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...I could have told you that 🤷

Source: https://x.com/BriannaWu/status/1984574165643403370

Not my usual kind of source (Xitter), but I want any centrists out there who ask trans people to "just get along" / compromise with actual hate groups that want them eradicated to know that it doesn't work.

There is no such thing as a reasonable bigot, by definition.

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[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 8 points 13 hours ago

Some people need to learn about the alt-right’s cultivated ignorance via hard experience.

The rest of us work just fine via observation.

“Meet me halfway”, says the unreasonable man.

You take one step forward, and they take one step backwards.

“Why can’t you meet me halfway?”, complains the unreasonable man.

And thus, conservatism in a nutshell.