Everything he’s said about trans people comes from a place of ignorance, not malice in my view.
we’re at a point with thr anti-trans hysteria where it doesn’t matter as much how you got to the anti-trans camp than the fact of being anti-trans
malice would make it worse, and would even further justify outrage, but being anti-trans due to ignorance is bad enough, especially for trans folks who are currently very vulnerable and whose rights are being stripped by majoritarian ignorance (and let’s be real: latent bigotry) weaponized by a malicious anti-trans activist minority.
we’re at a point with thr anti-trans hysteria where it doesn’t matter as much how you got to the anti-trans camp than the fact of being anti-trans
malice would make it worse, and would even further justify outrage, but being anti-trans due to ignorance is bad enough, especially for trans folks who are currently very vulnerable and whose rights are being stripped by majoritarian ignorance (and let’s be real: latent bigotry) weaponized by a malicious anti-trans activist minority.