This’ll probably get said a lot around here but the US isn’t a democracy and hasn’t really been one in the past. For instance; the US public overwhelmingly support universal healthcare but it never goes anywhere in the actual government.

We’re just witnessing an oligarchy transition into outright fascism because the US is failing.

I don’t even think it “kinda is” I think it fully is. Trans rights are currently against tradition and the status quo, this makes trans rights a progressive topic until the day that trans people are so established in the history of a society that it can’t be argued being trans is some new disorder or something.

I hope that one day Trans rights will have been so established globally that to challenge them is anti tradition and uncouth

It’s really not a reach though, wind is created by the sun heating Earth. It’s a bit pedantic maybe but it’s not a reach, it’s direct cause and effect.

It’s not a reach to say something that is technically correct. To say something is a reach or a stretch is to imply it is not entirely true or is not precise. The sun literally powers the wind on earth, it is just as much a reach to call a penguin a bird.