Oh no not restrictions!

What a Maroon pointed out the Washington Post’s not at all manipulative poll on attitudes to the holy sacred anointed extremely special set of people known as “trans.”

Headline:

Most Americans support anti-trans policies favored by GOP, poll shows

But of course the policies aren’t “anti-trans.”

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.

But “restrictions” can mean a lot of different things. Restrictions on unhealthy additives in food are a good thing. Restrictions on lead-based paint are a good thing. Restrictions on a rush to trans a child are also a good thing. As for sports participation, the only restriction is keeping boys out of girls’ sports, which is as it has been all along only fair.

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.

Are we talking gender here, or sex? It’s sex that is determined in utero, while gender can mean just the social rules and nudges that sex gets landed with.

And some Americans have become more conservative on these questions as Republicans have seized the issue and worked to promote new restrictions. 

Who says the rejection of gender magic is “more conservative” though? I think the conservative view is the one that says “that boy giggles and wears skirts so he is a girl.”

The Post-KFF poll was conducted in November and December, before state lawmakers introduced more than 400 anti-trans bills this year, up from about 150 bills in 2022 according to a Post analysis of ACLU data.

Oh lord. You don’t want to go to the ACLU for your information on this subject. They’re fully captured, and stark raving mad.

More than 6 in 10 adults in the Post-KFF poll said trans girls and women should not be allowed to compete in girls’ and women’s sports, including professional, college, high school and youth levels.

That’s depressing. Should be 10 in 10 adults. Boys and men have no business in girls’ and women’s sports.

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