The idea that throwing trans people under the bus would mollify the right instead of emboldening the right is delusional
@ebel You're right: one intolerant move emboldens people who want to go further still. The Brexit vote in the UK, in which immigration was a central issue, led to an increase in hate crimes in the following weeks:
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2018/03/19/hate-crime-did-spike-after-the-referendum-even-allowing-for-other-factors/
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@ebel You're right: one intolerant move emboldens people who want to go further still. The Brexit vote in the UK, in which immigration was a central issue, led to an increase in hate crimes in the following weeks:
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2018/03/19/hate-crime-did-spike-after-the-referendum-even-allowing-for-other-factors/