Transgender Accused Assassin?

The person arrested for plotting to assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh was revealed, based upon court records, to have planned to kill at least three Supreme Court justices in order to “change the votes for decades to come …”

As revealing, according to journalist Andy Ngo, the would-be assassin admitted on social media to being a “MtF college graduate.” [MtF indicates a transition from male to female “gender identity.”]

Furthermore, the accused went by the female name “Sophie“, according to social media posts and this page from FBI court affidavits.

As Ngo deduced, the alleged perpetrator seemingly identifies as a transgender woman.

Interestingly enough, the mainstream media either haven’t deduced this fact or else they’re downplaying it, for political expediency. In the process, according to their own woke tenets, they may be guilty of misgendering the accused, quite offensively and very publicly microaggressing. One example:

The California man accused of plotting to assassinate Brett M. Kavanaugh spoke of killing two more conservative justices in a bid to alter Supreme Court votes for years, according to an FBI affidavit filed this week in court….

The case against [Nicholas] Roske broke open at 1:38 a.m. on June 8, when he called 911 from a dark street in Chevy Chase, Md., around the corner and about one block from Kavanaugh’s home, according to 911 recordings.

He spoke calmly, according to the recordings, and told the operator he had just arrived from California and had planned to hurt Kavanaugh and then himself. He said that his gun was locked in a case in his suitcase and that he needed psychiatric help, according to the recordings. Montgomery officers raced out and took him into custody without incident. …

Other mainstream media stories also may misgender the accused, even after these court filings revealed the accused plotter’s avowed gender identity (e.g., “FBI says man accused of attempting to kill Brett Kavanaugh said he was ‘shooting for 3’ justices“; “Man charged with attempted murder of Kavanaugh ...”).

Now that official court documents have shown that Roske, at least at times, identifies as “MtF,” has anyone in the media bothered to ask for Roske’s preferred pronouns?

Now that these media outlets know Roske’s gender identification, will they issue corrections or at least clarifications?

Will they apologize for their potential offense to the LGBTQIA+ community?

Enquiring minds want to know.

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