In Canada it’s starting to become “political” since our morons are egged on by the morons down south.

Politics used to be something people engaged in. Now politics is the core to a lot of people’s identities, which means disagreement or debate is perceived as a personal attack and people will embrace a tremendous amount of cognitive dissonance to avoid being wrong.

Hello I'm a trans person from the UK here to tell you this is sadly not the case at all.

Outside the US this no longer has to be political, is probably more what it really is.