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RandomNumbers

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20. I hope you aren't accusing me of blaming these people
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 10:55 AM
Apr 2025

Because I surely didn't and don't. That was not my point at all. I just reread my reply and have NO idea how the f*k you got that from it.

Why the hell bring up "trans" anyway? That is off-topic of the OP or my reply. (But for the wrong-wing folks it is like they are a bull in the ring and you just waved the matador cape. Please stop doing that. Unless that effect is your intention, which I surely hope not, and am not accusing you of.)

What you said in your last line is absolutely true, but that fact does NOT mean that these people will suddenly wake up out of their womb of hatred, racism, misogyny, and yes, anti-non-binary gender facts. When someone is hurting, often they will look to others to blame and have a veil of darkness surrounding their own complicity. This is what scapegoating is. And they will much more likely blame the "others" - those who look or live differently - than people who look and live like themselves.

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I hope you aren't accusing me of blaming these people RandomNumbers Apr 2025 #20
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