Yes, I'd argue that it's a bafflingly ignorant response. It's just as bad as the feminist 'but the majority of violence men suffer is from other men' or neocon 'but more murders are black on black...'. It doesn't fucking matter. You are a person. When you are hurt by someone, it doesn't matter if they're a different race, age, height, or if you share the same body.
It's irrelevant, and a misdirection.