Just to give you an example: the bitch journalist Kat Tenbarge from NBC just said it straight up, and even after she was roundly mocked, did absolutely nothing.
“Tucker Carlson, Libs of TikTok, etc create a stream of content blaming trans and queer people for child grooming, but rarely or never feature actual victims of child grooming. If they did, they’d have to reckon with the fact that many survivors are queer and trans themselves” link - archive.org - archive.today
Yes, they don't realize it.
That is what makes them bad.
I'm not saying they aren't bad. I'm saying there is no reason to say anything that might clue them into their mistake.
I think you overestimate their brightness.
Just to give you an example: the bitch journalist Kat Tenbarge from NBC just said it straight up, and even after she was roundly mocked, did absolutely nothing.