Humoring them will NOT cure their mental illness.
I liken it even more to indulging anorexia.
Anorexics think they are fat. They are staggeringly thin but they think they are fat and wont eat.
Do we agree with them, talk about how chubby they are, praise them for eating a lettuce leaf with mustard for lunch? How cruel would that be.
No we gently and persistently tell them, no Ann, you are very thin. You must eat. You are deluding yourself. Please eat.
Hey are you prejudice against trans-officers?