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Polling shows that knowing a trans person decreases transphobia (www.lgbtqnation.com)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've heard many formerly conservative peeps say something like that: Nobody indoctrinated me, I just met the people who were supposed to be othered and it turns out they are cool.

For the record: Same at schools - nobody is saying you gotta be gay or trans, but apparently just telling kids that different people exist is a threat to their indoctrinated lifestyle.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Exactly it, you go out into the world and realize everything that you've been told about people is just made up fearmongering. Turns out the vast vast majority of people want to wake up, go to work, go home, work out (but they'd rather not but they convince themselves to do it), go to the grocery store, and watch TV. Everyone truly just wants to have a boring happy life.

But you ask a conservative and they'll claim they're aiming to bring down america or some other crazy shit. Nope. They want to get a frozen pizza for dinner and watch whatever's on TV, just like anyone else.