That’s a very good point, and one that my own echo chamber makes it difficult to wrap my head around. There are so many little rebuttals that come to mind, like “you trust your doctor when they say your kid needs glasses, but not when they say puberty blockers might save their life?” But you’re totally right, if the base assumptions are so out of whack, then the argument itself won’t go anywhere. So what do we do?? I find that maaany (most?) folks who know a trans person quickly realize that it doesn’t cost them anything to be kind and tolerant. All this hatred must be so exhausting…