I have not seen that movie in decades, but used to love it.

I think that my friend is into critical theory because of critical race theory.

And I think her support of gender ideology stems from the fact that she's very empathetic and probably since many of her students now manifesting as trans have mental health issues (this has been shown in studies), she's supportive of them and defensive of what she perceives as an attack.

Which I didn't do, I only said that Queer Theory was a load of dangerous tosh, whose founders and their ancestors were advocates for incest and/or pedophilia, which they were. And that teaching it in schools was leading to children not having a sense of self and that was dangerous.

She's never had children, and I know that many child-free women and women who haven't taken care of children can still understand children, especially that children are very malleable, but she can't. She takes children at their word, so if they say they're trans, they are trans.

And I think a lot of people are like that now - they treat children like mini-adults, not realizing that many children want and need boundries and direction while pushing at boundries all the time.

Anyway, we have mutual friends who will intervene if asked, and I will invite her to meet after COVID and maybe we can repair a long and beautiful friendship. Thank you!