Last Thursday, a Supreme Court ruling, authored by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson , unanimously sided with a transgender refugee facing deportation. The decision, and its use of the individual’s preferred pronouns and chosen name, were hailed by mainstream news as a historical moment.

Truthfully, it’s not as though Brown had much choice in the matter. One can only imagine the outrage and abuse that would have ensued had the ruling used male pronouns. I expect a similar spiral would have transpired among leftists if Brown had defined the word "woman" as someone who has female gametes when asked by Republican Senators during her confirmation hearings last year.

Personally, I use the name and pronouns a transgender person prefers. But I believe that doing so should be volitional, and I hardly think that position is ground-breaking. If anything, society’s constant celebration of pronouns continues to widen political divisiveness on this issue, signaling to the public that once again, nothing should take precedence over progressive sympathies and appealing to trans activists.

Recent polling shows that acceptance of transgender people has declined, with 48% of Americans, including 79% of Republicans, believing that society has "gone too far" in its acceptance. In contrast, only 19% of Democrats stated the same, which makes me wonder what "gone too far" looks like to them. Because trans activism has managed to successfully bulldoze any obstacle, no matter how reasonable, in its way, it remains, and likely forever will be, vicious and relentless, even when victorious.

Regarding the so-called "LGBTQ" community (a term that erroneously lumps together warring factions of gay, transgender, and ambiguously-identified "queer" people), 61% of Americans believe the country should be "more tolerant and accepting." A similar divide between political parties was evident in respondents’ answers, with 87% of Democrats versus 38% of Republicans endorsing this belief.

What the casual onlooker must realize is that today’s trans activism does not encourage or allow for an upper limit to its gains. The mission is not truly about acceptance, nor does it reflect the average transgender adult’s desire to blend in, live, and let live, after transitioning.

For activists, there is no such thing as finding common ground, a compromise, or understanding. The movement now operates above reproach, regardless of what is lost along the way.