Serious question - why is the far right obsessed with gender definitions?

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Please say a bit more.

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The fact that leftist are pushing the issue on the other end is falling right into their trap.

"The left," if you mean Democrats, protects the civil rights of minorities. Even very small groups like transgender, nonbinary individuals. Nobody is "pushing " anything, transgender people exist, and deserve civil rights.
Rights that are constantly under attack by social conservatives/Republicans always on the lookout for new fundraising scare tactics.
That's what we do. If everyone did only what they thought was politically expedient, this would be a horrible country to live in.

Somebody has to care about, and take care of, the people.
Protecting civil rights is a core value I have as an American. There are plenty of 'left'-leaning folk who are trying to reduce the rights of their political opponents. I grew up in Illinois - just see how Chicago has been run by Dems.

Partisan gerrymandering has been practiced by both sides, and it's wrong in my view whichever side is doing it.

My view of the 'trap' that was mentioned is not the core value of protecting civil rights. It's that over-reacting to loonies on the right (like MTG) - even when it's great for fundraising in the short-term - only amplifies the MTGs of the world. They need to be ignored.
I don't see what that has to do with protecting civil rights for trans individials, something ONLY the left has shown an interest in. Rolando is clearly talking about that activity by Democrats, as if we are supposed to ignore these bigoted attacks and harmful laws that put lives at risk.

Gerrymandering seems like a topic for another thread.
The trap is to unintentionally amplify the loonies like MTG.

I think the right amplify the extreme left politicians, though there seem to be fewer who are completely out of their minds.
I agree that is A trap, also a childish waste of time that has nothing to do with real policy making. That is the stuff that matters.