You might wonder how or why it will affect you if a biological man dresses like or identifies as a woman. And you’re probably thinking it won’t. After all, if you’re the sort of person to stare at strangers’ body parts, then you have much bigger problems unrelated to politics.

But even non-mathematicians would be affected if government forces everyone to accept that 2+2 is 5, and to live their lives as if it were true. And unfortunately, Congress is considering a bill to do just that.