Concept creep around "violence"—which trans activists often use to refer to non-violent speech like misgendering and disagreement—clarifies what activists really fear.

If what you really fear is violence—physical violence—you will want and need the word violence to mean just that. You don't want to cry for help and have people say, "But by 'violence,' do you mean someone injured you or someone hurt your feelings?" You need to be clear.

By distorting the definition of violence beyond all recognition, trans activists show us what they really fear: disagreement, dissent, people who won't submit to their ideology. That's the real threat.

Muddying the definition of violence also obscures the real debate over women's rights vs. trans claims and demands. If misgendering or disagreement or nonparticipation in someone else's ideology is violence AND violence is violence, bids for "protection" appear on equal footing.