"breakdown in family values, social conventions (i.e. community), personal responsibility"
common virtue signaling tactic
"political pandering, welfare systems that more and more encourage folks to not pursue constructive purpose in their lives"
yes, the political pandering to trans people exists, but it exists now. it didn't exist back in 2014, while transgenderism was still a thing.
"willingness to turn a blind eye to mental illness."
calling transgenderism a mental illness is another way of making it worse than it seems. yes, it is technically a mental illness, but like autism, it doesn't affect the individual in the worst of ways, and it cannot be treated or cured. in fact, the effects of gender dysphoria are not even as bad as the effects of autism.