Because people who oppose trans rights (or the rights of anyone for that matter) are fundamentally going to be pricks. This statistic is not solely about trans rights. Smart people with any sense of self preservation just don't want to date bigots and assholes.
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...did they expect people who care about human rights to be interested in romantic connections with Nazis?
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Oh. What the fuck? Why are those numbers so low?
I'm not entirely comfortable around all trans people, some of them are pricks (as they were before transitioning).
I'm sure as fuck not comfortable around people who would not want equal rights for every minority, migrant, or consensual people(s) doing consented activities. Everyone deserves the rights that we agreed to have as a culture, even the pricks, I won't stand with anyone who has theirs and tries to take away others.
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Yeah, if someone is against trans rights then they deserve no love
It's framed as if this is a shocking thing. Someone who opposes trans rights is almost certainly going to be a right winger in general, so you would have a completely different worldview anyway.
For me the more interesting question would be "would you date someone who had exactly the same beliefs as you except on one single crucial issue?"
I kind of want to meet the person who agrees with me on all beliefs except trans rights. Like, how did they come to that conclusion when so many other things they support rely on having some basic empathy for people.
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Why would I ever want to be around someone who hates simply for the sake of hating?
and...... Water is wet...
Do you think people who supported Civil rights in the 60s and 70s were off marrying people who opposed civil rights?
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Opposition to any cohort's rights is a pretty clearcut indicator of very poor character.
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And I'm one of them. There's absolutely no way I would or even could ever date some loathsome piece of shit who opposes trans rights, supports Trump, defends the Capitol attack, opposes DEI, wants abortion banned or wants gender roles legislated.
If anything, I'm disappointed that there aren't more of us.
Seriously, being a bigot is a deal breaker.
Out of all those, I would be most open minded to someone who opposes DEI, since DEI is one particular strategy for combatting inequality and they might support another instead. I can't steelman any of those other qualities though.
I actually paused over that one myself, but while it is technically possible that someone could oppose DEI with the best of intentions, with the sincere belief that it's an ineffective or even counter-productive strategy, I just think it's orders of magnitude more likely that they oppose it because they're racist filth.
But yeah - that's one that I'd likely want to follow up on before a final decision.
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Yeah I mean how could you date, much less marry someone whose values are so out of whack with yours??
Glad I never had that problem. It's like, just date cool people??
Some people are good at hiding their crazy. Luckily, MAGA types are generally pretty loud about their bigotry and never shut the hell up, so it's easier to weed them out.
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Right?
I can't imagine the kind of person that cares so little.
I can. I think they are my family. I just don't hear their voices ever. Nevermind Trump support for a second, most of them do not support him. But, all I ever get is silence. I open my mouth, finally there's pushback. Not necessarily that they are bigots, but they are more interested in order than justice, is my take. I can't figure it out otherwise. Not without help.
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