times I've read about murder-suicides
    where the killer had serious issues and wanted to die. That's fair
    enough and I champion a person's innate right to commit suicide if they >can't see any other way forward. But killing someone else, except in >self-defence, is WRONG WRONG WRONG. If someone feels the need to end
    their lives, they need to do it BUT LEAVE EVERYONE ELSE ALONE.

    Which is why I feel there are extraordinary cases where "cruel and
    unusual punishment" is entirely called for.
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  • From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.tv on Fri Aug 29 03:14:25 2025
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    On Aug 28, 2025 at 10:16:55 AM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com>
    wrote:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    I woke up this morning to find that a troon shot up a Minnesota Catholic
    School yesterday and killed two kids

    What's interesting beyond the story itself is how the Left seems to be
    collectively desperate to avoid any mention of the they/them's motive for
    doing so- anti-Trump, pro-Palestine, transgender, etc. Anyone who even brings
    up motive on the talking head shows is immediately shut down with some
    variation of, "Motive isn't the issue here. Guns are the issue and how we're >> going to get them away from people to prevent things like this in the
    future."

    Weird how motive is super important when it's a white guy shooting up a black
    church. When that happened they couldn't stop talking about motive. But when >> a
    crazed leftist on all sorts of tranny hormones loses it and kills a bunch of >> people, we don't need to talk about motive.

    I heard a quote of Cardinal Blase Cupich blame guns. Since the Church wouldn't promote transgender, he said nothing about that.

    What did you read that this was a transsexual going through hormone
    therapy? I've seen nothng.

    Looks like the shooter specifically targeted the school because it was a "gun-free zone" and he knew the targets would be defenseless.

    --------------------------------

    https://www.ammoland.com/2025/08/minneapolis-school-shooter-chose-a-gun-free-zone/

    The manifesto of the Catholic school shooter in Minneapolis has confirmed what gun-rights advocates have been saying for decades: "gun-free zones" are not safe spaces-- they are killing zones.

    In chilling words, the Minneapolis Trans Shooter explained his choice of target:

    "I recently heard a rumor that James Holmes, the Aurora theater
    shooter, may have chosen venues that were gun-free zones. I would
    probably aim the same way . . . Holmes wanted to make sure his
    victims would be unarmed. That's why I and many others like schools
    so much. At least for me, I am focused on them. Adam Lanza is my
    reason."

    The shooter's words were written partly in Russian (Cyrillic), and, the clear message matches what researchers and survivors have long understood: mass killers pick locations where they know nobody can fight back.

    This is not the first time evidence has pointed to killers deliberately targeting so-called gun-free areas. From the Aurora movie theater in Colorado, to Sandy Hook, to the more recent Lewiston bowling alley massacre, nearly
    every modern mass shooting has taken place in a location where law-abiding citizens were banned from carrying firearms.

    Alan Gottlieb of the 2nd Amendment Foundation has put it bluntly: "You're a sitting duck in a gun-free zone." Research from the Crime Prevention Research Center backs this up-- showing that over 98% of mass public shootings since 1950 happened in places where ordinary citizens were prohibited from carrying firearms.

    The Minneapolis shooter himself echoed the same logic that killers before him have used: criminals don't follow rules. Gun bans don't stop attacks-- they advertise a free field of defenseless victims.

    Gun-free zones were sold to the public as a way to keep people safe. Instead, they've created spaces where innocent lives are sacrificed to politics. Author Dan Wos, writing about repeated tragedies, called them "the biggest culprit of unnecessary and preventable death".

    The failed logic is now tragically clear in Minneapolis: posting a sign or passing a law doesn't stop evil. It doesn't protect children. It doesn't save families. Instead, it creates the illusion of safety while making sure law-abiding citizens are disarmed and helpless when the worst happens.


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  • From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to rec.arts.tv on Fri Aug 29 06:11:03 2025
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    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    Looks like the shooter specifically targeted the school because it was a >"gun-free zone" and he knew the targets would be defenseless.

    Uvalde had an armed school district police officer... who did not engage
    the perpatrator.

    Gun-free zones were supposed to be about discouraging gun crimes in
    which an argument between morons, either or both are armed, leads to a shooting. I doubt anyone studied which crimes this might prevent or
    whether it reduced crimes like these. It also allows business owners to
    order armed individuals out of the store. Of course, if they comply, I
    guess that they hadn't entered the store to commit a robbery.

    No, it can't mitigate against a premeditated crime.

    I don't get the transgender aspect. This sounds like a disaffected young
    male adult; a tiny percentage here shoot up soft targets. Maybe he
    thought if he were a woman he wouldn't be obligated to feel like he
    wasn't living up to expectations for being a man.

    I heard a part of one press conference in which police referred to HIM
    by his chosen female name.
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  • From Ubiquitous@weberm@polaris.net to rec.arts.tv on Fri Aug 29 04:30:48 2025
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    In article <108q2u7$1f9tr$3@dont-email.me>, ahk@chinet.com wrote:
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    I woke up this morning to find that a troon shot up a Minnesota Catholic >>School yesterday and killed two kids

    What's interesting beyond the story itself is how the Left seems to be >>collectively desperate to avoid any mention of the they/them's motive for >>doing so- anti-Trump, pro-Palestine, transgender, etc. Anyone who even >>brings up motive on the talking head shows is immediately shut down with >>some variation of, "Motive isn't the issue here. Guns are the issue and how >>we're going to get them away from people to prevent things like this in the >>future."

    Weird how motive is super important when it's a white guy shooting up a >>black church. When that happened they couldn't stop talking about motive. >>But when a crazed leftist on all sorts of tranny hormones loses it and >>kills a bunch of people, we don't need to talk about motive.

    I heard a quote of Cardinal Blase Cupich blame guns. Since the Church >wouldn't promote transgender, he said nothing about that.

    What did you read that this was a transsexual going through hormone
    therapy? I've seen nothng.

    He had a long history of mental illness, body dismorphia withstanding.

    [Kerman's incorrect formatting fixed.]

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  • From moviePig@nobody@nowhere.com to rec.arts.tv on Fri Aug 29 15:28:52 2025
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    On 8/28/2025 11:14 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Aug 28, 2025 at 10:16:55 AM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    I woke up this morning to find that a troon shot up a Minnesota Catholic >>> School yesterday and killed two kids

    What's interesting beyond the story itself is how the Left seems to be
    collectively desperate to avoid any mention of the they/them's motive for >>> doing so- anti-Trump, pro-Palestine, transgender, etc. Anyone who even brings
    up motive on the talking head shows is immediately shut down with some
    variation of, "Motive isn't the issue here. Guns are the issue and how we're
    going to get them away from people to prevent things like this in the
    future."

    Weird how motive is super important when it's a white guy shooting up a black
    church. When that happened they couldn't stop talking about motive. But when
    a
    crazed leftist on all sorts of tranny hormones loses it and kills a bunch of
    people, we don't need to talk about motive.

    I heard a quote of Cardinal Blase Cupich blame guns. Since the Church
    wouldn't promote transgender, he said nothing about that.

    What did you read that this was a transsexual going through hormone
    therapy? I've seen nothng.

    Looks like the shooter specifically targeted the school because it was a "gun-free zone" and he knew the targets would be defenseless.

    --------------------------------

    https://www.ammoland.com/2025/08/minneapolis-school-shooter-chose-a-gun-free-zone/

    The manifesto of the Catholic school shooter in Minneapolis has confirmed what
    gun-rights advocates have been saying for decades: "gun-free zones" are not safe spaces-- they are killing zones.

    In chilling words, the Minneapolis Trans Shooter explained his choice of target:

    "I recently heard a rumor that James Holmes, the Aurora theater
    shooter, may have chosen venues that were gun-free zones. I would
    probably aim the same way . . . Holmes wanted to make sure his
    victims would be unarmed. That's why I and many others like schools
    so much. At least for me, I am focused on them. Adam Lanza is my
    reason."

    The shooter's words were written partly in Russian (Cyrillic), and, the clear message matches what researchers and survivors have long understood: mass killers pick locations where they know nobody can fight back.

    This is not the first time evidence has pointed to killers deliberately targeting so-called gun-free areas. From the Aurora movie theater in Colorado,
    to Sandy Hook, to the more recent Lewiston bowling alley massacre, nearly every modern mass shooting has taken place in a location where law-abiding citizens were banned from carrying firearms.

    Alan Gottlieb of the 2nd Amendment Foundation has put it bluntly: "You're a sitting duck in a gun-free zone." Research from the Crime Prevention Research Center backs this up-- showing that over 98% of mass public shootings since 1950 happened in places where ordinary citizens were prohibited from carrying firearms.

    The Minneapolis shooter himself echoed the same logic that killers before him have used: criminals don't follow rules. Gun bans don't stop attacks-- they advertise a free field of defenseless victims.

    Gun-free zones were sold to the public as a way to keep people safe. Instead, they've created spaces where innocent lives are sacrificed to politics. Author
    Dan Wos, writing about repeated tragedies, called them "the biggest culprit of
    unnecessary and preventable death".

    The failed logic is now tragically clear in Minneapolis: posting a sign or passing a law doesn't stop evil. It doesn't protect children. It doesn't save families. Instead, it creates the illusion of safety while making sure law-abiding citizens are disarmed and helpless when the worst happens.

    So, one could surmise that, among his motives, this guy sought to
    provoke Americans into arming themselves ...and will doubtless have some success. It's reminiscent of Hamas using barbarity to provoke Israel
    into the same.

    We seemed doomed to all of us becoming as bad as the worst of us.


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  • From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to rec.arts.tv on Sun Aug 31 17:19:30 2025
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    Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    I woke up this morning to find that a troon shot up a Minnesota Catholic >>School yesterday and killed two kids

    What's interesting beyond the story itself is how the Left seems to be >>collectively desperate to avoid any mention of the they/them's motive
    for doing so- anti-Trump, pro-Palestine, transgender, etc. Anyone who
    even brings up motive on the talking head shows is immediately shut
    down with some variation of, "Motive isn't the issue here. Guns are
    the issue and how we're going to get them away from people to prevent >>things like this in the future."

    Weird how motive is super important when it's a white guy shooting up
    a black church. When that happened they couldn't stop talking about
    motive. But when a crazed leftist on all sorts of tranny hormones loses
    it and kills a bunch of people, we don't need to talk about motive.

    I heard a quote of Cardinal Blase Cupich blame guns. Since the Church >wouldn't promote transgender, he said nothing about that.

    What did you read that this was a transsexual going through hormone
    therapy? I've seen nothng.

    Boy wounded in Minnesota church shooting asks doctor: 'Can you say a
    prayer with me?'
    By STEVE KARNOWSKI, JOHN SEEWER and MARK VANCLEAVE
    AP
    Updated 1:44 PM CDT, August 30, 2025 https://apnews.com/article/catholic-school-shooting-victims-grief-e116fe0dd0d0662bbe69f5026e3fb313

    Here's a story from yesterday that has a few of the facts I was looking
    for. 116 rounds were fired through the stained-glass windows, Two
    children murdered; most of the 18 wounded were children. He brought a a pump-action shotgun, a 9 mm pistol and a semiautomatic rifle. Assuming
    most of the rounds were fired from the semi, it says nothing about how
    many rounds were fired from the other two weapons, if any. I thought I
    heard he killed himself with the rifle.

    The transgender note is that he had petitioned to change his name in
    2020, not amend his birth certificate. The mayor decried hatred directed
    at "our transgender community". It doesn't explain what the hell he is
    talking about, nor name anyone who made hateful statements.

    His had journal entries intending to harm children and wrote that the
    school was an easy target. He didn't want to target parents, who could
    fight back if they were armed. He drilled at a shooting range. Parents
    of the dead and woumded children was legislative changes related to gun
    safety and mental health issues.

    It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the
    future.

    Note that this has been attributed to Mark Twain and Yogi Berra, but
    it's from a Danish autobiography quoting something said in parliamentary debate, not attributed to the speaker.

    https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/10/20/no-predict/

    Let's discuss pre-crime aspects of this. Certain people just know this perpetrator could have been stopped, even though his writings weren't
    known to the police and he had no arrest record. The article says his
    family (it doesn't say who) lent him money to buy guns, but it does not
    say that anyone in his family (Did he have any friends?) was aware that
    he was planning and preparing to commit this terrible crime to achieve notoriety.

    I'm going to disagree with BTR1701 here. Yes, expressing the desire to
    be a woman is a symptom but I don't think it's as important a symptom as BTR1701 suggests. I think the underlying issue being a disaffected young
    male adult and then indulging in fantasies about mass murder of soft
    targets in carrying out this crime.

    By emphasizing mental health, this will lead to an implication that every disaffected young male is a potential danger to himself or others. That's pretty much everybody at one point or another.

    Uh, do you remember feeling helpless and insecure at times in high
    school? Everybody's high school was built on a Hellmouth, not just the
    one in Sunnydale.

    Let's also remember that girls can have misdirected emotions leading to
    harming others, too, not just boys. But they are more likely to use
    knives rather than guns, making the attacks up close and personal, not
    from a distance at random targets.

    The other day, I tuned into the middle of a radio story about long time
    peer counseling at an all-boys school that began in the late '80s. The
    teacher who began it was going against conventional wisdom. He noted
    that they had access to one school psychologist for every 1000 boys and
    there was just no way to help boys better express their emotions. That's
    why he came up with peer counseling and learned to refine it over time.

    There was an interesting observation, defying stereotypes about
    athletes. He pointed out that it's acceptable for an athlete to express
    extreme emotion in front of an audience, especially unhappiness and
    frustration at a poorly-executed play or individual performance, or just outplayed by the opponent.

    But for boys who are not athletes or competitors in something, it isn't socially acceptable to express extreme emotion.

    Parents, schools, friends and colleagues are doing a shitty job of
    allowing boys (and probably girls) to figure out ways to express
    emotions and to cope and therefore learn to overcome problems in order
    to become a successful adult.

    But is all this shit mental illness? Probably not.

    My state just solved the problem! In recent legislation, there is a
    statewide mandate for schools at various ages to screen children for
    mental illness by mental health professionals, whatever the fuck that
    means. I know what it means: An aide gets 30 to 60 minutes of training
    to administer these tests. It won't be a mental health professional at
    all -- psychiatriat, psychiatric social worker, psychologist, or even a psychiatric nurse. This will backfire hugely. The state board of
    education, which itself has no mental health expertise, will write the regulations.

    My h8gh school had neither a school psychologist... nor a vampire
    slayer.
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  • From danny burstein@dannyb@panix.com to rec.arts.tv on Sun Aug 31 18:11:50 2025
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    In <1092072$3c07d$1@dont-email.me> "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> writes:

    [snip]

    My h8gh school had neither a school psychologist... nor a vampire
    slayer.

    how do you know there weren't any vampire slayers? Maybe they
    did their job quietly...
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  • From Dimensional Traveler@dtravel@sonic.net to rec.arts.tv on Sun Aug 31 11:44:23 2025
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    On 8/31/2025 10:19 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

    My state just solved the problem! In recent legislation, there is a
    statewide mandate for schools at various ages to screen children for
    mental illness by mental health professionals, whatever the fuck that
    means. I know what it means: An aide gets 30 to 60 minutes of training
    to administer these tests. It won't be a mental health professional at
    all -- psychiatriat, psychiatric social worker, psychologist, or even a psychiatric nurse. This will backfire hugely. The state board of
    education, which itself has no mental health expertise, will write the regulations.

    This is most likely intended to identify anyone who may be non-straight heterosexual for "mental health care".
    --
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  • From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to rec.arts.tv on Sun Aug 31 20:12:30 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
    On 8/31/2025 10:19 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

    My state just solved the problem! In recent legislation, there is a >>statewide mandate for schools at various ages to screen children for
    mental illness by mental health professionals, whatever the fuck that >>means. I know what it means: An aide gets 30 to 60 minutes of training
    to administer these tests. It won't be a mental health professional at
    all -- psychiatrist, psychiatric social worker, psychologist, or even a >>psychiatric nurse. This will backfire hugely. The state board of
    education, which itself has no mental health expertise, will write the >>regulations.

    This is most likely intended to identify anyone who may be non-straight >heterosexual for "mental health care".

    Beyond their sexuality -- kids may not yet have had sex -- but
    overall conformance with norms. Expectation to conform with norms is
    bias on the part of the test giver.

    That fails to address the issue in a way kids might benefit. These are
    kids who haven't yet learned to behave like adults. Because they are
    kids, they need to be taught safe ways to channel their emotions and to confront problems. Being browbeaten into conformity never helped anyone.

    Psychiatrists absolutely get this wrong, with ADHD medications
    prescribed like candy, not to mention anti-deprecents and
    anti-psychotics given to kids. I've often wondered if a potential ADHD diagnosis should try getting the kid interested in an individual sport
    like track-and-field or gymnastics since they really need to burn off
    excessive energy, or just let him leave class whem he feels like he
    needs to run around. Not every condition requires medication.
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  • From The True Melissa@thetruemelissa@gmail.com to rec.arts.tv on Sun Aug 31 14:02:19 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    Verily, in article <1092abd$3eagt$1@dont-email.me>, did ahk@chinet.com
    deliver unto us this message:
    or just let him leave class whem he feels like he
    needs to run around.


    Some schools have tried this one, and it isn't working well. Those kids
    just get up and roam as they please.

    Screens are causing all the ADHD. My preferred first approach would be
    to get screens out of schools and schoolwork. Schools should probably
    resume banning phones at school, which they've stopped doing because the
    kids would get upset.
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  • From Dimensional Traveler@dtravel@sonic.net to rec.arts.tv on Sun Aug 31 15:24:40 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 8/31/2025 1:12 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
    On 8/31/2025 10:19 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

    My state just solved the problem! In recent legislation, there is a
    statewide mandate for schools at various ages to screen children for
    mental illness by mental health professionals, whatever the fuck that
    means. I know what it means: An aide gets 30 to 60 minutes of training
    to administer these tests. It won't be a mental health professional at
    all -- psychiatrist, psychiatric social worker, psychologist, or even a
    psychiatric nurse. This will backfire hugely. The state board of
    education, which itself has no mental health expertise, will write the
    regulations.

    This is most likely intended to identify anyone who may be non-straight
    heterosexual for "mental health care".

    Beyond their sexuality -- kids may not yet have had sex -- but
    overall conformance with norms. Expectation to conform with norms is
    bias on the part of the test giver.

    Especially since politicians are determining the desired "norm".
    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.
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  • From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to rec.arts.tv on Sun Aug 31 22:59:40 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
    On 8/31/2025 1:12 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
    On 8/31/2025 10:19 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

    My state just solved the problem! In recent legislation, there is a >>>>statewide mandate for schools at various ages to screen children for >>>>mental illness by mental health professionals, whatever the fuck that >>>>means. I know what it means: An aide gets 30 to 60 minutes of training >>>>to administer these tests. It won't be a mental health professional at >>>>all -- psychiatrist, psychiatric social worker, psychologist, or even a >>>>psychiatric nurse. This will backfire hugely. The state board of >>>>education, which itself has no mental health expertise, will write the >>>>regulations.

    This is most likely intended to identify anyone who may be non-straight >>>heterosexual for "mental health care".

    Beyond their sexuality -- kids may not yet have had sex -- but
    overall conformance with norms. Expectation to conform with norms is
    bias on the part of the test giver.

    Especially since politicians are determining the desired "norm".

    I agree. And in any era, when politicians tell parents how to raise
    their own children, it's always a political stunt.
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  • From moviePig@nobody@nowhere.com to rec.arts.tv on Sun Aug 31 22:13:57 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 8/31/2025 6:24 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
    On 8/31/2025 1:12 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
    On 8/31/2025 10:19 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

    My state just solved the problem! In recent legislation, there is a
    statewide mandate for schools at various ages to screen children for
    mental illness by mental health professionals, whatever the fuck that
    means. I know what it means: An aide gets 30 to 60 minutes of training >>>> to administer these tests. It won't be a mental health professional at >>>> all -- psychiatrist, psychiatric social worker, psychologist, or even a >>>> psychiatric nurse. This will backfire hugely. The state board of
    education, which itself has no mental health expertise, will write the >>>> regulations.

    This is most likely intended to identify anyone who may be non-straight
    heterosexual for "mental health care".

    Beyond their sexuality -- kids may not yet have had sex -- but
    overall conformance with norms. Expectation to conform with norms is
    bias on the part of the test giver.

    Especially since politicians are determining the desired "norm".

    Well, the politicians' constituency is.


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