Its not about either.
Treat them as Transcels, and it isn't about hurty feelings of any kind. There is no contridation. Its just an excuse to attack someone you already see as beneath you. Its trying to sanitise this to gain support - its propaganda. Only people who have your world view will buy into it. Its not actually about proving 'The Truth'. Its about creating a tribe or cult.
Once you view it through the lens of a cult, even thing is about us v them in the most black and white terms. They are the goodness, the light, the righteous therefore everything that is not them or agrees with them is a threat and is fair gain to attack, because 'they deserve it'. 'Im allowed to do this, because they are not human and they brought it on themselves'. There is never responsibility for their own actions because their actions are infaliable. Sun Tzu dictates that any method is legitimate in the course of destroying the enemy therefore because they are prepared to do that, they 'prove' (to) themselves to have a superiority above their opponents.
This is like Trump: The Democrats lost because they thought it was an argument about winning on logic. They found out that logic didn't matter. And actually thats true of politics generally - its the perception that matters, not the truth. Once you have established a falsehood in a circle / social group / institition that puts value on truth and enlightment, that is difficult to break because it requires the acknowlegment that they have been duped in some way - it is the curse of the whistleblower.
Where we are now though, is the conversation isn't about transrights / women's rights anymore. These guys think it is. Its not. The conversation has moved on. The conversation is now about corruption and abuse of power by authority and you have multiple groups chasing this in unwitting and uncordinated and unmanaged non-alliance brought together by the same ultimate complaint even though they have completely different politics and agenda. The failure of this lot to recognise that the landscape and the context of what they are saying has changed is where they fall down.
They think they can carry on with the same tactics they've used successfully to date. The trouble is the rules just got all rewritten.
Stop seeing this as about logic. Its not. They know they are lying. They just have to dupe a few people who don't bother to scratch beneath the surface enough to recruit them. Once recruited they envelope them in this black and white demonisation / devil conplex and apply it to the world.
Now people are starting to sit up and take notice though, so the emotive shite they are spouting isn't sticking as hard as it was. Instead wide pool of people are looking for signs of injustice and are open to the idea of the abuse of power based on their own values rather than merely the ones these militants have propagated.
The emotional pull and balance of power has shifted.
Checks and balances.
Every little thing matters - like a new Home Sec with a clearly defined new mission or Glinner shining a light on the batshittery that was unbelievable until they jumped the shark with his arrest. The can no longer hide in the shadows, they have to be accountable and be able to pull the same tactics off in broad daylight. These are all men with huge ego and an inability to back down or moderate themselves. They can't carry on in the light, without a calmer strategy or they just look like the nuts they are.
This was never about identity. It was always about behaviour. Their behaviour not their identity is what everyone is now looking at. They haven't worked this out yet. They won't until they get stung, because up to this point they've able to run around without consequence. Once they get stung... Well thats going to be interesting and quite scary to witness.