# Did We Treat Transgenderism Better in the Past?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-treat-transgenderism-better-in-the-past/926612>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 27, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-treat-transgenderism-better-in-the-past/926612 "2020-11-27T20:17:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-treat-transgenderism-better-in-the-past/926612/99 "2020-11-30T12:52:45Z")

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[In the GD rules for almost a year now is this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rules-for-great-debates-and-elections-january-2020/845726):

> [@New Rules for Great Debates and Elections – January 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rules-for-great-debates-and-elections-january-2020/845726/1):
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> **Hijacks.** This is, perhaps, the single largest and most important change to the rules in Great Debates and Politics and Elections made in 2020. Staying on topic is a strong goal of Great Debates and Politics and Elections moving forward. Threads exist for a reason. Presumably, the original poster wants to discuss a specific topic. Posts which pull the thread away from that topic are hijacks. Some of these are inadvertent, some are not. Posts that seem intended to steer a discussion away from the original topic may be sanctioned. Hijacks may be, but are not limited to, posts that lead away from a topic, endless questioning, repeatedly asking the same or similar questions once they’ve been answered, and other maneuvers. Whether or not such is occurring is at the sole discretion of the moderation staff and may lead to official sanction.

**So better to close a train wreck in this case.**

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Also this from the rules:

> [@New Rules for Great Debates and Elections – January 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rules-for-great-debates-and-elections-january-2020/845726/1):
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> **Topic ban.** Being too focused on one hobbyhorse topic to the exclusion of all else and bringing it up in threads not related to such may earn a poster a ban on discussing that topic completely. We’re sure you think that would suck if it happened to you. Best to not be monomaniacal on a topic.

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