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I'm liberal and voted blue. I think we have gone off the deep end for trans. 100% for non hate, but I would like girls to be able to play sports without allowing former boys.
If that was a large issue you'd have a point. But it's almost never happening. There are just very very few examples of boys transitioning to girls while being on puberty blockers long enough to compete as a girl and then dominating.
It's a made up problem.
But the right won't just stop at "girls sports" they're going after adults who have never played a sport in their lives.
But even tho the trans population in it's entirety is still a small amount of people, that doesn't mean it's ok to abandon them.
Start abandoning subgroups and the larger group won't be strong enough to protect you when the fascists come for one of the subgroups you belong to.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...
Obviously defending the innocent from fascism should be reason enough, but you're literally saying it's not enough, so I have to appeal to the selfish need for self preservation most humans have.
Empathy sadly needs to be learned, so not everyone has it.