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Are good. And accepting the weird or different was the way to go.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Behold this meme I made to mock my pal

He claimed that in the downfall of any society it was recorded that trans people became more prevalent. Obviously that’s bs but after some prodding at why he thought that could be true, he admitted he is only male due to moral reasons.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Actually I don't know anybody who hates trans people. Tbf it's a pretty dull subject.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

I think it's really just as simple as they are different and people just don't like things that are different. Compounding the fact is a lot of people don't have any first hand experience interacting with a trans person and so believe what theyre told through their favorite media source.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I want to know this too. Also why I was raised to believe that British Asians would come up the hill and storm our white middle class village, even though this somehow still hasn’t happened over thirty years on.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago

The problem with trying to explain it is that bigotted hatred isn't logical. Try to get any actual bigot to explain it and you'll get many (often contradictory) reasons.

The reality is both more boring and more sinister than what you probably expect if you're looking for sensible reasons.

People who hate are easier to control. The powers that be choose a minority that can be bullied without consequences, create bullshit reasons for it, and encourage people to be afraid of and hateful to that minority. Those fearful and hateful people raised kids to be fearful and hateful. Those kids grew up to make their own fearful and hateful offspring. Some of these kids grew up to join the ranks of the powers that be, and brought their fear and hate to the decision making process. Combine this with the systematic destruction of public education, and you have current events in the us.

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