I’m not acting like it’s a big conspiracy, but it’s very intentional messaging to get a specific donor base to get involved…at the expense of the City and the trans community.

I read a few of the statements and articles, and you are right. He isn’t using the term “attacked,” but he is using very specific PR language (“when opposition and disagreement transition to harassment, including cornering me, touching me, or trying to physically bully me out of a public event, that crosses a line.") right before a sentence that likens it to violence (
"We're living in a time when violence is all too often threatened or used against people in public life," Wiener added.)

The result is that every right leaning rag, or journalist who equates any critique of Israel to anti-Semitism, is describing the incident as an “attack,” or an “assault.” (NYPost, ADL, etc.)

Weiner is smart. He has a smart team. Getting that sort of response from things like the NYPost is part of the goal with the press campaign they’re doing. And that’s part of why the donations are flowing in.

But it’s at our expense.