Have you noticed the LACK OF LIBERALS CALLING FOR GUN CONFISCATION after this horrendous act.....Could that be because the shooters were QUEER and the other a Christian and Trump hater???? Of course we know the answer, even the socialist MSM is silenced!!!! Hmmmmm!!!!!
GetReligion.com ^ | May 10, 2019 | Terry Mattingly
Posted on 5/11/2019, 307 PM by Mrs. Don-o
Another week, another school shooting, although this latest one in the Denver suburb of Highlands Ranch has quickly turned into a religion story.
Well, itās a religion story if reporters note crucial details and ask basic questions.
As I scanned various stories, I learned there was very little news about the shooters, especially some of their more controversial aspects. One was LGBTQ; the other had Satanic symbols on his car, yet that didnāt make it into many media accounts. (As for Kendrick Castillo, the 18-year-old who died at the scene, he was an only child. I cannot imagine his parentsā sorrow...A TRUE AMERICAN HERO!)
The Denver Post tells us this much at the arraignment:
One of the shooting suspects, Devon Erickson, sat hunched in his chair throughout his hearing where he was advised of the charges he is being held on. As the proceeding continued, the skinny 18-year-old with shaggy black and pink hair curled farther into himself ā his bangs nearly touching the defense table by the end.
Alec McKinney ā who is charged under the legal name of Maya Elizabeth McKinney but uses male pronouns and the name Alec ā sat up straight in her chair. ā¦
Also, there is this: According to folks who checked out his Facebook account, there was an anti-Christian screed there.
Another student, Aiden Beatty, said that Erickson worked as a vocal instructor and acted in school musicals. Beatty and Erickson formed multiple rock bands together. Beatty said he couldnāt imagine his band mate committing such horror. Nothing on Ericksonās public social media pointed toward violence.
āIn my mind heās pretty much dead,ā Beatty said. āHeās effectively killed himself, too, in a terrible and unimaginable way.ā
McKinney was transgender and had struggled with personal problems, freshman Ben Lemos said. The two shared a study hall, a lunch group and mutual friends, Lemos said.
āHe just had a negative experience with school,ā he said.
But the Daily Mail had a lot more interesting details, including how Erickson had ā666ā and a pentagram spray-painted on the hood of his car.
In case you think they are making this up, a news producer for the Denver affiliate of CBS posted a photo of said car.
Now why isnāt this detail being mentioned much? If the suspect had the words āTrust Jesusā or the like spray-painted instead, would there be a lot more made of it?
A reporter at heavy.com quickly got on social media and cached photos (and lots of other information) from the suspectsā Instagram accounts before anyone else could take them offline. Itās there that we learn that Alecās Instagram handle was āthatgaykidalecā and that his mother āhates the new Alecā and that he missed his dad. So hereās a girl who doesnāt get along with her mom whoās transitioning to be a boy who is without a dad.
Still, I donāt see media picking up on the LGBTQ shooter angles. Thereās some sites out there commenting on how a trans kid committing a murder doesnāt fit into the media narrative, hence theyāre not reporting on it. Because the child is a juvenile, I understand why reporters must be cautious but when this kidās friends are posting on Instagram that she/he had mental problems because of the trans issue, itās sure worth mentioning.
As for the victim, his religious connections have received short shrift as well. The New York Times profiled Castillo, but managed to miss the fact that heād attended a private Catholic school before transferring to the STEM school where he was killed. The Timesā only religious reference was a friend referring to Castilloās faith being important to him. Weāre not told what that was.
This USA Today story mentioned the boy was often seen āat Knights of Columbus fund-raisers and bingo nights.ā Hmmm. What place do you know features such events? Could it be a Catholic church?
Definitely. Catholic News Agency just ran a story on Kendrickās Catholic faith, so the information was definitely out there.
Why couldnāt other journalists connect the dots? This consistent blindness is wearying at best and a disgrace to the profession at worst.
Well, watch the drama play out with the accused kids in the next few weeks. If we see anything about Ericksonās anti-Christian connections (and Iāve not listed them all) and why McKinneyās trans issues led him to pick up a gun, then Iāll know thereās some objective reporting going on.
If not, you know what that means, too.
GetReligion.com ^ | May 10, 2019 | Terry Mattingly
Posted on 5/11/2019, 307 PM by Mrs. Don-o
Another week, another school shooting, although this latest one in the Denver suburb of Highlands Ranch has quickly turned into a religion story.
Well, itās a religion story if reporters note crucial details and ask basic questions.
As I scanned various stories, I learned there was very little news about the shooters, especially some of their more controversial aspects. One was LGBTQ; the other had Satanic symbols on his car, yet that didnāt make it into many media accounts. (As for Kendrick Castillo, the 18-year-old who died at the scene, he was an only child. I cannot imagine his parentsā sorrow...A TRUE AMERICAN HERO!)
The Denver Post tells us this much at the arraignment:
One of the shooting suspects, Devon Erickson, sat hunched in his chair throughout his hearing where he was advised of the charges he is being held on. As the proceeding continued, the skinny 18-year-old with shaggy black and pink hair curled farther into himself ā his bangs nearly touching the defense table by the end.
Alec McKinney ā who is charged under the legal name of Maya Elizabeth McKinney but uses male pronouns and the name Alec ā sat up straight in her chair. ā¦
Also, there is this: According to folks who checked out his Facebook account, there was an anti-Christian screed there.
Another student, Aiden Beatty, said that Erickson worked as a vocal instructor and acted in school musicals. Beatty and Erickson formed multiple rock bands together. Beatty said he couldnāt imagine his band mate committing such horror. Nothing on Ericksonās public social media pointed toward violence.
āIn my mind heās pretty much dead,ā Beatty said. āHeās effectively killed himself, too, in a terrible and unimaginable way.ā
McKinney was transgender and had struggled with personal problems, freshman Ben Lemos said. The two shared a study hall, a lunch group and mutual friends, Lemos said.
āHe just had a negative experience with school,ā he said.
But the Daily Mail had a lot more interesting details, including how Erickson had ā666ā and a pentagram spray-painted on the hood of his car.
In case you think they are making this up, a news producer for the Denver affiliate of CBS posted a photo of said car.
Now why isnāt this detail being mentioned much? If the suspect had the words āTrust Jesusā or the like spray-painted instead, would there be a lot more made of it?
A reporter at heavy.com quickly got on social media and cached photos (and lots of other information) from the suspectsā Instagram accounts before anyone else could take them offline. Itās there that we learn that Alecās Instagram handle was āthatgaykidalecā and that his mother āhates the new Alecā and that he missed his dad. So hereās a girl who doesnāt get along with her mom whoās transitioning to be a boy who is without a dad.
Still, I donāt see media picking up on the LGBTQ shooter angles. Thereās some sites out there commenting on how a trans kid committing a murder doesnāt fit into the media narrative, hence theyāre not reporting on it. Because the child is a juvenile, I understand why reporters must be cautious but when this kidās friends are posting on Instagram that she/he had mental problems because of the trans issue, itās sure worth mentioning.
As for the victim, his religious connections have received short shrift as well. The New York Times profiled Castillo, but managed to miss the fact that heād attended a private Catholic school before transferring to the STEM school where he was killed. The Timesā only religious reference was a friend referring to Castilloās faith being important to him. Weāre not told what that was.
This USA Today story mentioned the boy was often seen āat Knights of Columbus fund-raisers and bingo nights.ā Hmmm. What place do you know features such events? Could it be a Catholic church?
Definitely. Catholic News Agency just ran a story on Kendrickās Catholic faith, so the information was definitely out there.
Why couldnāt other journalists connect the dots? This consistent blindness is wearying at best and a disgrace to the profession at worst.
Well, watch the drama play out with the accused kids in the next few weeks. If we see anything about Ericksonās anti-Christian connections (and Iāve not listed them all) and why McKinneyās trans issues led him to pick up a gun, then Iāll know thereās some objective reporting going on.
If not, you know what that means, too.