Trans issues are a great distraction for both sides: it’s a small population that hardly has any effect on anything, each side has some really very wacky ideologues who seem to dominate the debate from time to time, and nothing anyone does here will matter very much in the end but it stirs people up a whole lot.

Also, the conservatives can pretend they are defending children to get out votes, and the libs can pretend that biological facts aren’t real so they can promote neoliberalistic goals.

It’s a win for everyone. Well, almost.