TERFs and their predecessors were pretty instrumental in the creation of the conditions required for troons to grow to the extent they did. Said troons use the exact same social justice tactics and tools that TERFs and their radfem predecessors used to use all the time, only to even greater success due to being considered "more oppressed".
100% this.
Remember all the radfems' REEEing against gentlemen's clubs (UK) and men-only golf clubs/country clubs/student societies (US) since at least the 90's?
They wielded any institutional and government power they could get their hands on, to try and shame, thwart, or outright ban such voluntary associations.
Ask a radfem
why they think men-only associations are "lItErAl vIoLeNcE" while women-only groups and such are good and necessary, the answer always comes down to a litany of "muh historic oppression".
The moral rule they carved out for themselves is this:
If you can present a compelling victimhood narrative for your identity group, then you get to veto other people's right to free association (and free speech etc.) and you yourself are exempt from scrutiny.
And they were very successful in getting influential civil institutions (media corporations, university administrations, etc.) and various levels of government (via leftist parties) to adopt this new rule.
Then came along the troons, and presented an
even more emotionally stirring victimhood narrative ("We're so vulnerable and oppressed that we can't help but kill ourselves at an alarming rate!"), quickly gained access to all the special privileges and support from the aforementioned institutions thanks to the groundwork laid by the radfems, and ultimately established themselves as the apex of the oppression pyramid.
So the same establishment that made sure entitled feminists can coerce their way into men's clubs, is now making sure that entitled troons can coerce their way into girl's sport teams.
Maybe the radfems will realize that arguing purely with concepts like social justice and oppression olympics are bad ideas. I doubt they will though.
I don't think they capable of realizing it.
Which is what makes many TERFs such tragicomical lolcows.
Typical Troon-vs-TERF online exchange (paraphrased):
Troon: "You're erasing our right to exist! LiTeRaL vIoLeNcE! Bow before our superior victimhood narrative!"
TERF: "B..b...but look here, let me peddle our tired old victimhood narrative! Patriarchy! LiTeRaL vIoLeNcE! You troons must all be MRAs in disguise!"
They can't think or debate in any other terms.
They can't accept that they've been decisively beat in the Olympic discipline of victimhood narratives, and they aren't able to adapt their moral framework accordingly.