To the editor: I used to be shocked to learn contributing author Josh Hammer’s current op-ed (“A fringe on the appropriate is twisting Charlie Kirk’s reminiscence,” Sept. 19). I recognize and need to learn different views. However perpetuating false details about and dehumanization of a extremely susceptible and persecuted group warrants a considerate, fact-based response. Right here is my try:
Hammer makes use of the time period “transgenderism,” a phrase broadly seen by advocates as dehumanizing and dismissive, generally used as anti-trans rhetoric slightly than fact-based dialogue. His implication that transgender individuals are uniquely susceptible to commit violence is contradicted by the precise information.
Trans people are statistically much more prone to be victims of violence, whereas most mass shootings proceed to be carried out by cisgender males. Claims of a so-called epidemic of violence by trans folks usually come up from misinformation and biased political discourse following high-profile incidents.
Whereas I’m not Jewish or an skilled in Jewish historical past, I perceive how devastating dehumanization by means of false information has been for this group over time. That’s what makes Hammer’s article, by which he states quite a few instances that he’s Jewish, notably disappointing. It’s painful to see techniques traditionally used to marginalize one group now directed at one other, particularly once we know the way damaging and harmful this sample will be.
Dean Carter, Santa Barbara
