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These opinion pieces are nice, but ultimately an exercise in futility. The people who need to read it are not reading lgbtqnation, or any LGBTQ+ focused blog/publication. This same article gets written and posted on some trans forward blog, why? So we can read it and go “Yeah, that’s right!”
Nothing against the author, but this is tired, to the point of being annoying.
This is why people like us need to strike up conversations with right wingers. Don't get into the weeds. Keep it philosophical. Talk about why you are actually reasonable and aren't just what fox news and news max say you are. Tell them that Trump is supporting mass surveillance, allowing propaganda and corporate brainwashing. How Trump is causing massive inflation because he is obsessed with overheating the economy to try to look good. How he attacks not only the human rights of illegal immigrants or undocumented immigrants, but trans people, gay people, and people who don't agree with him politically and votes for his opposition. Explain to them that America was great because it was free, because we innovated, because we had good ethics and freedom, and tell them that Trump is anti American, he is more like a Russian, or a middle eastern ruler, where people make $100 a month in wages because the corruption and inefficiency is always so high, since leaders can destroy the nations over and over before they are removed from power by force. Tell them that any other democratic leader in history would step down if they were hated as much as Trump by his own people, but trump is so selfish that he'd rather watch the country burn than to step down.
I don’t know, the idea of initiating conversations with conservatives about whether they think I deserve rights or not (when they probably don’t think I do), does not sound like a good time, nor do I expect it to be particularly fruitful.
I don’t know how we get out of this, but I don’t think putting myself in hostile situations and arguing is going to be effective, you know? I think conservatives will only turn on Trump when they are personally negatively impacted by his actions. Appealing to their empathy and logic isn’t going to work, because they didn’t logic themselves into supporting him and they think empathy is woke bullshit.
Well don't put yourself in danger or anything, but even if someone doesn't like you. It's not a big deal. You don't have to feel bad because some dumb dude got annoyed with you. I kind of think of that as a badge of honor. If you are pissing off people who want to censor art, and dehymanize innocent people. You Re probably doing something right. Pissing them off shouldn't be the goal tho. It's better to walk away before you get mad. Idk, maybe worth a shot sometimes.
Many of these people are also just massively afraid of being different. Showing them that it's okay to be different can do wonders. If they see that you can go against the cult then they can as well maybe. Most people won't admit they changed. Often they have to sleep on it. Don't get discouraged just because it seems like everyone is doubling down.
Also stay safe fellow transie.