The way anti-transers abuse trans women is specifically chosen to prey on existing insecurities. It's standard bullying. They know that we worry other women don't accept us so they tell us, time and again, that they hate us. That they're scared of us yet ready to hurt us

They know that there isn't a trans woman alive who hasn't worried that nobody takes them seriously, that people think they're a joke, that people think they're a pervert, a danger to others. So they keep telling us we are because they know in dark moments that we'll believe it

It's uniquely hurtful because we know that, actually, we encounter people every day who think this. If I walk down the street, someone who passes will think I'm a joke. They'll often feel the need to tell me. When they ask us "Why are you so desperate to enter women's space?" or

"Why can't you accept women don't want you around?" (which they do ask us, multiple times per day) they don't seriously believe we've never considered this stuff - it's because they know we consider it all the time and they're hoping to hurt us as deeply as possible.

We probably don't often say this because showing 'weakness' eggs them on, but fuck 'em. They're the mean girl playground bullies we all remember. I've lots of experience with bullies & I've absolutely no interest in why they are this way, or in any excuses. They can gtf

Absolute stonker of an example of how they deliberately target our insecurities in order to maximise hurt. I hate my voice and I never speak in public places like this because I'm scared of repercussions, but despite this I'm apparently literally terrifying