"I only mean the exact words I say. I do not mean any of the things that naturally follow from the things I say. I do not intend for anyone to act on what I say in violent ways. I cannot be held accountable for anything I don't say word-for-word."

The transphobe manifesto.

"When I say that trans rights are a smokescreen to allow violent rapists access to our children, I do not mean that trans people are violent rapists or pedophiles. You cannot suggest that's what I mean if I didn't say those exact words."

The transphobe manifesto.

"When I say that trans women aren't real women because they can't have babies, I don't mean that I define women exclusively by the ability to have babies. When I say they aren't real women because they have different anatomy, it does not mean I define women by their anatomy."

"When I say they aren't real women because they show male aggression, I do not mean that I define women as meek and unaggressive. When I say they aren't real women because they have body hair, I do not mean that I define women by their body hair."

The. Transphobe. Manifesto.

"Anyone implying that I mean the things that follow naturally from what I choose to say is trying to dogpile me, cancel me, threaten me with violence.

I am polite, therefore I am blameless."

The transphobe manifesto.

"When I cheer policemen for harassing butches in public bathrooms, I am not an enemy of women."

"When I demand women undergo genetic testing if they're too good at sports, I am not an enemy of women."

"When I say that women have to be quiet, meek, small, smooth, and fertile..."

"When I tell horror stories about being in a hostel and seeing large women's shoes, I am not saying women can't have big feet."

"When I say that a child wanting to transition is conversion therapy, I am not saying trans children shouldn't exist."

The transphobe manifesto.

"Asking me to explain myself is compelled speech."

"Asking me to show respect to other human beings is compelled speech."

"Not listening to me is censorship."

The transphobe manifesto.

"If anyone describes something I go through, and they mention that anyone else goes through it, they are silencing me."

"If you say that this issue affects women and also other groups, you're attacking women."

"Acknowledging people who are not me is dehumanizing to me."

"I must be the center of every conversation. When I am not centered, I am being silenced."

"When you talk about groups I'm not in, I'm being silenced."

"When you call me out for harassing you, I'm being silenced."

"When my voice is not the loudest, I'm being silenced."

"When you say 'people who menstruate' instead of 'women,' you are silencing me."

"When you say 'cis women' instead of 'women,' you are silencing me."

"When you do not treat me like my life experience is more important than a trans person's, you are silencing me."

"When I call you a pedophilic cult, it is not an attack, it is free speech."

"When I say you are trying to eradicate or erase lesbians, it is not an attack, it is free speech."

"When you say I am cis, it is not free speech, it is a slur."

It's always dancing.

It's always positioning.

It's always posturing.

Saying horrible things behind a veil of deniability, then recoiling and calling you deluded for seeing them.

"I am polite when I call you a monster."

"I don't mean any of the harm I suggest you deserve."

"I cannot be held accountable for the things I implied."

"It's your fault for seeing harm in what I said."

And when we point out the nightmarish implications of their position...

"You're starting a fight. You have male aggression. You were rude, so you deserve this."