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I wish a very dedicated cosplayer would practice IRL hexes on Rowling.
This is off-topic to the substance of the argument. I was talking to a friend about personality disorders a while ago and realized that there's a common argument/rebuttal pattern applied to any group accused of being a danger: trans people, racial minorities, people with mental health problems, etc. The rebuttal sucks:
A: X group commits lots of [type] crimes
B: Even if that were true, X group is more likely to be a victim than a perpetrator of [type] crime
B (alt): Even if that were true, X group is actually more likely than general population to be a victim of [type] crime
Note that cis men are at once (a) more likely to commit violent crime than general population (b) more likely to be victims of violent crime than general population (b) more likely to be victims of violent crime than they are to be perpetrators of violent crime. That's a farcical MRA talking point. These stats aren't telling us anything meaningful.
Instead of letting the opponent's claim stand like Coleman is doing, I think it is more convincing to either dispute it or offer a good explanation that neutralizes the claim. For instance, assuming there even is some kind of stat that trans women are disproportionate perpetrators:
There's a lot of stories you could tell. Just saying a different statistic is talking past each other and not convincing to the (entirely theoretical tbh) sharp-eyed reader who is somehow undecided on whether trans people should be allowed to live. If you're gonna ignore such an argument to offer a more convincing argument of your own, I think moving out of the realm of stats altogether is better.