Here it isn’t even about acknowledging delusions. It’s about clear reporting. Or in this case, very poor reporting. Try reading an article about a person who identifies as they/them. It’s confusing. We have rules in language and writing for a reason. I understand the commies embracing this nonsense because they want to upend our entire system. I don’t understand someone writing for Shooting News Weekly embracing this silly left wing nonsense. Do better Rob. This was awful.

Before “he”?

“he” wasn’t a “he”. “he” was a “she” who wanted to be a “he”. Notice how careful the linked CNN article was to avoid the distinction of “trans” issues here, MSM tends to do that more now since the Nashville shooter. Its dangerous to ignore this distinction. Although you do make this known later 6 paragraphs in, its important to acknowledge this distinction early on because it points to an underlying issue that is growing within our society and that is the tendency to make it seem normal to ignore an underlying supporting cause because ‘trans’ people commit crimes frequently and this distinction is hidden in the use of their preferred gender-pronoun making it look like simply one gender or the other is committing crimes when in reality its the underlying pressure of the gender-confusion that drives them to the ‘mental illness’ state of criminality and needs to be addressed and hiding it behind gender-pronouns keeps it from being a recognized and addressed.

This.
If she thought she was Napoleon you wouldn’t write about how Napoleon was planning a shooting.

For God’s sake, just say she was mentally ill. Don’t even acknowledge their delusions.