(03-31-2024, 05:01 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote:

(03-31-2024, 04:00 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: Not many. So, it makes you wonder why there has been such a concerted effort from the left to create more by indoctrinating children and trying to allow them to make life and body altering decisions at such a young age.

When this first started hitting mainstream in 2015ish, it was something ridiculously small, like .04% of all Americans. However, that's enough to fill up the city of Boston, so it is a sizeable portion. That said, the increase in teenage trangenderism has skyrocketed. I know it was at .07% in 2017, and it was at 1.8% in 2021. I believe it's over 2% now. As a whole, I think 1% of adults in the US identify as Trans. The non-binary number is over 3%, but I think a lot of that is faddish and not as serious.

You ask a good question, though. They clearly aren't catering to a base, right? It's a statistically insignificant portion of the population. So, either they really believe in it, or they are intentionally creating it. I think both are true, depending on who you're asking.

I think it's a knee-jerk reaction by progressives.  A new social movement, so they all have to jump on board.  No one wants to be left behind.  They all want to take credit for being early on the latest social change.   In progressive circles, people who were early on civil rights or women's rights are lionized.  So they all say, oooh, this is the latest thing, let's all get on board.  That's my theory; it's just knee-jerk progressivism.

They aren't really thinking about the implications of what they are doing.  They see a new group of people who are claiming oppression by bigots, and they all get behind it.

I see it from left and right.  If you move in certain circles, and only see and hear one side of things, it's easy to get indoctrinated and not think for yourself.  Like Wingerdinger, for example.

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