Amadi LovelaceDec 8, 2023

What does anti-trans bias in media look like?

It looks like an article about complaints over the mere existence of a transgender character in a TV show that came from less than 0.0001895% of the show’s viewers, needlessly amplifying the bigotry of an infinitesimal number of complainers and granting them unwarranted attention.

Worsened by a headline that treats the number of complaints as significant and worded as though they hold some validity.

Show threadStudio 8502 Dec 8, 2023
@amaditalks All of the complainers should be sent to a gulag.
Show threadAnomielia the #DREADpirate

@mos_8502

and that's going to change minds how?

where bigotry exists it is better combated by empathy, compassion and dialogue. Otherwise the shunned double down.

there are no shortcuts to persuasion, and some people will never shift their thinking. But this reflexive aggression and urge to punish is counterproductive.

@amaditalks

Dec 8, 2023 at 7:24pmWeb