This is exactly the line queer theory (by which I mean the academic field) asks us to walkWe're in this awful position right now where criticising ideas that are obviously and evidently harmful is mistaken for attacks on people who are gay or trans.

Which is exactly what the predators are counting on and have always counted on. Organisations like NAMBLA tried to use the gay rights movement as a Trojan horse in the 60s. And today it's MAPs. And some people are just too devoted to being "progressive" to acknowledge the awful things happening right in front of them.

A functioning society needs lines and boundaries. It needs objective facts. It needs everybody to acknowledge basic realities. I have no idea how we got to the point where so many people can't understand this. Or worse, think it's hateful to do so.