I remember the late '00s, the avalanche of constitutional amendments banning gay marriage. I remember the fear, the hate, the huge support for those measures. And now massive majorities support gay marriage. *Massive*.
We win by being visible.
I want to repeat that.
We win by being visible.
All of our research shows that the main way to deradicalize a bigot is for a member of the group they hate to be just... visible. Unremarkable. It doesn't work on everyone, of course, but the lies and fear and hatred that radical bigotry relies on at the most basic levels *CANNOT* survive contact with reality for long.
Being visible is how we beat this. It always has been. It always will be.
Being visible changes the world.
When they fight us, we fight back harder. Listen to your elders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb-JIOWUw1o