Atheist, i will leave my religion to mysif you let transsexuals leave their ideology

[Belacqua]

[...] Perhaps focusing on mutual tolerance and respect, without necessarily endorsing specific ideologies, would be a more productive approach?

This sounds like such a reasonable and temperate suggestion... it almost seems as though it comes from a different era. 

It looks as if this and other issues are so polarizing that expressing any respect for the other side would be seen as insufficient commitment to what is Good and Right. Since we know what must be done, any tolerance for others merely hinders Progress. 

They used to say that before any debate could begin, we should be able to express the other side's position in language that they would completely agree with. That is, not inherently foolish-looking. But that's not the way things are done anymore, apparently.