Deranged. I cannot believe people can be fooled into blaming trans people, of which there is a vanishingly small number, for a concerted campaign by conservativ

Deranged. I cannot believe people can be fooled into blaming trans people, of which there is a vanishingly small number, for a concerted campaign by conservatives and other forces to use them as a political wedge. All trans people are guilty of, as far as I can tell, is not behaving in some impossible way, so that conservatives wouldn't pay attention to them. It is our duty to stand up for progressive values, not to condemn a small number of people for not behaving as ideal minorities in a largely cooked up culture war. If liberal people in the 60s had the attitude you have now you'd probably still be in the closet. I'm sympathetic to you, frankly, because the current political environment constantly makes people feel like the problem is that we want a better world and if we had just shut up the barbarians wouldn't have taken over, but that is bullshit. Our side of the "culture war" would be doing a lot better if we had some courage to our convictions.