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If you sport a shirt with the slogan “Protect Trans Kids” underneath a hunting knife (as the lieutenant governor of Minnesota did in 2023), or if you put a transgender writer toting an AR-15 on your magazine cover (as an alternative weekly in the Pacific Northwest did just two months ago) with a headline asking “Are You Triggered?” you bear some responsibility when the trigger actually gets pulled.
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Sporting violent imagery bears some responsibility when violence occurs.
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- Ross Douthat
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- Opinion
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{ "date": "2025-08-30", "topic": "Mass Shootings and Political Division", "author": "Ross Douthat", "location": "Minnesota", "date_of_event": "2023" } - UUID
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- September 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM (4 days ago)
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- September 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM (4 days ago)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/opinion/annunciation-minneapolis-shooting-blame.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20250831&instance_id=161613&nl=the-morning®i_id=122976029&segment_id=204973&user_id=b25c5730c89e0c73f75709d8f1254337
Ross Douthat argues against attributing mass shootings to political rhetoric, suggesting that the motivations of perpetrators are complex and often unrelated to partisan ideology. He emphasizes the need for unity rather than assigning blame.
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