This moderate position that he is trying to achieve is completely unattainable mainly because his own side convinced everyone that you're either with them all the way or you are an enemy.
There are no people in the "middle" to convince, at least not anymore, everyone got radicalized one way or the other. In the last couple of years I haven't met a single person who was on the fence about these issues, or even seen one online.
It's as unattainable as his desire to be a woman is, so the question is, how long until he gives up on it or worse, (better for us) before he explodes?