Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'

God forbid someone is named Riley, Sam, Charlie, etc.

I thought the same thing as well.

I have a few trans friends and neighbors who told me that basically when they came out and tried to change gender, no one would acknowledge their new identity. So it's a subtle way to inform other people.

Also, I have met more than a few people whom I had no idea of their gender. So it's actually great to read that pronoun because I don't like playing guessing games.

They could read the Bible: I am he

Or, in my case, for solidarity and normalizing it.

https://thenewinquiry.com/the-scapegoating-machine/

Peter Thiel has many times loudly stated his goal since 9/11: Create scapegoats so the public has somebody to blame for their suffering and his fervent belief this will keep billionaires safe. My guess is most billionaires see it this way.

if you want to see a way to defeat this idea look up Thiel's interview with Piers Morgan after Luigi Mangione allegedly killed Brian Thompson

Two core reasons:

1. Demonization. They need someone to demonize, that distracts voters and the general populace away from their own misdeeds, and lack of functional policy. If you're too busy getting angry at the trans people, you won't strike against the Billionaires.
2. Insecurity. If the world isn't actually as simple as you thought, your entire ideology is based on putting people into given labels and boxes to make your life easier, idealizing a nonexistent past, etc, then the world changing in any non-standard way is seen as something to be extremely afraid of. This is also what drives their concerns over immigrants ("replacing" their community's racial dynamic), homeless people ("not wanting to work" like they did), climate change (this couldn't possibly happen because then the industries and consumption you had your whole life would have to change), progressive education and scientific growth (learning new things about how what we used to think was wrong), etc. It's all rooted in just wanting things to stay the same.

They don't care, they just need an other to blame to get everyone scared of.

They need an 'enemy' to rally people against and all the usual suspects are no longer politically expedient

Well, eggs are back to $1 a dozen and everyone has housing and excellent healtcare coverage, so you can focus on renaming gulfs and prosecuting minorities...