Well, once again I could have highlighted almost any line, but this time I'd have to ask; do you understand the very basics of context? Or is a fair reading of what I wrote too much to ask in the Twitter age?

I use the word "imitating" before I mention Dylan at all. Though, to be fair, I don't think Dylan's actions are genuine. This isn't transphobia, it's recognising an obvious grifter. Dylan tried on a bunch of identities post-pandemic, and "girl" happened to gain traction. If you think that schtick is genuine I have a bridge to sell you.

Your issues with the people I quoted are suffering from the same binary thinking I mentioned earlier. Germaine Greer has said a great many things I disagree with. Many of them about men. But I think she's spot on when she points out that femininity and femaleness are different things (I suspect you agree with this, even if from the opposite direction). I'm quite comfortable agreeing with people on some things and disagreeing with them on others. Let's say that my agreement with her is on a spectrum.

I don't call the common sense point not to impose strict gender roles on kids "right wing." I say that this common sense advice is now often misrepresented as "right wing" or transphobic. Which it is. I've been writing and talking on this topic for more than long enough to see how reflexively and insincerely people describe anything that's not wholly affirming of gender dogma as "hate."

And if you actually read the sentence that follows, you'll see that I acknowledge that the people firing guns into cans of Bud Light have issues. But that very obviously doesn't represent the majority of people.

All the rest of your points follow the same theme, which is taking a criticism of Dylan and claiming that it's a criticism of "all trans femme people." This, ironically enough, is what you accused me of. Are your criticism of me a criticism of all black people? Of course not.

Dylan describes "Day 1 of "girlhood" using a series of reductive, inaccurate and offensive stereotypes. This, essentially, is what blackface is. So I criticised Dylan, not all trans people, for doing so.

And yes, of course I worry about gender non-conforming kids being pressured to transition or being led down the wrong path when they're impressionable and vulnerable. This should be a normal human concern for any minimally thinking adult. Because these procedures are permanent, carry significant risk of complication, and require life-long medicalisation. Describing this very obvious concern as a "talking point" is absolutely ghoulish (especially as it's borne out with the growing number of detransitioners speaking out, and the various scandals around centres for gender affirming care like Tavistock and Vanderbilt).

It is, believe it or not, possible to want trans people to get the care they need and to also see how cult-like, irresponsible and greedy some people have become on this issue.

Lastly, yes, the rhetoric on both sides of trans discourse has been getting pretty nasty for a while now. I suspect we mostly see opposite sides of it. But suffice it to say there's no shortage of vitriol, misogyny and violence coming from trans activists both on Twitter and in real life. It's wildly disingenuous to pretend that trans people (or at least trans activists) are blameless for the toxicity of current trans discourse.