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You know, they committed a terrible act. But maybe dead naming the person in all of this doesn't really help the message at all. Not showing sorry for the short Shooter. But at least identify them correctly.
I'd prefer if they weren't named at all tbh. No point giving them any level of infamy.
Yeah he killed a bunch of children, let's forget about that for a second and consider what adjective to use to describe him because that's what's important here and now.
Let's judge him by his actions. He was a monster.
To be clear: take yourself out, tragic but be my guest. Take revenge on the most innocent of society? You are as bad if it not worse than Jeffrey Epstein.
Deadnaming them is disrespectful to the whole trans community. Disrespect the individual, not the community.
I tend to lean towards using their chosen name outside of official communication. But news that they committed murder, I tend to want to know their legal name. If they had changed it, that would be a different story.