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[–]reluctant_commenter 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

You know, that's a good point. Silver linings, I guess; villainization and blanket-rejection of people who don't believe in trans ideology could be a way to weed out potential dating prospects who don't think critically much.

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yes. We've been so busy focusing on the main perpetrators (TRAs) that we don't often enough ask ourselves if we would really want to date someone as small-minded, credulous and obedient as so many of their enablers have proven themselves to be. If they weren't enablers for TRAs, they would likely be enablers for some other group for some other reason (now, imagine they have a toxic family which becomes your in-laws, for example). Whether that reason is gullibility or something else it's still not a good sign for trying to start an adult relationship.

In other words, people who open their mouths like baby birds and let the most forceful person in the vicinity spoon-feed them a distorted version of reality are people who can't really be trusted on an intimate level either. (I speak from direct experience on that point sadly. Some of the most dangerous people to try to get close to are the ones who are easily played.)

[–]reluctant_commenter 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If they weren't enablers for TRAs, they would likely be enablers for some other group for some other reason

Yupppp. Exactly. I've been struggling to put words to this.