A Warning We Can’t Ignore

Zion Patriot,

When the Minnesota Catholic school shooter’s journal was deciphered, one passage stood out like a siren in the night:

“I am sick of my hair. I want to chop it off. I only keep it because it is pretty much my last shred of being trans. I am tired of being trans. I wish I never brainwashed myself. I can’t cut my hair off now as it would be an embarrassing defeat and it might be a concerning change of character that could get me reported. It just always gets in my way. I will probably chop it off the day of the attack.”

Reading those words now, after the tragedy, is chilling. It was nothing less than a scream for help — though no one could have recognized it as such until it was too late.

Not a Warning Beforehand, But a Warning Now

This particular entry could not have prevented the attack. It was hidden in a private journal, unseen until after lives were already lost. But in hindsight, it is a dire warning — not just about one individual, but about the emotional and psychological turmoil many young people caught in transgender ideology may be experiencing right now.

The narrative pushed by adults, parents, and community leaders is that we must “protect trans kids.” Yet here we see the tragic opposite: a child who felt trapped by the very identity adults and activists told him he must embrace.

The Trap of Gender Ideology

This shooter’s own words reveal the crushing weight of gender ideology. He admitted he was “tired of being trans.” He wished he had “never brainwashed” himself. But because the culture around him told him this identity was sacred, untouchable, and must be “affirmed,” he could not walk away from it without shame and humiliation.

That is what may have broken him.

Rather than being guided toward discovering his real identity as a child of God — a person of infinite worth regardless of his feelings — he was coddled, celebrated, and locked into a lie. When he may have realized he could never truly become what he was told he could be, his world collapsed.

The Dangerous Lie of “Affirmation”

Activists call it “affirmation.” They tell us it’s compassion. They insist it saves lives.

But this journal entry exposes the truth: affirmation doesn’t save confused children — it traps them.

Instead of helping them heal, we hand them a fragile falsehood. Instead of guiding them toward reality, we applaud their delusion. And when that delusion crumbles, the fallout can be catastrophic — for them, and for everyone around them.

This Isn’t About Guns

Banning guns would not have helped this young man.
Banning guns would not have freed him from the trap of gender ideology.
Banning guns would not have taught him that mistakes do not have to be permanent.
Banning guns would not have saved the lives lost in Minneapolis.

Banning guns isn’t even a band-aid.

The wound is deeper. It is in the lies we are telling our children.

What True Protection Looks Like

True protection means loving kids enough to tell them the truth — affirming their worth, not their confusion.

Love is not affirming a lie. Love is walking with a child through confusion and pointing them back to reality — back to the truth of who they are, and who God made them to be.

The journal of this shooter is a dire warning. It tells us that beneath the slogans, beneath the rainbow flags, and beneath the applause of politicians, many kids are quietly breaking inside.

And unless we confront the lie of gender ideology — and replace it with love, with truth, and with hope — Minneapolis will not be the last tragedy.

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