Pronoun Showdown As Trans Vegan Death Cult Leader Is Arrested In Maryland
The Associated Press shifts the responsibility to LaSota

The Times reports that Jack Amadeus ‘Ziz’ LaSota, the 33-year-old leader of the Zizians cult that is named for him, was arrested yesterday in Maryland. “LaSota, who is originally from Alaska, has previously identified as a transgender woman, but is listed in the sheriff’s database as male,” Keiran Southern writes from Los Angeles, carefully avoiding the use of any pronouns.
Daniel McGarrigle, LaSota’s lawyer, said last month that his client was “wholly and unequivocally innocent of the charges filed in this case”. When contacted for comment on the latest arrest McGarrigle referred The Times to his previous statement.
Thanks to the rights granted to him by the Constitution and developed wihin US law, LaSota is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Thanks to the Associated Press, almost all the other news stories about LaSota’s arrest in the last 24 …
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