Your common sense sentiment is now becoming increasingly rarely expressed, because there is a pretty militant sub-culture that wants to impose their views on so

Your common sense sentiment is now becoming increasingly rarely expressed, because there is a pretty militant sub-culture that wants to impose their views on society without debate. This thread was even flagged, no doubt by members of this group who consider any attempt to have an open discussion on the issue as a threat to their agenda. I'd guess it's only your love for your children that compelled you to express your views on this issue in the face of potential hostility. I'll add that this trans-rights radicalism is borne out of a justified fear of discrimination against a group that faces tremendous hardship in society: people who self-identify as a gender they were not born as. But I have no doubt that the damage done by trying to suppress open discussion, both directly by not allowing people to intelligently discuss critically important trans-related issues like children undergoing gender transition hormone therapy, and indirectly in degradating the customs and institutions that guarantee free speech, will vastly outweigh the good it does.