Jack Posobiec posted a picture of a celebrity trans man, pre-transition — the trans man already had a famous career in the days when he presented as a woman — and Posobiec commented: "Remember what they took from us".
It's plainly sexist. The implication is that women (or people who look like women) belong to men; the illusion and spectacle of femininity belongs to men. When a trans man (or, perhaps, a woman) begins presenting in a more conventionally masculine way, instead of seeing a person who is self-actualizing, there is a collective "us" from whom the feminine image has been robbed.
Rhetorically, it echoes the form of Nazi antisemitism. There is a "they" who is allegedly stealing some kind of cultural purity from "us." As a matter of Posobiec's personal history, "Posobiec targeted Jewish journalists with antisemitic hate, as Hatewatch detailed in a story about his links to the white supremacist movement." (Southern Poverty Law Center, July 8, 2020) And from the Southern Poverty Law Center's profile page on him: "He has also collaborated with white nationalists, antigovernment extremists, members of the Proud Boys, and neo-Nazis in his capacity as an operative." So the language is related. It doesn't come from nowhere.
Where Posobiec ended up: "Far-right speaker tells CPAC attendees that his goal is to 'overthrow' democracy": CNN's SE Cupp reacts to far-right conspiracy theorist, Jack Posobiec, speaking at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, to "replace" democracy. CNN video: February 23, 2024
Here's a screencap posted to Twitter, which also has a URL to Posobiec's original July 5, 2022 post on Telegram if you have to see the original for yourself.
A lot of transphobia is just cis people being angry that you are or aren't someone they want to fuck https://t.co/B1CBP5UDQE
— Katy Montgomerie 🦗 (@KatyMontgomerie) April 1, 2023
What's a backlash frame good for? Fundraising. Quick media hits. Feel-good liberalism ("look what WE did for YOU that THEY want to TAKE!").
— This still really is Melissa Gira Grant (@melissagira) September 29, 2022
A reminder: Transphobia is sexist. And also linked to antisemitism and fascism.
They want to take this from you. pic.twitter.com/phyKCy9wj8
— Zack Strength (@ZackStrength) April 5, 2023
i don't have anything original to say about this weirdo so i'm going to use this as an excuse to post pictures of apollo astronauts eating normal portions of steak and eggs before they blast off into space https://t.co/kvmONWqzCr pic.twitter.com/h2HKDGEXyk
— lauren (@NotABigJerk) April 6, 2023
Kathleen Stock's entire shtick, as platformed by The Observer, is predicated on not knowing that all these words mean different things: 'the word lesbian had been replaced by terms that were vaguer and more deniable... like “queer” or “bisexual” or “nonbinary” or “trans”' pic.twitter.com/ZXNQ0SkDeP
— Tabitha McIntosh (@TabitaSurge) March 12, 2023
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