So while I may have been pre-judgmental in bringing up the whole “trans” thing (and left sites are all a-Twitter trying to say he and his parents were MAGA…
His social media post featured an iconic album cover from the Icelandic performer “Bjork.”
A very little bit of Google-fu turns up that the image and the singer are icons of the LGBTQ community.
Maybe this is part of the reason the Sheriff said “I hate to call him ‘Mister.’” Or maybe not. Mister is a sign of respect and a title. He may have just wanted to call the little wizard a shitbag.
But if you are not part of the Rainbow letter community… why would you post an image that is part of their iconography on your farewell Instagram posts? Because it’s your favorite singer? Because you like the lyrics (some of which on that album imply violence, BTW.
I know… being judgemental based on three pictures and long “Kate Jackson hairdo” is probably premature and wrong. That said, it’s also based on a string of shootings over the last 5 years in which the shooters have been from one community.
Yeah… that one.
And I’m old enough to remember when we used to joke that every mass shooter was a postal worker… and it was true often enough that the joke stuck.
So right or wrong… it’s a theory or postulation that didn’t come out of the blue. But based on recent stats. And discussions here. And headlines.
Guess we’ll have to wait for the press details… if they don’t try and whitewash it all because it doesn’t fit their narrative like “crazy white MAGA sniper”…. Which is so much better sounding to the NYT than “another tranny/queer/furry/bi/lefty-blue-haired wacko goes off the rails.
But I’m probably wrong…
Sirhr