Briefly Noted: A New Iron Curtain?

I don’t know where this poll comes from, but it’s interesting from both an historic and civilizational standpoint. FWIW, here it is:

🇷🇺Jacob🇷🇺Charite🇷🇺 @jaccocharite

Do you believe that transgender women are equal to biological women—and do you believe that trannies deserve the same rights as biological women? Think of sports, changing rooms and the exception of military service.

As usual, American attitudes are all over the map—even though the US doesn’t appear on the map above. However, polling evidence seems to suggest that attitudes are shifting fairly rapidly, as the implications of what this all really means in practice become clear. Reflexive American sloppy libertarian thinking is bumping up against the real world. The first is Gallup, the second Harvard-Harris (via a fairly in-depth Breitbart article):

Mixed Views Among Americans on Transgender Issues

Poll Shows Transgender Ideology Losing Support

Sixty-two percent of Americans say each person’s sex cannot be changed, marking a big shift since 2019 away from the transgender ideology, according to the results of a new poll by Harvard/Harris.

A lot has happened since 2019, including Youngkin’s huge victory in VA.