Louder with Crowder

Episode Title: Total Failure: Unpacking The Media's Evil Reaction to the Minneapolis Church Shooting
Air Date: August 28, 2025
Host: Steven Crowder
Notable Contributors: Gerald, Noodles, Lane the Brain, Research/Analyst

Episode Overview

In this emotionally charged episode, Steven Crowder and his panel dissect the media and political response to the recent Minneapolis church shooting. The discussion centers on what Crowder describes as the "dishonest and evil" reactions from mainstream media and left-leaning politicians, particularly their alleged attempts to obscure the shooter's identity, ideology, and motives. Alongside this, Crowder launches into broader critiques of communism, feminism, gun control advocacy, and the weakening of Western traditional values. The episode is a blend of serious commentary, dark humor, and spirited group banter, characteristic of the show’s tone.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Media’s Handling of the Minneapolis Church Shooting

• Media Omission and Narrative Control
  Crowder and his co-hosts raise concern over what they see as deliberate omission of critical facts—namely, the shooter's transgender identity and online activity—from mainstream coverage.

  • Crowder expresses outrage that the shooter’s apparent motives (“kill Trump,” anti-Semitic scribblings, identity changes) weren’t promptly reported, alleging media bias.
    • “The media had the chance to do the right thing if they really care about protecting our children, and they didn’t. At every single opportunity, they did the evil thing.” (15:15, Crowder)
  • The panel accuses networks like CNN of framing the event to fit political narratives and blames "the left" for pivoting to blame gun owners—sidestepping ideology or mental health.

• Information Breakdown and Independent Reporting
  The crew details how they swiftly verified and reported the shooter's identity and online postings, arguing that independent media filled the transparency gap:

  • “If not for you, there’s a very good chance that people would not know the gender-warping ideology of this shooter could have gotten out.” (14:40, Crowder)

2. The Shooter’s Identity and Manifesto

• Revealing the shooter’s transition from Robert to Robin and their internet postings, the show underscores details such as:
  • Name change certificate (18:01)
  • Scribblings on weapons (“kill Trump now,” “defend equality,” anti-Semitic rhetoric) (17:22 - 18:12)
  • Mental health issues as indicated by prior behaviors, online statements, and a history of self-harm.
  • Disappointment that media either glossed over or misunderstood these key components.

3. Mental Health, Ideology, and Mass Violence

• The show connects high rates of mental illness and self-harm among transgender individuals to violent acts, suggesting mental instability is inadequately addressed in mainstream discourse:
  • “Trans individuals are mentally unstable. How can we talk about mental health without discussing the only demographic outside of paranoid schizophrenics with a 42% attempted suicide rate?” (31:48, Crowder)
• The idea is furthered by comparing the shooter’s anti-Semitic and anti-Trump outbursts to broader signs of mental unwellness.
• The crew questions why, in their view, society cannot openly scrutinize transitioning and its effects.

4. Response From Politicians and Media Figures

• Several clips are played to highlight responses deemed inadequate or disingenuous:

  • David Hogg on CNN: Calling out NRA and connecting Trump to inaction (21:46)
  • Minneapolis Officials: Accused of virtue-signaling and focusing on gun control over other factors (28:13, 28:47)
  • Jen Psaki & John Miller: Characterized as wanting to “prevent details from being weaponized” and supposedly shifting focus away from identity/ideology or treating it as a hate crime against Catholics (38:07, 44:36)

• Crowder calls the prioritization of "don’t blame the trans community" over "what motivates these monsters" a dereliction of media duty.

5. Gun-Free Zones, Defensive Gun Use, and Solutions

• Highlighted statistics:
  • "94% of mass shootings occur in gun-free zones" (29:46, Crowder)
  • "100% of mass shootings are stopped by someone with a gun, whether the shooter themselves or an armed responder" (29:46)
• The show claims that removing guns is not a solution, as advocated by some politicians, comparing it to “taking away all your guns at gunpoint” (Australia/Europe comparison).
  • “There is no middle ground if these people have their way.” (50:42, Crowder)
• Claimed that practical, personal security measures (arming, homeschooling, individual preparedness) are better than state-driven solutions.

6. Broader Cultural Critiques: Feminism, Communism, and National Identity

• Crowder offers a genealogy of "societal decay":
  • Feminism led to fluid gender roles → Normalization of trans identity → Communism as the ideological root
  • Public education and the welfare state as tools to create compliant citizens
• Frequent references to “strong men” being necessary to uphold civilization, combat indoctrination, and resist ideological drift (58:11, Crowder)
• Comparative examples from Europe/UK about “loss of national identity,” flag controversies, and immigration transforming Western culture (54:29 - 59:37).

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Media Narrative:

  • “You would have to avoid saying ‘kill Trump now.’ That would be the most relevant portion of information.” (21:19, Crowder)
  • “How do you keep information from the public that obviously proves it was not just about a gun so that we can keep the narrative?” (41:36, Noodles)

• On Ideology & Mental Health:

  • “The enabling of these types of people is very evil… Progressives in this country who have fostered this environment are [guilty].” (13:17, Crowder)
  • “Trans individuals are mentally unstable… You don’t have it worse than American slaves, gays in the 1930s, blacks in the 1950s, or Jews in Auschwitz.” (31:48, Crowder)

• On Gun-Free Zones:

  • “94% of mass shootings happen in gun-free zones. 100% are stopped by guns. The only thing that stops them is someone with a gun, period.” (29:46, Crowder)

• Satire & Sarcasm at Politicians/Media:

  • “Disposable. Like razors, by the way. Sorry women, you got to pay that pink tax. Just buy a man’s razor.” (37:10, Crowder)
  • “How many mass shootings need to take place in gun-free zones before we stop the massacres?… Oh, go.” (49:03, Crowder)

• On the decline of national identity:

  • “If you’re not allowed to fly your own flag, that’s a problem. You no longer have a national identity.” (52:08, Crowder)
  • “They don’t want strong men… you need strong men to stop the transitioning of children, to say ‘No, we fly our flag—shut up.’” (58:11, Crowder)

Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:00 – 05:00: Riffing and intro, last night’s impact, setting up episode themes
• 07:30 – 09:02: Texas Rep. Al Green’s redistricting gaffe: humor, political jabs
• 13:17 – 15:06: Reflection on evil, mourning, progressivism’s role
• 15:07 – 19:18: Real-time reporting, discovery of shooter’s manifesto, identity change
• 21:04 – 21:46: Media’s selective reporting of shooter’s rhetoric; David Hogg segment
• 23:35 – 25:34: Mental health, suicide statistics among transgender people
• 29:48 – 31:39: Gun-free zones, defensive gun use, reclassifying transgenderism as mental illness
• 38:07 – 41:57: Jen Psaki segment, media’s focus on not “weaponizing” shooter’s identity, calls for censorship
• 44:36 – 45:28: Downplaying possible anti-Catholic motive, irrationality of act
• 48:31 – 50:41: Trey Gowdy on restricting freedoms, Crowder’s rebuttal
• 54:29 – 59:37: UK/European culture wars, flag controversies, erosion of Western identity
• 61:49 – 63:30: Lane the Brain interview excerpt on British immigration and future voters

Tone and Style

• Direct, irreverent, heavily sarcastic and combative—standard for Crowder’s show
• Use of dark humor and banter to “blow off steam” between intense topics
• Deep skepticism and suspicion toward mainstream media and Democratic politicians
• Frequent appeals to “common sense,” traditional values, and audience empowerment

Conclusion

This episode is emblematic of Louder with Crowder’s raw, polemical style—mixing news scrutiny, pop culture, and pointed social commentary. Crowder and his team argue that progressive ideology and media censorship are not just misguided but actively dangerous, fueling a culture where facts are buried and radical ideas thrive. Listeners are urged to arm themselves—figuratively and literally—with knowledge and vigilance, to resist what Crowder perceives as an ongoing erosion of Western civilization’s foundations.

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