Please could you explain more about the Orwell comparison?
I'll try and do this for anyone who hasn't ever read 1984 (I don't find it an easy read as the whole point is fucking with your head, but its something you should try and read or at least be aware of). I hope this does it justice and gets to the point, without going on too much.
In 1984, Orwell talks about the concept of "Doublethink". Here's a paragraph from the book:
The keyword here is blackwhite. Like so many Newspeak words, this word has two mutually contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it means the habit of impudently claiming that black is white, in contradiction of the plain facts. Applied to a Party member, it means a loyal willingness to say that black is white when Party discipline demands this. But it means also the ability to believe that black is white, and more, to know that black is white, and to forget that one has ever believed the contrary. This demands a continuous alteration of the past, made possible by the system of thought which really embraces all the rest, and which is known in Newspeak as doublethink. Doublethink is basically the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
— Part II, Chapter IX– The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism
(The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism is a fictional banned book in 1984, which was supposedly 'written' by the enemy of the Authoritarian State).
An expansion on that:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublethink
Doublethink is the act of simultaneously accepting two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct, often in distinct social contexts. Doublethink is related to, but differs from, hypocrisy and neutrality. Also related is cognitive dissonance, in which contradictory beliefs cause conflict in one's mind. Doublethink is notable due to a lack of cognitive dissonance—thus the person is completely unaware of any conflict or contradiction.
Eg: Being trans when it suits but being woman when it suits, without any notion or awareness that this doesn't have an consistency or contradiction with the concept of 'transwomen are women'.
Orwell's point in 1984 was a warning about the manipulation of the public by the State and the horror of totalitarianism which stops people being free and thinking for themselves.
It plays on the concept that the truth is the casualty of propaganda and that people can be manipulated more easily than they think - often without even realising they are - and even if they are aware of it, they go along with it because they are afraid or because its just easier to just play along than challenge what they know to be wrong because of social pressure.
Its worth noting, that propaganda itself as a tool is neither a bad or a good thing. It is a neutral thing - which people often forget. Sometimes it can be used positively and for good. It is often used when the underlying facts are not persuading people to follow certain 'preferred' patterns of behaviour by themselves. (Health promotion programmes are a good example. Advertising is another).
But its power to persuade means it is often used for negative reasons. It can be used to deliberately distort reality, and to confuse and mislead. Extensive and widespread use of propaganda in a narrow area, should ring alarm bells and make you question why it is being used that much. As I say, its often because the argument that people are trying to make doesn't stand up to scrutiny without the use of that propaganda.
Orwell was not a fortune teller by any means. He just wrote about something which has gone on since society was civilised, in a way that was more accessible and aimed at a wider (and perhaps more receptive) audience than the past had allowed due to mass education and greater political awareness amongst the public as a whole. Prior to the early twentieth century, politics was a thing that only the elite were involved in and wasn't for the working classes who merely just did as they were told.
I find the wiki on propaganda techniques a really good crash course in helping to spot them:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_techniques
To put it at its most blunt, propaganda is a core tool used to brainwashing people in cults. And in relation to trans activism, you can see a lot of it.
FWIW, I want to make another point here: not all trans people are trans activists by any means. There are many trans people are trying to make the case for a shared interest and reason for others to support their cause without resorting to methods which suppress free debate and discussion in this way.
In my opinion I think they are unfortunately being undermined because of the type of politics trans activists are they are pursuing. I think this needs to be stressed, and I want to make a clear distinction between trans people and trans activists. (I appreciate this is a generalisation here as there are trans people who are activists who are trying to further their cause in a way that is not authoritarian. The problem is they are largely being drowned out and side-lined precisely because they don't act in this way, and the term trans activist seems to be applied mostly to the loud mouths rather than 'softer' more liberal minded campaigners).