One of the chief complaints of women who say they don’t want trans ”women” - also known as biological men - infringing on their private spaces like women’s restrooms and changing areas is that it poses a physical threat.
And, as though we needed any more proof of such a self-evident claim, here we’ve got a man who believes himself to be a woman threatening the physical safety and even the lives of women who try to keep him from going into their bathrooms and other female-only areas.
“If you back a wild animal into a corner, they’re gonna become a dangerous animal,” the man explains in a video posted to TikTok, by way of justifying why he’s threatening women with violence if they confront him.
Is this a threat? This reads like a threat. Transgender person says that any woman who tries to stop him from entering a woman’s bathroom “will be making the last mistake you’ve ever made.”
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“So if you wanna die on that hill of yours of righteousness and moral majority, then you go right ahead. I dare you to try and stop me from going into a women’s bathroom. It will be the last mistake you ever make,” he continues. “I dare you to try and stop a transgender woman in my presence from using the bathroom. It will be the last mistake you ever make.”
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Oh, but it gets better. The man goes on to tell every trans person in the country to shoot anyone who tries to keep them from using the bathroom of their choice.
“This is call to action and a call to arms to everybody within the United States that are scared, worried, have children that are transgender, lesbian, bi or gay. This is call to action. You need to arm up. Plain and simple. Go out and buy a gun. Learn how to use it with proficiency, through and through. Because the time to act is now,” he says, concluding, “There are lots of people like me who are not afraid to die."
It's notable that while referring to a trans person as their biological gender and not "affirming" their "identity" is enough to get you censored on most social media sites, this man's open death threat against women who're simply trying to defend their right to their own spaces seems to be totally OK.
It's also worth noting that while this dude might be willing to play fast and loose with his own life, there are plenty of women who are afraid to die, and biological men coming into spaces where they change, use the bathroom, and are generally more vulnerable rightly exacerbates that worry.
And he should remember that biological men aren’t the only ones who are armed.