I definitely feel sadness about this whole sort of thing, but knowing that the person they are accusing of "beating up women" is a cis woman herself, it gives me some hope that the haters will be shamed by most regular people for being so goddamn ignorant and hateful like usual. It doesn't appear to me that most people care much about this stuff, so it doesn't help the reactionaries recruit much, though a fervent minority can cause a lot of damage.
Fascist's choice of victim is arbitrary. It's informed by the social norms of the day, but they can pick anyone to be the villains of their brutal passion play. It doesn't matter that she's cis. That's not what this is or ever has been about. Fascists, to fulfill their ideology, need an enemy who is external to them, who they can position as a strong, virulent threat to society but also as pathetic and weak. They pick some group in society that lacks the social cachet to defend themselves, then pump that group up as a threat. Then the fash destroy their designated victims so the fash can feel strong defeating their enemies.
They don't care about biology or science or gender or anything. They care about being strong, and being afraid, and about finding joy in hurting people who can't fight back.
I definitely feel sadness about this whole sort of thing, but knowing that the person they are accusing of "beating up women" is a cis woman herself, it gives me some hope that the haters will be shamed by most regular people for being so goddamn ignorant and hateful like usual. It doesn't appear to me that most people care much about this stuff, so it doesn't help the reactionaries recruit much, though a fervent minority can cause a lot of damage.
Fascist's choice of victim is arbitrary. It's informed by the social norms of the day, but they can pick anyone to be the villains of their brutal passion play. It doesn't matter that she's cis. That's not what this is or ever has been about. Fascists, to fulfill their ideology, need an enemy who is external to them, who they can position as a strong, virulent threat to society but also as pathetic and weak. They pick some group in society that lacks the social cachet to defend themselves, then pump that group up as a threat. Then the fash destroy their designated victims so the fash can feel strong defeating their enemies.
They don't care about biology or science or gender or anything. They care about being strong, and being afraid, and about finding joy in hurting people who can't fight back.