As more and more kids across the West are hospitalized for suicidal ideation, we examine the causes

of self-harm, and it's not our intolerant society. AI bigwigs call for a temporary pause,

and Joe Biden attacks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. I'm Ben Shapiro. This is The Ben Shapiro Show.

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Protect our online privacy today at ExpressVPN.com slash Ben. So new facts are still emerging about

the horrors that happened in this Nashville shooting. But one thing is perfectly clear. The

transgender school shooter, who the media are now claiming is a victim of society,

and that, of course, is why a trans person would go and shoot a bunch of school children.

This person was, in fact, suicidal. There are texts between the trans school shooter and a friend.

Those texts came out yesterday. And the text make very clear that this person wanted death by cop.

She wrote, quote, basically that post I made on here

about you that was a suicide note. I'm planning to die today. This is not a joke. You'll probably hear about me on the news after I died. This is my last goodbye. I love you. See you again in another life. I don't want to live. I'm so sorry. I'm not trying to upset you or get attention. I just need to die. I wanted to tell you first. My family doesn't know what I'm about to do. One day this will make

more sense. I've left more than enough, my family doesn't know what I'm about to do.

One day this will make more sense. I've left more than enough evidence behind, but something bad is

about to happen. So we've been discussing this particular school shooting in the context of

trans ideology, in the context of a radicalized notion that American society is to blame if you don't feel validated in your belief that

you are a member of the opposite sex and all the rest. But there's something else that is happening

here. And it's not just the homicidal intent of the shooter, which obviously is a major factor.

It's the suicidal intent of the shooter because this wasn't just a homicide. It wasn't just a

murderous shooting spree. It was one where the shooter very clearly intended to die.

And I think that it's impossible to ignore that factor here, considering the fact that we have more and more reports of young people across the West who are being hospitalized for self-harm and suicidal ideation.

So the New York Times has a piece today, and it is titled, Hospitals are increasingly crowded with kids who try to harm themselves, study fines.

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