JL;DR SUMMARY In a provocative article, Peter Savodnik describes how Democratic Congressman Seth Moulton attributed his party's 2024 election loss to its intense focus on transgender rights, arguing that the Democratic Party's commitment to tolerance has paradoxically morphed into a form of intolerance. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.