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[–]soundsituation 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

fear or cognitive dissonance

Definitely agree that these are both major factors. With regard to the latter, I think it's also the cognitive dissonance of smelling bullshit but at the same time believing that exclusion = hate and disagreement = discrimination.

But the moment I point out that it's the left pushing for it, she starts accusing me of lying.

This is so weird that I wonder if you two are defining terms differently. Maybe your friend is an old school, class-first, r/stupidpol type of leftist rather than a woke intersectional leftist? It would be interesting to know who she does think is pushing for this stuff.

[–]lefterfield 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Family, not friend. And she'd be the former, and frankly not very bright. Literally the only "news" she reads are hardcore propaganda from left-wing sources. I have no idea how she realized the trans stuff is BS, or how she doesn't make the connection... but given how many other contradictory things I've known her to say, it's not THAT surprising. I guess she picked up on the 'men in women's spaces' thing and reacted to that, but didn't do any research into how it was happening.