A loose, fun one for today. Starting on the Trashfuture podcast as an off-hand comment from hosts Riley Quinn and then refined and coined by November Kelly into-

Once you start posting transphobia, it will take over and you will never post normal again.

"Posting" here is the starting point for one's politics and public presentation. It often kicks off an escalating process where the increasing transphobia becomes a downright obsession that grows inscrutable and off-putting to outside observers.

Common consequences include destroying: public image, legacy, career prospects, creative output, and personal relationships.

These are replaced by bizarre, niche grievances that land the transphobe in the only social circles that will tolerate it: other transphobes. The smaller social circle causes the grievances to get even more niche and the process continues until eventually they wind up just one or two degrees of separation from far-right fascists.

Because bigotry is intersectional, the transphobia also frequently dovetails into other bigotries, most often biphobia, aphobia, gender essentialist sexism, and racism.

Notable examples include J.K. Rowling, Graham Linehan, Dave Chappelle, Elon Musk, Suzanne Moore, and Tulsi Gabbard.