In a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, the host and guest Michael Shellenberger discussed the media coverage surrounding the Nashville school shooting and the misgendering of the shooter.
Rogan expressed his frustration with the media’s focus on the shooter’s gender identity, rather than the fact that a person had committed a horrific act of violence. “There’s all these articles that came out about the misgendering of the school shooter. Which is so wild,” Rogan said.
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Shellenberger agreed, stating, “What’s clear is that there was misgendering going on.” Rogan then attempted to clarify the situation, saying, “It’s a biological male which, by the way, is all school shooters.
Almost all shooters in general are biological males.” The two then attempted to determine the shooter’s gender identity, with Rogan noting, “They’re calling it a woman in all the mainstream media now, and they have apologized for misgendering, some people have, which must mean that you’re talking about a biological male.”
Rogan and Shellenberger then discussed the fact that the shooter, who was identified as Audrey Ann Hale, had transitioned from female to male and went by the name Aiden.
Rogan expressed confusion over why the media continued to refer to Hale as a woman, saying, “So it’s a female that took hormones? So is this the first ever biological female mass shooter?”
Shellenberger clarified that Hale was a biological female who had transitioned to male, stating, “My understanding is that she was a natal female that transitioned to become a trans male, he, but that he was then misgendered by the mainstream woke media as a woman.”
The two then discussed the fact that the media had referred to Hale by her birth name, Audrey, rather than the name she had chosen for herself, Aiden.
The conversation eventually turned to the shooting itself, with Rogan expressing his frustration with the media’s focus on the shooter’s gender identity rather than the fact that innocent people had been killed. “It doesn’t matter if you call it a boy or a girl. That’s a dead person who killed three children and three adults in a horrific way,” Rogan said.
It was later revealed that Hale had at least seven firearms hidden in her family’s home, and had been in treatment for an unspecified emotional disorder. The shooting has raised questions about the intersection of mental health and gun ownership, as well as the importance of responsible gun ownership.
