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Originally Posted by MRCboicgy
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Technically white people are under represented in mass shooting statistics as they make up over 61% of the population in the U.S. and account for 55% of mass shootings. Just pointing that out because I don't care for assigning race to crime statistics period whether white, black or whatever (except in the cases where race identity is the motive, which don't account for most crimes). Socioeconomic and environmental drivers are probably a better indicator.
Trans identity has become more mainstreamed and recognized over the past 20 years, so obviously more people out as trans means they are going to show up in different parts of society. There are going to be more recognizable trans professionals, classmates, colleagues, athletes, neighbours, charity workers, retail store customers, competitive pumpkin growers, wine tasters, card game cheaters, jaywalkers, fraudsters, and yes, even monsters like mass shooters. Being trans has no bearing on being any of those things. They are just things that all people can be. If you remove the identity, it doesn't remove the existence of the people and all the possibilities that they can be.
(Last paragraph was just a general statement, not a response to the quoted part)