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[u/_just_is_]

Protect trans kids | https://www.instagram.com/is.justis?igsh=NnR0bGF1YTVma3Y%3D&utm_source=qr

[u/Prophet_Tehenhauin]

Anti-trans people are operating off of hate. They won’t actually give a flying fuck about data and statistics. If they did they wouldn’t be losing their minds over such a tiny number of trans athletes that aren’t even top of their sports

[u/TascasDemise → u/Prophet_Tehenhauin]

I agree with you but that shouldn't discourage us from continuing to seek out information like this and share it. If it's ever going to get better that approach is necessary

[u/Devlee12 → u/Prophet_Tehenhauin]

Yep. They don’t want to do anything to reduce the trans suicide rates because to them that’s everything working as intended.

[u/The_Dragon346 → u/Prophet_Tehenhauin]

Well, i think a larger majority is out of ignorance. Like my cousin for example was largely anti-trans until i explained to her some of the actual facts behind it rather than her just relying on facebook posts. Something eventually clicked and she looked more into it, now she, well, not supporter per se but stopped spouting nonsense about it.

Coworkers, friends, mother in law (sorta. Still chipping away there), etc etc. all just ignorance, willful or otherwise. Patience and an attempt to talk to those that are willing to listen actually goes quite the long way with most people.

The loud out spoken minority, yeah, all hatred. Then again, most hatred is born of ignorance. But that just leads to the “horse/water” metaphor in regard to people’s actual willingness to listen.

[u/turtle-tot → u/The_Dragon346]

Yeah, it’s very hard to move someone from being against something to outright acceptance, but it’s a lot easier to move someone from being against something to non-committal. Which is better than hate, at the very least, and opens the door to acceptance later

[u/BlondeBorednBaked → u/Prophet_Tehenhauin]

There is no logic or reason in bigotry.

[u/playballer → u/Prophet_Tehenhauin]

This is it. The premise of this post is “save trans kids lives” without actually acknowledging a large percentage of the population actually wants you dead or they certainly don’t care if you live.

The message here is being yelled into an echo chamber. You need to find a message that will actually change their hate. I don’t have an answer but I can spot the problem with this approach.

[u/az_catz → u/[deleted]]

Why do you hate trans people? That's also a mighty big strawman you've constructed there.