I agree with all of this. But there are others. I think from the eyes of those 50 years from now even the two of us will be seen as bigots and that’s for the best.

I’m trans and autistic as well. Those two demographics aren’t as universally misunderstood as they used to be but it’s still very bad because their oppression is under threat and reacting like crazed animals.

They aren’t the progressive endpoint. There are less palatable mental illnesses that are hated and misunderstood even by otherwise progressive people, for example. Like cluster bs. Public understanding of them mirrors public understanding of trans people 15 years ago.

“If my ideology is correct, then all I have to do is debate someone with facts, logic, and reasoning and show them how wrong and stupid they are for believing what I don’t believe in.”

Cue endless debates on the Internet or “debunk” videos that literally last 6 hours or so, never mind the endless 100-page debates on various Internet forums and social media and/or reply videos and/or rampant debate-bros

I mean… guilty. I’ve done that to combat bigotry targeting many of the minority statuses possessed by my friends and me. I learned the hard way that fascists were going to be bigots no matter how much evidence I compiled from scientists saying that my people and I weren’t dangers or inferior or aberrant phenomena. But I didn’t know what else to do. My fault for forgetting that Americans are given a sabotaged education and thus largely can’t read. Or they won’t read. Or malice and stupidity are a false dichotomy.

Well this scares me. I’m glad it’s happening, though. Selfish of me but I hope my friends across the world survive this great transition.

Not surprised by all those right-wing parties voting this way.