it's epistemicide all the way down. the obsession with trans children in particular is not about "protecting" kids, it's about denying children's epistemic authority, their self-knowledge and ability to act as reliable witnesses to their own lives. sexual abuse is a technology of the gendered order

Abusers might behave badly in the public eye just so that their victim looks worse by association. Abusers know they are not going to be held accountable as long as their victim is viewed as imperfect, which they are. Everyone is. This is a big part of why abuse is so pervasive and rarely stopped.

This basically translates to “Democrats can abuse whoever they want as long as they don’t call themselves Republicans.” And you wonder why people accept Trump’s abuses? You’re priming them to!