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Rhode Island - Another crossdressing male mass shooter

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fromorbit · 17/02/2026 04:52

Mourn the victims.

Robert K. Dorgan ("Roberta Esposito") killed two people and critically injured three others.

Rhode Island hockey shooter ID’d as transgender father Robert Dorgan
The suspected shooter sat near the back of the stands on the home team’s side during the game before he moved to the front and opened fire at four family members and one family friend, the outlet reported.
The student’s mother and sibling were among the dead, multiple sources told the outlet. The mother of Dorgan’s child died inside Lynch Arena, while the sibling died at the hospital, according to the sources.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/16/us-news/robert-dorgan-idd-as-rhode-island-hockey-shooter/

He was active on social media threatening violence and attacking women who knew biology.

More details on the background

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15565931/Hockey-shooting-Rhode-Island-Robert-Dorgan-transgender.html

A lot of the coverage seems to be calling him a guy this time.

Stop this madness!

Obviously one must suspect Dorgan was inspired by the Tumbler ridge killer these type of evil men imitate each other.

How long are we going to let this happen?

Rhode Island hockey shooter ID’d as transgender father Robert Dorgan

Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said that Dorgan, 56, also uses the alias Roberta Esposito.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/16/us-news/robert-dorgan-idd-as-rhode-island-hockey-shooter/

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FuckRealityBringMeABook · 17/02/2026 18:00

Hoardasurass · 17/02/2026 16:10

Three dead more injured at a school hockey match is far from common even in America

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Family annihilations are, sadly (or at least more weekly). Most get no coverage over in the UK.

Brefugee · 17/02/2026 17:56

Delphin · 17/02/2026 11:11

Huh. Can't find anything on the website of ZEIT Online in Germany either.

But that is maybe because with their single article on the Canadian school shooter last week, they got tons of protest from the commentariat about their way to describe the murderer (copy paste of Canadian police speak). Literally 50% of comments were "WTF?", because people obviously had the same doubts as the crowd on here, and had done their research.

They did publish most of the comments but apparently got cold feet and moderated some of the more directly worded the next day. Maybe the resident TRAs had reported those...🙄

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the German press have to be careful reporting any of these things, we have strict SelfID laws here

TheCriticalThinker · 17/02/2026 17:18

It's frustrating that AI will still tell you that this is not a thing, citing sources like GLAAD, Wikipedia and the BBC, and that trans do not carry out mass shootings but are victims

MoistVonL · 17/02/2026 17:14

That makes potentially three murderous transwomen this week alone, doesn't it? The trans-identifying grandfather of the wee Australian boy, Gus, was arrested this week as well.

BiologicalRobot · 17/02/2026 17:04

CapacityBrown · 17/02/2026 13:11

The usual suspects (BBC, ITV etc) refusing to cover the story about the man doing a drag tribute act to Dog the Bounty Hunter.

Thank you, i knew he reminded me of someone!

HidingBehindTheWallpaper · 17/02/2026 17:03

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 17/02/2026 16:58

So the rigorous assessment is:
What are your pronouns?
Who's paying, your or your health insurance?
Great, can we pencil the pre-op in for next Monday and the surgery could be Tuesday if that works for you?

But we are told that no man would ever do such a thing? This never happens, surely.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 17/02/2026 16:58

So the rigorous assessment is:
What are your pronouns?
Who's paying, your or your health insurance?
Great, can we pencil the pre-op in for next Monday and the surgery could be Tuesday if that works for you?

Chersfrozenface · 17/02/2026 16:42

And he had go so far as to have surgery. I thought you had to go through quite a serious amount of assessments for that.

In Rhode Island it is apparently fairly easy . The state's laws require insurers to provide "gender affirming surgery" and state Medicaid will pay for surgery on those who are eligible. So it's available pretty much on demand.

HidingBehindTheWallpaper · 17/02/2026 16:31

I’ve just read about this on Reddit where they are tying themselves up in knots over it.

What gets me is that he was clearly seriously mentally unstable yet I wonder if ‘being trans’ stopped him from being helped/stopped. And he had go so far as to have surgery. I thought you had to go through quite a serious amount of assessments for that.

lifeturnsonadime · 17/02/2026 16:21

Chersfrozenface · 17/02/2026 16:18

There are, but only in reference to the police chief and witnesses.

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Ah yes, missed that!

"It appears that this was a targeted event, that it may be a family dispute,"

I've seen this kind of reporting in a couple of places today. Implication seems to be that the family were not affirming enough.

Chersfrozenface · 17/02/2026 16:18

lifeturnsonadime · 17/02/2026 16:13

I don't think there is a single pronoun in that whole article!

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There are, but only in reference to the police chief and witnesses.

lifeturnsonadime · 17/02/2026 16:13

misscockerspaniel · 17/02/2026 15:52

Police identify suspect in Rhode Island ice rink shooting - BBC News

I don't think there is a single pronoun in that whole article!

Hoardasurass · 17/02/2026 16:10

FuckRealityBringMeABook · 17/02/2026 15:27

I mean, if UK news sources covered every shooting in the US they'd have room for nothing else. Three dead is pretty much a daily occurrence.

Three dead more injured at a school hockey match is far from common even in America

FuckRealityBringMeABook · 17/02/2026 15:27

I mean, if UK news sources covered every shooting in the US they'd have room for nothing else. Three dead is pretty much a daily occurrence.

likelysuspect · 17/02/2026 13:26

theDudesmummy · 17/02/2026 13:25

And in the Guardian still no pronouns or any indication of the sex/"gender" of the "suspect".

Yes 'the suspect' and 'the attacker'.

They were all over it with she/her/victim in the other incident.

theDudesmummy · 17/02/2026 13:25

And in the Guardian still no pronouns or any indication of the sex/"gender" of the "suspect".

CapacityBrown · 17/02/2026 13:11

The usual suspects (BBC, ITV etc) refusing to cover the story about the man doing a drag tribute act to Dog the Bounty Hunter.

guinnessguzzler · 17/02/2026 12:59

Still nothing on the BBC as far as I can see. Bizarre!

crasenda · 17/02/2026 11:46

And there's at least one UK doctor amongst them.

GailBlancheViola · 17/02/2026 11:14

That's awful Bertie. Sadly, it won't even make a dent to the supine, grovelling allies they would twist it and make it all your fault for not being submissive and craven like them, they are utterly contemptible.

Delphin · 17/02/2026 11:11

RNApolymerase · 17/02/2026 09:09

This is not on the BBC news website, that I can see. Wonder why?

Huh. Can't find anything on the website of ZEIT Online in Germany either.

But that is maybe because with their single article on the Canadian school shooter last week, they got tons of protest from the commentariat about their way to describe the murderer (copy paste of Canadian police speak). Literally 50% of comments were "WTF?", because people obviously had the same doubts as the crowd on here, and had done their research.

They did publish most of the comments but apparently got cold feet and moderated some of the more directly worded the next day. Maybe the resident TRAs had reported those...🙄

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