Are you kidding me? Look at how often I publish here. Look at how many views (or guesstimate from the claps) my articles on race get. It's so ridiculous to try to imply I'm doing this for the money. If I was, I'd publish 10 times as often and I'd write exclusively about racism. Plus I wouldn't have to deal with comments like yours.

I write about this because I'm not just looking at your life. I'm looking at the lives of people who have had their lives ruined because they were rushed towards transition by the "affirmation only" model of trans care when it wasn't right for them. I'm looking at the lives of women who have been raped or assaulted because the societal safeguards they've had in place for centuries are being broken down.

I'm looking at the lives of people who know nothing about trans people, have never met them in real-life, and think that rage-filled, nasty rhetoric like yours is typical of the trans community because they encounter so much of it online. I'm looking at the lives of the trans people who find themselves less accepted by those young Americans I mentioned because it sometimes feels easier to just stay away and not risk causing offence by some invisible measure.

And lastly, whether you believe me or not, I'm thinking abut the trans people who will get caught up in the backlash that this causes. I'm thinking about the laws banning gender-affirming care and the fact that there isn't enough pushback against them because trans issues are so poorly understood. I'm thinking about what an absolutely horrible job almost every person I see advocating for trans people online does. Because all you ever do is attack. You don't seek understanding, you seek obedience. This is absolutely the wrong way to get people on your side.