I let out an audible "no shit" when reading the headline, but I guess it's important to demonstrate even obvious relationships
No, it's not obvious. There are plenty of bigots who maintain their bigotry even whike knowing people their bigoted against.
Sadly have seen it myself. When talking to an ex-friend, they unloaded about trans people being sick delusional groomers. When I said that they would change their mind if they knew any transgender people, they responded that they did have a trans friend. I responded "then you should let them know what you really think of them and see if they're still your friend tomorrow." Hung up, blocked their number. I hope that trans friend is doing alright. Fuck transphobia.
Are you sure they have a trans friend?
A lot of bigots I find tend to have no problem with lying or making stuff up too
I don't know and don't care enough to find out. I'm happier with them gone from my life.
It's another example of the effect of meeting people from X demographic making you more tolerant of X demographic. It's good to have lots of real and concrete examples of known effects to prove that the effect is indeed real and still applies in the modern day. "Look, it's not just a hypothesis, here is it actually happening! Several examples so you know it's not a fluke! Something recent so you know a culture shift or whatever hasn't neutered it!"
I learned about this effect through reading stuff on the internet when I was young. It might be some other 10-year-old onlooker's first intro to it.
I let out an audible "no shit" when reading the headline, but I guess it's important to demonstrate even obvious relationships
No, it's not obvious. There are plenty of bigots who maintain their bigotry even whike knowing people their bigoted against.
Sadly have seen it myself. When talking to an ex-friend, they unloaded about trans people being sick delusional groomers. When I said that they would change their mind if they knew any transgender people, they responded that they did have a trans friend. I responded "then you should let them know what you really think of them and see if they're still your friend tomorrow." Hung up, blocked their number. I hope that trans friend is doing alright. Fuck transphobia.
Are you sure they have a trans friend?
A lot of bigots I find tend to have no problem with lying or making stuff up too
I don't know and don't care enough to find out. I'm happier with them gone from my life.
It's another example of the effect of meeting people from X demographic making you more tolerant of X demographic. It's good to have lots of real and concrete examples of known effects to prove that the effect is indeed real and still applies in the modern day. "Look, it's not just a hypothesis, here is it actually happening! Several examples so you know it's not a fluke! Something recent so you know a culture shift or whatever hasn't neutered it!"
I learned about this effect through reading stuff on the internet when I was young. It might be some other 10-year-old onlooker's first intro to it.