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The original was posted on /r/truscum by /u/north_canadian_ice on 2025-01-24 19:18:43+00:00.

Self-id, 100s of genders, trans women in women’s sports… these issues poll 20/80.

But our most influential activists & many of our most influential forums will ban/censor you if you think that you need to desire some sort of medical transition to be transgender.

They will ban you for having the opinions that 80% of Americans have. Even though 70% of Americans are in favor of laws protecting trans people from discrimination, they demand we focus on the 20/80 issues.

This unreasonableness has led to the public moving against trans people using the bathroom of their choice & changing our identification. Because the trans community has promoted the idea that a dude with a beard can just claim he is trans and then enter a women’s restroom or compete in women’s sports.

This is a disaster for our community. But all hope is not lost, I myself had a post on the self subreddit that went viral in November where I basically laid out my perspective on trans issues & it was well received by even Republicans. Because most people aren’t bad people.

But the trans community has enabled the most extreme anti-trans people to win. Pushing 20/80 issues feeds DeSantis & LOTT endless material. We can return to the point where North Carolina failed to pass a bathroom ban. It will take a lot of hard work, but things can change quickly.

The GOP could not have been more unpopular in late 2008, yet the Tea Party won Congress in 2010. We aren’t doomed to have these authoritatians control our community forever. Don’t let them keep their power!

We can rebuild the community around free speech & mutual respect.