# I can't deal with transgender anymore **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2024, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-deal-with-transgender-anymore/1002937 "2024-06-16T08:49:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-deal-with-transgender-anymore/1002937/8 "2024-06-16T11:27:32Z")
> [@DKW](#): > > And I have to ask, does this total militancy _help_ the cause? It’s nice to think that righteousness always wins, but if you want to defeat powerful, well-organized opposition in government and society, you need allies. You need to convince a lot of people who are not perfectly enlightened or educated to support you and not sit on the sidelines or, worse, support your opponents. As to this little piece right here, I’m going to cite a post I made yesterday in a thread about veganism and militancy that touches on this point. It might shed some light for the OP or it might not. > [@Vegans who are judgmental and vocal to you about it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegans-who-are-judgmental-and-vocal-to-you-about-it/1002905/63): > > This is a HUGE observation and deserves further amplification. Well done! The current social flail about pronouns, gender identifications that are non-binary, and all that related stuff is in a similar place today socially as veganism was 30 years ago. Setting aside for a moment the amplification possible by both honest social media and dishonest disinformation-spewing social media. Which is rampant now and was absent then. My point: When your interest in something is a) one in a million, a… Many posts in that thread amount to a discussion of the effectiveness of various ways to push for acceptance of [whatever] minority interest. The OP may find something of value in the whole thread. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-deal-with-transgender-anymore/1002937)._