{"id":2336192,"date":"2024-09-03T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T19:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manifesto-reveals-trans-nashville-shooters-hatred-of-christianity\/"},"modified":"2024-09-03T15:04:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T19:04:52","slug":"manifesto-reveals-trans-nashville-shooters-hatred-of-christianity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manifesto-reveals-trans-nashville-shooters-hatred-of-christianity\/","title":{"rendered":"Manifesto Reveals Trans Nashville Shooter&#8217;s Hatred Of Christianity"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmanifesto-reveals-trans-nashville-shooters-hatred-of-christianity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2336192&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses\u2064 the release of a manifesto\u200d from\u2063 Audrey Hale,\u2063 the\u200c 2023 Nashville school shooter, who\u200d identified as transgender. The document reveals her deep-seated\u2062 disdain for \u200dChristianity and her parents&#8217; religious\u2062 beliefs. In\u2063 her \u2063writings, Hale expressed gender confusion\u200b and aggression towards\u200b biblical \u2064teachings, criticizing her conservative upbringing. She\u2064 also articulated an interest in racial politics, displaying\u200b animosity towards children of \u2064particular racial \u200dbackgrounds, especially targeting \u2063white Christian school children. The manifesto was published by The Tennessee Star,\u200b amid efforts by authorities to keep \u200bits contents from the public due to concerns about its potential dangers. The release sheds light on Hale&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paul-pelosi-hammer-trial-david-depape-insists-nancys-husband-was-not-intended-target\/\" title=\"Paul Pelosi hammer trial: David DePape insists Nancy&#039;s husband was not intended target\">mental state leading<\/a> up to\u2064 the tragic event where she killed six\u2062 people, including three children, in \u2062a school shooting at The Covenant\u200b School\u2064 in\u2064 Nashville.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KV3OUIXRayE\">ABC News\/YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/03\/manifesto-reveals-trans-identifying-nashville-shooters-disdain-for-christianity-obsession-with-racial-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Manifesto%20Reveals%20Trans-Identifying%20Nashville%20Shooter%E2%80%99s%20Disdain%20For%20Christianity,%20Obsession%20With%20Racial%20Politics&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/03\/manifesto-reveals-trans-identifying-nashville-shooters-disdain-for-christianity-obsession-with-racial-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Manifesto%20Reveals%20Trans-Identifying%20Nashville%20Shooter%E2%80%99s%20Disdain%20For%20Christianity,%20Obsession%20With%20Racial%20Politics&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/03\/manifesto-reveals-trans-identifying-nashville-shooters-disdain-for-christianity-obsession-with-racial-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/03\/manifesto-reveals-trans-identifying-nashville-shooters-disdain-for-christianity-obsession-with-racial-politics\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Manifesto%20Reveals%20Trans-Identifying%20Nashville%20Shooter%E2%80%99s%20Disdain%20For%20Christianity,%20Obsession%20With%20Racial%20Politics&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/03\/manifesto-reveals-trans-identifying-nashville-shooters-disdain-for-christianity-obsession-with-racial-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The 2023 Nashville school shooter responsible for the deaths of half a dozen Christians expressed disdain for Christianity and her parents&rsquo; biblical beliefs, according to a copy of her long-hidden manifesto released on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>Obtained and published by The Tennessee Star, the <a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/covenant-school-shooting\/the-tennessee-star-releases-manifesto-left-by-transgender-covenant-school-killer-audrey-hale\/tpappert\/2024\/09\/03\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">90-page journal<\/a> documents the mental breakdown of Audrey Hale leading up to her attack on The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, in March 2023. Hale, who identified as a male, killed six people during her rampage, including three small children.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6ffd5b5cbc940490b95830f8c9f437d9 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6ffd5b5cbc940490b95830f8c9f437d9\"><\/div>\n<p>The journal released by the Star offers insight into Hale&rsquo;s gender confusion and how it induced her apparent disdain for Christianity. In one segment of the document, she seemingly lamented biblical teaching that all children are made in the image of God, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/scrowder\/status\/1830975632836309200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">writing<\/a>, &ldquo;If God won&rsquo;t give me a boy body in heaven, then Jesus is a f-ggot.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She also attacked her parents for their apparently holding similar beliefs, writing that &ldquo;conservative religion gay sh-t makes them believe that the child they are given should stay that way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Father is delusional &hellip; tells me &lsquo;it gets better + better,&rsquo;&rdquo; Hale separately wrote. &ldquo;OLD MAN, YOU&rsquo;RE FULL OF SH-T. You don&rsquo;t feel good every damn day. F-GGOT F-CK.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A terrible feeling to know that I am nothing of the gender I was born of,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4e3eaf2a591c1a212225b654e0790a84 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4e3eaf2a591c1a212225b654e0790a84\"><\/div>\n<p>Hale&rsquo;s writings also indicate an alleged fascination with left-wing racial politics. In the early pages of the journal, she wrote, &ldquo;No brown girls, no love,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Brown love is the most beautiful kind.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As Evita Duffy-Alfonso previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/11\/06\/breaking-trans-identifying-nashville-shooter-allegedly-targeted-school-children-for-their-white-privilege\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> in these pages, contents from Hale&rsquo;s spiral notebook published last year by conservative commentator Steven Crowder allegedly showed &ldquo;that the transgender-identifying killer targeted Christian school children because they are white.&rdquo; Both the journal and notebook were recovered by law enforcement from Hale&rsquo;s vehicle following the horrific attack, according to the Star.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[G]oing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-identifying-nashville-shooter-allegedly-targeted-school-children-for-their-white-privilege\/\" title=\"Nashville shooter allegedly targeted school kids for their &#039;white privilege&#039;.\">fancy private schools<\/a> with those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-reportedly-censoring-nashville-shooter-manifesto-after-dark-motives-revealed\/\" title=\"Facebook allegedly censoring Nashville shooter manifesto due to disturbing motives.\">fancy khakis + sports backpacks<\/a> w\/ their daddies mustangs + convertibles,&rdquo; Hale purportedly wrote in the notebook. &ldquo;I wish to shoot you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-trans-identifying-nashville-shooter-allegedly-targeted-school-children-for-their-white-privilege\/\" title=\"Breaking: Nashville Shooter Targeted School Children for &#039;White Privilege&#039;\">weak-ss d-cks<\/a> w\/ your mop yellow hair wanna kill all you little crackers!!! Bunch of little f-ggots w\/ your white privileges.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&rsquo;s release of the journal comes amid year-long efforts by local and federal authorities to keep its contents hidden from the public. A month after the shooting, Metro Nashville Council Member Courtney Johnston told the New York Post the FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/20\/audrey-hale-manifesto-blueprint-on-destruction-say-pols-who-claim-fbi-stalling-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defended<\/a> its refusal to release the manifesto by claiming, as she described, it &ldquo;was a blueprint on total destruction&rdquo; and &ldquo;would be astronomically dangerous&rdquo; if it fell into the &ldquo;wrong person&rsquo;s hands.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c503abb7d42a4a49675d48b11f58e51d fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c503abb7d42a4a49675d48b11f58e51d\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bf6279ca3c2c1b96daf71d44c82b5998 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bf6279ca3c2c1b96daf71d44c82b5998\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Shawn Fleetwood<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShawnFleetwood\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\" rel=\"noopener\">@ShawnFleetwood<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/shawnfleetwood\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/anti-christian\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">anti-Christian<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/audrey-hale\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Audrey Hale<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/christianity\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Christianity<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/hate-crime\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Hate Crime<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/manifesto\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">manifesto<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/mass-shooting\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Mass Shooting<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/metro-nashville-police-department\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Metro Nashville Police Department<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/nashville\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Nashville<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/nashville-shooting\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Nashville shooting<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/trans-insanity\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">trans insanity<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/transgenderism\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">transgenderism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2023 Nashville school shooter, who took the lives of six Christians, revealed her contempt for Christianity and her parents&#8217; religious beliefs in a recently released manifesto. The Tennessee Star published the 90-page journal that details Audrey Hale&#8217;s mental decline leading up to her attack on The Covenant School in March 2023. Identifying as male, Hale killed six individuals, including three young children.<\/p>\n<p>The journal sheds light on Hale&#8217;s gender confusion and its connection to her apparent animosity towards Christianity. In one part of the document, she expressed frustration with biblical teachings about children being created in God&#8217;s image, stating, &#8220;If God won\u2019t give me a boy body in heaven, then Jesus is a f-ggot.&#8221; She criticized her parents for their similar beliefs and wrote about how conservative religious views made them think their child should remain unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>Hale also described her father as delusional for telling her that things would improve over time: \u201cOLD MAN, YOU\u2019RE FULL OF SH-T. You don\u2019t feel good every damn day.\u201d She lamented feeling disconnected from the gender she was assigned at birth.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Hale&#8217;s writings suggest an interest in leftist racial politics; early entries include phrases like \u201cNo brown girls, no love,\u201d and \u201cBrown love is the most beautiful kind.\u201d Previous reports indicated that contents from another notebook suggested she targeted Christian schoolchildren because they were white.<\/p>\n<p>In one entry from this notebook found by law enforcement after the attack, Hale expressed violent thoughts towards privileged students: \u201c[G]oing to fancy private schools with those fancy khakis + sports backpacks w\/ their daddies mustangs + convertibles&#8230; I wish to shoot you weak-ss d-cks w\/ your mop yellow hair wanna kill all you little crackers!!! Bunch of little f-ggots w\/ your white privileges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The release of this journal follows extensive efforts by local and federal authorities to keep its contents confidential. A month post-shooting, Metro Nashville Council Member Courtney Johnston reported that the FBI justified withholding it by claiming it was a &#8220;blueprint on total destruction&#8221; that could be extremely dangerous if accessed by someone with ill intentions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2336193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/unnamed.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[5695,23196,14582,6842,4019],"class_list":["post-2336192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-christianity","tag-manifesto","tag-nashville","tag-shooter","tag-transgender"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/unnamed.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2336193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}