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• hendrik@palaver.p3x.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, that's called bigotry and goes hand in hand with it.

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  • dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    especially when they’re also privileged and unaware of what it’s like to be a minority - I don’t really know how to cross that divide, though.

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    • hendrik@palaver.p3x.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Empathy and respect for other people helps...

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      • dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Since I transitioned I’ve been thinking a lot about how little I knew about trans people until I realized I was one and took seriously educating myself.

        It makes me feel ashamed because of how little I understand so many other oppressed groups, and how little true empathy I have. Even if on the surface I have respect for people and consider myself an “ally” to various groups, I feel I should do more than just signal respect and support. Maybe it’s an unrealistically high bar, but my conscience certainly thinks I need to do more to empathize with and better understand other groups.

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• dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I accept at this point that everyone is a hypocrite, including myself. I still tend to think some people are worse hypocrites than others, lol

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