If that worked, bigoted nonsense would have gone away by now.
I genuinely have no idea what period in history you could be basing that on
People’s ability to create arguments that influence other, neutral parties is far more powerful
We already had that discussion and now the overwhelming majority of doctors and researchers understand trans people are people and gender affirming healthcare is good healthcare. If you’re neutral at this point you’re at best embarrassingly ignorant and most likely just a bigot.