Counterpoint - if these issues aren’t that big a deal and don’t really impact most of us ever, why did Kamala sit back and absorb body blows from Trump’s swing state tv ads about her prior support for gov’t funded sex changes for prisoners? IMO, she was paralyzed with fear of how her base would respond.
Rep. Moulton said after the election he doesn’t want his little girls run over by a former male on the sports field, and (D) shouldn’t be afraid to say that, and in response to his thoroughly reasonable stance, his top aide and campaign manager resigned.
There’s a faction of (D) who sees these issues as important enough that they’re not willing to cede an inch, and I think they’re every bit as responsible as (R) for keeping this culture war at the forefront.