Can we talk about the extreme recent focus on trans issues with this subreddit?

So to be clear off the bat, I am an economic progressive who advocates for a social democratic platform, and running on economic populism. I think the real problem with the Democratic Party is they have been captured by third way wealth elites and are funded by corporate donations, having completely lost touch with the working class. And I do think Biden fucked up big time with immigration, and trying to ban assault weapons are mistakes. I think corporate dems do use identity politics and cultural progressivism as a weak cheap replacement for needed economic changes.

However for all of the reflections that Democrats can and should be having, one of the main focuses is instead about how the “trans agenda” is why we’re losing. And in fact, if Democrats ever want to win again, maybe they should “sister souja” transgender activists. I’m sorry, but why on earth is this the main discussion this subreddit keeps having? There are of course valid discussions to have about transgender people in’s sports or puberty blockers, and what the government should do with these issues. I don’t want to dismiss that. But why on earth is there such an extreme focus from even the left on this? Why are people such as moderates and conservatives so deeply offended by these culture war issues that do not affect their lives at all?

Why not have the Democrats simply support trans people, and their response be a Tim Walz “mind your own business” response? When asked about trans spares or puberty blockers, why not say it’s an unimportant wedge cultural issues meant to distract, regardless of what you or the politicians think of them? But have the focus of campaigns and policy not be on culture war issues, but economic issues that help the working class? Why does there seem to be far more anger on this supposedly left leaning subreddit towards “trans activists” on this subreddit than the extremely, extremely disproportionate amount of hate trans people receive from society. Why are Democrats branded as the party that “focuses on trans stuff” when Kamala never brought them up and Trump spent 200 million dollars on them?

To me I am extremely wary of the extreme backlash in spaces like this towards “trans issues” when the backlash almost perfectly mirrors what happened to gay people 20 years ago in the 2004 elections. To me the extreme focus people have on this subreddit with trans people as the reason democrats will lose, and being perfectly willing to throw them under the bus (not in thinks like wanting bans on trans sports or puberty blockers, which is perfectly understandable, but this subreddit goes far, far beyond that.) Shouldn’t the response simply be a live and let live trans people deserve rights response whenever conservatives try to use it as a wedge issue which focusing on economic policies, instead of this extreme hatred for “the trans agenda” and eagerly wanting to throw them under the bus? Why, most importantly, is there so much focus even in “left leaning” spaces like this on the ways trans people are supposedly “ going to far” rather than the extreme disproportionate hate they receive and desire of conservative politicians to demonize them and strip rights? Why do so many people in this subreddit unquestionably eat up the narrative that democrats and Kamala “campaigned on trans issues” when she never even brought them up and republicans focused WAY WAY more on them than Democrats?

Instead of saying “fuck trans people” why not actually focus on making your platform something that can prove people’s lives, rather than demonizing an already extremely demonized group that has zero impact on your life? Why not focus on an economic populism platform, while accurately pointing out that republicans focus on these issues as a wedge to distract from what’s really important?