If a majority of the population was starting to reject a dangerous, destructive, violent ideology, normally that would be cause for serious celebration, right?
But I dunno guys. I get the slightest feeling The Washington Post isn't crazy about it, don't you?
Clear majorities of Americans support restrictions affecting transgender children, a Washington Post-KFF poll finds, offering political jet fuel for Republicans in statehouses and Congress who are pushing measures restricting curriculum, sports participation and medical care [sic].
Most Americans don't believe it's even possible to be a gender that differs from that assigned at birth. A 57 percent majority of adults said a person's gender is determined from the start, with 43 percent saying it can differ.
A majority of the population thinks that, say, human beings born with male genitals are male? The horror!
As The Post notes, in recent years "some Americans" have become even more "conservative" on the topic of transgenderism.
("Conservative" is the word WaPo uses to describe the rejection of deranged and harmful transgender ideology.)
One respondent said that initially she was "on the side of acceptance, like using the pronouns and stuff," but that the movement's aggressive targeting of children changed her mind. "It just doesn't seem like that's okay to me," she said.
Funny how that works. It's almost as if transgenderism's greater exposure in recent years is helping lead a backlash against it, as more and more people realize how violently chaotic and awful it really is. At times there have been precious few things to celebrate on this front. Hopefully this shift in public opinion continues.
The Post certainly seems to expect it to:
Republican lawmakers have the wind at their backs on much of their anti-transgender legislative agenda.
