On the heels of the mass shooting at a Christian shooting in Nashville, a 2022 study that found transgender youth were the most vulnerable to violent radicalization has resurfaced.
The study “Meaning in Life, Future Orientation and Support for Violent Radicalization Among Canadian College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic” explored which demographics were more or less vulnerable to Violent radicalization (VR). In the abstract, the study conductors explain their context and method.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has increased levels of uncertainty and social polarization in our societies, compromising young people’s capacity to envision a positive future and maintain a meaningful sense of purpose in life. Within a positive youth development framework, the present study investigates the associations of a positive future orientation, presence of and search for meaning in life, and support for violent radicalization (VR) in a diverse sample of Canadian college students.”
The abstract notes that the more meaning an individual has in their life, the more resistant they are to violent radicalization.
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The study found that “Transgender and gender diverse students reported higher support for VR compared to students who identified as women” and, conversely, that “older students, religious students, and francophone students had lower levels of support for VR compared to those who were younger, did not identify as having a religious affiliation, and were anglophone.”
A 2022 study of Quebec youth found transgender youth were the group at highest risk of support for violent radicalization https://t.co/o5zr9MJ96l pic.twitter.com/jgPUGl8Op2
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) March 27, 2023
This is not surprising, as religious individuals have meaning baked into their practices and lifestyles through faith, rules, and roles; advantages are often rejected by transgender individuals and secular young people.
The study went on to elaborate on the association.
“Transgender and gender-diverse youth emerge as the group at the highest risk of support for VR. This is in line with results of a recent survey conducted during the pandemic that highlighted high levels of support for VR as well as psychological distress among gender minorities.”
The study also takes care to define what violent radicalization is
The study authors define violent radicalization as “a complex and multidimensional phenomenon defined as a process whereby an individual or a group increases support for violence as a legitimate means to reach a specific (e.g., political, social, and religious) goal.”
The study also noted that “population-wide attitudes toward legitimizing some forms of violence may increase social polarization and fuel the emergence of extremist groups, thus providing a narrative to channel despair and rage in vulnerable individuals.”
This also is of little surprise, with popular rhetoric in the trans community framing any opposition to transgenderism as literal genocide.
This is genocide pic.twitter.com/RZFtphwRbj
— 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌹Jackie says protect trans kids (@KaoticLeftist) March 25, 2023
It's undeniable that there is an active effort to genocide trans people in the US. I used to talk with just normal middle of the aisle cis liberals, dude it's undeniable, and no one knows what to do.
— 🔆 Avarice🔆 (@vamptwinkC) March 29, 2023
The "arm yourselves" + “trans genocide" discourse has been spreading like wildfire in activist Subreddits/Discords for months. Is anyone surprised that some will go the Manifesto+Mass shooting route? #NashvilleCovenantSchool pic.twitter.com/KlhRfnt3VR
— Osa (@_questionmore) March 28, 2023
Spreading the lie that conservative and christian people want to commit genocide on trans people created this monster.
This rhetoric lead to a tragically extreme outcome. The #TransTerrorism we are seeing today was created by everyone that threw gasoline on that fire 🤨
— Ty’s Tough Talk🇺🇸🏳️🌈 (@toughtalkty) March 27, 2023
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The shooting in Nashville also comes the same week as the planned “Trans Day of Vengeance,” associated with rhetoric in line with the study authors’ violent radicalization definition.
So there's a Trans Day of Vengeance scheduled in DC on April 1.
Talk about timing… pic.twitter.com/hgxY6i0DH8
— Vision4theBlind (@Vision4theBlind) March 29, 2023
Some rhetoric even features guns in the trans flag colors, with the label “or else.”
IT IS!
AND they are having a mass rally called the "TRANS DAY OF VENGEANCE" to be held outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday, April 1. It will be interesting to see if they go through with this. https://t.co/QCxG90Ihl0 pic.twitter.com/zpAqAoN58l
— Bradley Reed -MAGA PATRIOT (@bradleyreed88) March 28, 2023
The School Shooting is just part of the Communist DEMS plan.
100’s of countries have emptied their prisons & insane asylums to our border for illegal entry, WITH Joe’s blessing.
The Evil & Demented minds brewing out there is real.
It WILL make 9/11 look like a game of Jenga ! pic.twitter.com/lbaSYaFleM
— Bradley Reed -MAGA PATRIOT (@bradleyreed88) March 28, 2023
According to Breitbart, one trans group blamed the shooting, not on the shooter but on “anti-trans hate,” likely referring to recent laws keeping drag shows away from children.
Innocent lives taken due to someone’s ignorance! THE ONES WHO HATE are the ones committing the crimes! Further-CHILDREN???? They were simply living their lives and not hating on anyone! Meanwhile, the Trans Day of Vengeance on 4/1? Vengeance for WHAT, and against WHOM? pic.twitter.com/TqXdH50ULL
— KristINCREDIBLE 🇺🇸 (@kristincredibl1) March 29, 2023
The Nashville shooter wrote a manifesto, but it has not been released yet.
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